Google Cloud (formerly GCP) is a newer public cloud platform geared toward research computing and storage. For information on Google Cloud, reference the following Google web pages:

Ready to get started with Google Cloud?

  1. Review the Cloud Computing: Features & Options service description to understand what is included and excluded.
  2. Note that as part of a shared security responsibility model for cloud subscriptions, cloud workloads that you deploy must comply with Washington University security standards, including ensuring that any cloud-hosted VMs follow the Universal Device Management standard. Exception requests are reviewed on a case-by-case basis and can be submitted to the WashU Office of Information Security here.
  3. Request a new WashU Google Cloud project.

Already have a WashU GCP project?