About the brand ❤️
Google Compute Engine (GCE) is a foundational Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) product within Google Cloud, offering scalable, high‑performance virtual machine (VM) instances for running workloads on Google’s global infrastructure. Launched in 2012, it enables businesses and developers to deploy and manage virtual servers with flexible configurations, automatic load balancing, and integration with other Google Cloud services like networking, storage, and identity management. Compute Engine supports numerous operating systems and provides advanced features such as live migration, custom machine types, GPUs for high‑performance computing, and global load balancing. Designed to compete with other cloud compute offerings, it allows organizations to scale resources up or down based on demand, pay only for what they use, and leverage Google’s secure, redundant data centers. GCE remains a core component of Google Cloud’s platform for cloud‑native, enterprise, and AI‑driven applications, valued for its performance, flexibility, and integration within the broader Google Cloud ecosystem.
Founded: 2012
Headquarters:
Mountain View, California, United States of America (the)
Owner: Alphabet Inc.
https://cloud.google.com/products/compute