Google’s first Indian Cloud platform goes operational in Mumbai

Google today announced the opening of its first Indian Google Cloud Platform region in Mumbai, which will help customers build efficient applications on Cloud.

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) offers several services including Compute, Big Data, Storage and Networking. With the India region going live, enterprises will be able to take advantage of the high speeds, low latency and performance benefits uniquely offered by GCP. Further, the Indian customers will now be able to buy these services in Indian currency.

"We are delighted to announce the first GCP region in India. The new region will help customers build applications and store their data, and significantly improve latency for customers and end users in the area," said Dave Stiver, product manager, Google Cloud Platform.

The launch of the Cloud region, which will have three zones, also opens up newer opportunities for several new partners who will benefit from building their services on Google Cloud, the company said.

The Mumbai region joins Singapore, Taiwan, Sydney and Tokyo in the Asia-Pacific. "Hosting applications in the new region can improve latency from 20-90 per cent for end-users in Chennai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and, of course, Mumbai, compared to hosting them in the other closest region, Singapore," Stiver said.

Google Cloud Platform enables the developers to build, test and deploy applications on Google's highly scalable and reliable infrastructure.

The new Mumbai region, joins Singapore, Taiwan, Sydney and Tokyo in Asia Pacific making it easier for customers to build highly available, performant applications using resources across those geographies.

"GCP gave us a low latency network and the ability to optimise costs further with custom machine types. The new India region will help us bring our service even closer to Indian consumers," said Manish Verma, chief technology officer.