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Google Cloud Brings New Cloud Regions to APAC— Google Cloud announced its plans to expand cloud regions to New Zealand, Thailand, and Malaysia — Google Cloud’s first footing in each country.

Local customers will have low latency access to Google Cloud’s products and services and network connections to 34 other regions.

“The new Google Cloud regions will help to address organizations’ increasing needs in the area of digital sovereignty and enable more opportunities for digital transformation and innovation in Asia Pacific,” said Daphne Chung, Research Director, Cloud Services and Software Research, IDC Asia/Pacific. “With this announcement, Google Cloud is providing customers with more choices in accessing capabilities from local cloud regions while aiding their journeys to hybrid and multi-cloud environments.”

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The Blind Audition of Software Engineering

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