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# What’s New from Google Cloud Next '25: A Quick Summary of Key Highlights
[Pitcha Gunteethong](https://blog.gopomelo.com/author/pitcha-gunteethong)
May 2, 2025
**Catch the highlights summary Google Cloud Announced at Next '25 below:**
# **⭐ New and Enhanced AI Models (Vertex AI Model Garden)**
- **Gemini 2.5 Pro** – High-performance model for deep reasoning and coding (now in public preview).
- **Gemini 2.5 Flash** – Low-latency, cost-efficient model (coming soon).
- **Imagen 3** – Best text-to-image model with advanced inpainting.
- **Chirp 3** – Audio model with Instant Custom Voice (10-second input).
- **Lyria** – First enterprise-ready text-to-music model.
- **Veo 2** – Enhanced video generation with editing and camera control.
- **Llama 4 (Meta)** – Now available on Vertex AI.
- **AI2 Models** – Open models from AI2 now in the Model Garden.
**Vertex AI** is now the only hyperscaler with generative models across video, image, speech, and music.
**⭐ Tools for Model Management**
- **Vertex AI Dashboards** – Monitor usage, latency, and errors.
- **Model Customization** – Fine-tune first- and third-party models securely.
- **Model Optimizer** – Balances quality vs. cost for responses.
- **Live API** – Enables real-time audio/video input for Gemini.
- **Global Endpoint** – Ensures responsiveness with regional load balancing.
**⭐ Multi-Agent Systems Enhancements**
- **Agent Development Kit (ADK)** – Open-source framework to build agent systems using Model Context Protocol (MCP).
- **Agent2Agent Protocol (A2A)** – Open standard for agent communication across platforms.
- **Agent Garden** – Pre-built agent samples to speed up development.
- **Agent Engine** – Fully managed runtime for production deployment.
- **Google Maps Grounding** – Adds geospatial awareness to agents.
- **Customer Engagement Suite** – Emotion-aware agents, real-time video understanding, no-code agent builder.
**⭐ Enterprise AI with Agentspace**
- **Chrome Enterprise Integration** – AI agents embedded in employee workflows.
- **Agent Gallery** – Central hub for discovering enterprise agents.
- **Agent Designer** – No-code tool to create task-based agents.
- **Idea Generation Agent** – Autonomous ideation and evaluation.
- **Deep Research Agent** – Synthesizes complex topics into reports.
### **⭐ Scientific & Research Applications**
- **AlphaFold 3** – Protein folding at scale using Google Cloud.
- **WeatherNext Models** – High-speed, accurate weather forecasting now available in Model Garden.
### **⭐ Next-Gen AI Hardware & Runtime**
- **TPU v5p “Ironwood”** – 7th-gen TPU coming in 2025, designed to efficiently power large inferential AI models.
- **Google Distributed Cloud + NVIDIA Blackwell** – Gemini can now run locally in connected and air-gapped environments with support from Dell and NVIDIA.
- **Pathways on Cloud** – Google DeepMind’s distributed AI runtime (used internally at Google) is now available on Google Cloud.
### **⭐ Optimized Inference & Serving**
- **vLLM on TPU** – PyTorch-based models using vLLM can now run on TPUs without code changes, supporting mixed TPU/GPU serving.
- **Dynamic Workload Scheduler** – Adds support for Trillium, TPU v5e, NVIDIA B200 (A4), and H200 (A3 Ultra) via Flex Start mode; Calendar mode for TPUs coming soon.
### **⭐ Expanded GPU Offerings**
- **A4 & A4X VMs** – Powered by NVIDIA B200 and GB200 Blackwell GPUs; A4X in preview. Google Cloud is the first to offer both.
- **NVIDIA Vera Rubin GPUs** – Coming soon, enabling up to 15 exaflops of FP4 inference performance per rack.
### **⭐ Accelerator Management at Scale**
- **Cluster Director** – Manages accelerator clusters with colocated VMs and topology-aware scheduling. Upcoming updates:
- Slurm integration
- Advanced observability (3600)
- Job continuity features
- Join preview for early access
### **⭐ Application Development Enhancements**
- **Design & Management Tools**
- **Application Design Center** (preview): Visual, collaborative canvas to design and deploy apps with inline code.
- **Cloud Hub** (preview): Central dashboard for app landscape insights, health, optimization, and support.
- **App Hub**: Now integrated with 20+ GCP products for app-centric visibility.
- **Application Monitoring** (preview): Auto-tags telemetry and enables app-aware alerts and dashboards.
- **Cost Explorer** (private preview): Granular visibility into app costs and usage efficiency.
- **Gemini-Powered Developer Tools**
- **Gemini Code Assist**: Helps with dev tasks (migration, testing, docs) and integrates with Android Studio, Atlassian, Sentry, Snyk.
- **App Prototyping Agent**: Converts app ideas into working prototypes (UI + backend) in Firebase Studio.
- **Gemini Cloud Assist**: Embedded across design and operations tools (e.g., Observability, FinOps Hub, Security) to enhance infra design, troubleshooting, and cost optimization.
- **Developer Programs**
- **Google Developer Program**: Offers AI-assisted tools across all tiers. Premium ($75/month/seat) for enterprise teams is now in preview.
### **⭐ Compute Innovations**
- **General-Purpose Compute**
- **C4D & C4 VMs**: High-performance VMs powered by AMD (C4D) and Intel (C4), with up to 288 vCPUs, DDR5 memory, Local SSD, and bare metal options.
- **Specialized Compute**
- **H4D VMs** (preview): HPC-optimized, delivering record-breaking per-core and memory bandwidth performance.
- **M4 VMs**: Optimized for SAP HANA with 65% better price-performance over M3.
- **Z3 VMs** (preview): Storage-optimized, up to 72TB Titanium SSDs with bare metal access.
- **Hybrid & Integrated Compute**
- **Nutanix NC2 on GCP**: Hybrid cloud platform now in public preview.
- **Google Cloud VMware Engine**: Now supports 26 node shapes.
- **Infrastructure Upgrades**
- **Titanium ML Adapter**: Enhanced NIC integration for 3.2 Tbps GPU bandwidth.
- **Titanium Offload Processors**: Connect GPU clusters to Jupiter fabric for scalable compute.
- **Managed Instance Groups (MIGs)**: Now manageable as a unit and support CUDs/reservation sharing with Vertex AI.
### **⭐ AI-Enhanced & Natural Language Capabilities**
- **AlloyDB AI Upgrades**:
- Natural language querying, vector search via ScaNN, and cross-attention reranking.
- New AI models: multimodal embeddings (text, images, video), Gemini Embeddings.
- Agentspace integration enables structured data search with AI agents.
- The new AI query engine supports natural language in SQL queries.
- **MCP Toolbox**:
- Connects AI agents to enterprise databases using Model Context Protocol.
### **⭐ Database Compatibility & Migration**
- **Firestore + MongoDB**:
- MongoDB API compatibility with Firestore’s global scale and low latency.
- **Oracle on Google Cloud**:
- Base Database Service and Exadata X11M (GA), now with CMEK support.
- **Database Migration Service (DMS)**:
- Now supports SQL Server → PostgreSQL (Cloud SQL & AlloyDB).
### **⭐ Performance, Availability & Management**
- **Cloud SQL & AlloyDB on Axion (C4A)**: Uses Arm-based processors for better price-performance.
- **Database Center**: GA release — unified, AI-powered database fleet management.
- **Spanner Updates**: Vector search (GA), graph visualization (GA), Repeatable Read isolation (preview), MySQL migration tools.
- **Aiven for AlloyDB Omni**: Fully managed AlloyDB Omni across AWS, Azure, and GCP (GA).
### **⭐ Bigtable, Memorystore & Firebase**
- **Bigtable**: Continuous materialized views (preview), Cassandra-compatible APIs & migration tools.
- **Memorystore for Valkey**: Now GA, supports versions 7.2 & 8.0.
- **Firebase Data Connect**: GA release — combines PostgreSQL’s reliability with GraphQL APIs and type-safe SDKs.
### **⭐ BigQuery Platform Innovations**
- **Data Pipelines & Preparation**:
- **GA**: Pipelines, Data preparation, Contribution analysis, Pipe syntax, Semantic search.
- **Data Quality & Detection**:
- **Preview**: Anomaly detection, Knowledge engine powered by Gemini.
- **AI-Powered Enhancements**:
- **GA/Preview**:
- Natural language & real-world context querying via Gemini.
- Intelligent SQL cells, scheduled analysis, native viz.
- AI.GENERATE\_TABLE, vector search index (ScaNN), TimesFM forecasting model.
- Multimodal tables with ObjectRef type.
- **Governance & Cataloging**:
- **GA**: Business glossary, Metastore, Universal catalog, Catalog metadata export, BigLake cataloging, Disaster recovery.
- **Preview**: Governance console, Iceberg table support.
- **Workload & Cost Management**:
- **GA**: Advanced workload mgmt, Spend commit model.
- **Preview**: Fair slot sharing and better billing attribution.
### **⭐ AI & Natural Language for Analysts & Scientists**
- **Colab Notebook Integration**:
- Data science agent, intelligent SQL cells, native EDA, and AI code assist in DataFrames.
- **LLM & Model Integration**:
- Supports Anthropic Claude, Llama, Mistral in BigQuery ML.
- TimesFM model, real-time Kafka pipelines, serverless Spark.
- **Location & Geospatial**:
- Google Maps datasets + Earth Engine data now in BigQuery.
### **⭐ Looker Platform Updates**
- **Conversational & AI Tools**:
- **Preview**: Conversational Analytics (129), API (130), Code Interpreter.
- **GA**: Gemini features like formula/visualization assistants, slide generation.
- **Reporting Enhancements**:
- New drag-and-drop reports with real-time collaboration.
- **DevOps for BI**:
- SQL/LookML testing automation via Spectacles.dev.
### **⭐ Partner Ecosystem & Integrations**
- **Notable Partner Launches**:
- **GrowthLoop**: AI-driven marketing journeys.
- **Informatica**: Expanded governance/AI capabilities.
- **Fivetran**: Managed Data Lake Service with Iceberg/Delta.
- **DBT**: Integrated with BigQuery DataFrames & hosted on GCP.
- **Datadog**: Expanded BigQuery monitoring.
### **⭐ Firebase Updates**
- **Firebase Studio** (Preview):
A Gemini-powered, all-in-one cloud development environment for building full-stack AI apps. Includes **Gemini Code Assist** agents.
- **Genkit Framework**:
Open-source AI framework now supports Python and Go. Firebase Studio includes templates to start building with it.
- **Vertex AI in Firebase**:
Now supports **Gemini Live API** for conversational, multimodal app interactions (e.g., audio Q&A).
- **Firebase Data Connect** (GA):
Production-ready PostgreSQL backend with **GraphQL APIs** and type-safe SDKs.
- **Firebase App Hosting** (GA):
Git-centric hosting for full-stack web apps.
- **App Testing Agent** (Preview):
Automatically generates and runs end-to-end tests in **Firebase App Distribution** to prep mobile apps for release.
**⭐ Google Cloud Consulting**
- **Agentspace Accelerator**:
Prebuilt service to help integrate **AI-powered search** across organizational data.
- **Optimize with TPUs**:
Helps migrate workloads to **Google’s Tensor Processing Units** for AI performance gains.
- **Oracle on Google Cloud**:
Combines Oracle databases with Google Cloud’s AI & infra for improved performance.
- **Delivery Navigator** (Preview):
Expanded to customers and partners—offering best practices and proven delivery methods for cloud implementations.
### **⭐ Network Infrastructure & Performance**
- **Cloud WAN** (GA):
Cross-Cloud Network backbone with 40% better performance and TCO savings.
- **400G Interconnect** (Coming Soon):
4x bandwidth boost for Cloud and Cross-Cloud Interconnects.
- **30,000 GPU Support** (Preview):
Enables massive AI clusters with non-blocking GPU configurations.
- **High-Performance RDMA Networking** (GA):
Up to 3.2 Tbps GPU-to-GPU bandwidth with RDMA (186), and **Zero-Trust RDMA security** coming later in the year.
### **⭐ AI-Optimized Networking & Load Balancing**
- **LLM Inference Optimizations**:
Cloud Load Balancing now supports AI/LLM workloads across clouds/on-prem.
- **Inference Gateway & AI Security Integrations**:
Combine with tools like Model Armor, NeMo Guardrails, and Palo Alto via **Service Extensions**.
- **WebAssembly-based Service Extensions** (GA):
Plugin system now in Cloud Load Balancing; Cloud CDN support coming soon.
### **⭐ Content Delivery & Performance Enhancements**
- **Cloud CDN Fast Cache Invalidation** & **TLS 1.3 0-RTT** (Preview):
Faster content delivery and quicker resumed connections.
### **⭐ Service Management & Discovery**
- **App Hub**:
Streamlined service discovery, with cross-regional failover coming soon.
- **Private Service Connect for GKE** (Coming 2025):
Publish multiple services in a single GKE cluster for broader access.
### **⭐ Security Enhancements**
- **DNS Armor** (Preview): Detects advanced DNS-based attacks like tunneling and DGAs.
- **Cloud Armor Hierarchical Policies**: Granular protection enforcement.
- **Cloud NGFW Updates**: New network types and firewall tags, plus Layer 7 domain filtering coming 2025.
- **Inline Network DLP** (Preview): Real-time protection using third-party DLP (Symantec) via Secure Web Proxy and Load Balancer.
- **Network Security Integration** (GA): Consistent hybrid/multi-cloud security policies without routing changes.
- **Imperva App Security**: Now integrated with Cloud Load Balancing via Marketplace.
### **⭐ Security Innovations**
- **Unified Security:** A single platform combining threat detection, AI-driven security ops, Mandiant expertise, and more.
- **Security Agents:**
- **Alert Triage Agent:** Automates alert investigation and decision-making.
**Malware Analysis Agent:** Uses Code Insight to detect and analyze malicious code.
- **Google Security Operations:** Enhanced data pipeline management for scale, cost, and compliance.
- **Cyber Insurance Expansion:** Risk Protection Program now includes Beazley and Chubb.
- **Phishing Protection:** Chrome Enterprise Premium uses Safe Browsing to defend against credential theft.
- **Mandiant Enhancements:**
- **Retainer:** On-demand access to Mandiant’s services using prepaid credits.
- **Partnerships:** New recovery solution with Rubrik and Cohesity for cyberattack resilience.
### **⭐ Storage Innovations**
- **Hyperdisk:**
- **Storage Pools:** Now supports up to 5 PiB.
- **Exapools:** Industry-leading block storage at exabyte scale.
- **ML:** Integrates with GKE for fast data hydration.
- **Rapid Storage:** Ultra-low latency cloud storage with 6 TB/s throughput and 20x faster data access.
- **Anywhere Cache:** Reduces latency up to 70% by caching data near GPUs/TPUs.
- **Managed Lustre:** High-performance file system with <1ms latency and massive throughput for AI.
- **Storage Intelligence:** Uses LLMs to query metadata and provide actionable insights into data estates.
### **⭐ Startups**
- **Lightspeed VC Partnership:** Lightspeed-backed startups get up to $150K in Google Cloud credits.
- **Startup Perks Program:** Early-stage startups get benefits from partners like Datadog, GitLab, NVIDIA, and more.
- **Vertex AI Credits:** Additional $10K credits for using partner foundation models (e.g., Anthropic, Meta).
### **⭐ Google Workspace: AI-Powered Productivity**
- **Help me Analyze:** A feature in Google Sheets that automatically identifies insights from data, helping users make data-driven decisions.
- **Docs Audio Overview:** Converts Google Docs into human-like audio summaries or podcast-style overviews of documents.
- **Workspace Flows:** Automates daily tasks like managing approvals, organizing emails, researching customers, and summarizing agendas.
### **⭐Additional Launches**
- **Cloud Run Updates:**
- **Cloud Run GPUs:** Now generally available.
- **High Availability Apps:** Public preview of multi-region deployment.
- **Kafka Consumer Worker Pools:** Private preview for pull-based workloads.
- **SaaS Runtime:** A lifecycle management service for building, deploying, and operating AI-infused SaaS services at scale.
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