What is Google Cloud Platform (GCP)?

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is a suite of cloud computing services provided by Google, running on the same infrastructure that Google uses for its own products like Google Search, Gmail, and YouTube. GCP offers services for computing, storage, databases, machine learning, networking, and DevOps across a global network of data centers in over 40 regions. It is the third-largest cloud provider after AWS and Azure. GCP is particularly known for its strengths in data analytics (BigQuery), machine learning (Vertex AI, TensorFlow), containers (GKE — which Google invented Kubernetes), and networking performance (Google's global fiber backbone).