Latest News About Google Cloud Platform

Here are the main recent Google Cloud Platform updates I found: Google Cloud’s latest announcements highlight Gemini 3.1 Pro and Flash-Lite previews on Vertex AI and Gemini API, a new Google Cloud region in Thailand, and Google’s completion of the Wiz acquisition for cloud security.[1][2]

Notable recent items

• Anthropic expanded its use of Google Cloud and TPUs on April 6, 2026, adding major TPU capacity for its workloads.[2][3]
• Technogym partnered with Google Cloud on April 14, 2026, to build AI-powered health and wellness experiences.[3][2]
• Google completed its acquisition of Wiz in March 2026, bringing the cloud security platform into Google Cloud.[2]
• Google Cloud launched a new region in Thailand in January 2026, expanding its Asia-Pacific footprint.[2]
• Recent platform updates include Gemini-powered BigQuery Studio enhancements, Apigee API hub improvements, OpenAPI v3 support, and Dark Mode in the Cloud Console.[4][1]

What stands out

The biggest theme in the latest news is Google Cloud’s push around AI infrastructure and agentic AI tools, especially via Gemini models, Vertex AI, BigQuery, and Apigee. Security also remains a major focus, especially after the Wiz acquisition and related cloud-security messaging.[1][4][2]

Current status

Google Cloud’s service health page is available for checking live incidents and outages, but the recent result I found does not indicate a specific platform-wide outage.[9]