Google Cloud Increases Its U.S. Presence with a Las Vegas Expansion
Daniel Johnson — April 30, 2020 — Tech
References: cloud.google & techcrunch
Google Cloud announced that it will be officially operating a data center in Las Vegas. With the addition of Las Vegas, Google Cloud will be operating in a total of seven locations across the United States, and a total of 23 locations globally. The list of United States locations includes Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, and others. The expansion into Las Vegas was originally announced in July of 2019, and the expansion will allow companies in the area to access low-latency access to applications, as well as the ability to distribute workloads
The new Las Vegas locations will have three different zones of availability, which allow people to access various services, including Cloud Functions, Cloud Run. While others will be available in the future including Cloud HSM, as well as Secret Manager.
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The new Las Vegas locations will have three different zones of availability, which allow people to access various services, including Cloud Functions, Cloud Run. While others will be available in the future including Cloud HSM, as well as Secret Manager.
Image Credit: Shutterstock
Trend Themes
1. Increasing Cloud Computing Presence - The expansion of cloud computing locations by Google Cloud presents disruptive innovation opportunities for businesses in terms of greater accessibility, low-latency access to applications, and workload distribution.
2. Multi-zone Availability for Cloud Services - The introduction of three different availability zones in the Las Vegas data center provides disruptive innovation opportunities for businesses to leverage services like Cloud Functions, Cloud Run, and potentially Cloud HSM and Secret Manager in the future.
3. Growing Global Cloud Footprint - Google Cloud's expansion to 23 locations worldwide, including the addition of Las Vegas, offers disruptive innovation opportunities for businesses to access and leverage cloud services on a global scale.
Industry Implications
1. Information Technology - The increasing presence of Google Cloud in various locations provides disruptive innovation opportunities for IT companies to adopt and leverage cloud computing services.
2. Telecommunications - The expansion of Google Cloud's data center in Las Vegas offers disruptive innovation opportunities for telecommunications companies to enhance their service offerings, particularly in terms of low-latency access and workload distribution capabilities.
3. Finance - The introduction of three different zones of availability in the Las Vegas data center presents disruptive innovation opportunities for financial institutions to enhance data security and management through services like Cloud HSM and Secret Manager.
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