Databases

Everything you need to know about Google Cloud’s family of database offerings.
News in short
A quick take on updates, announcements, resources, events, and learning opportunities from Google Cloud in one handy location. Updated weekly.
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Databases
AI Studio unlocks full-stack vibe coding with Cloud Run, Firebase, and Cloud SQL, no credit card required
By Justin Mahood • 5-minute read
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Databases
Urban Outfitters achieves major cost savings by moving Sterling OMS to AlloyDB for PostgreSQL
By Rob Frieman • 5-minute read

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Data Analytics
What’s new with Google Data Cloud
By The Google Cloud Data Analytics, BI, and Database teams • 7-minute read

](https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/whats-new-with-google-data-cloud)
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Data Analytics
The power of LLMs on your data, more than two orders of magnitude faster and cheaper
By Thibaud Hottelier • 11-minute read
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Databases
Meet the latest Database Center, now with Gemini-powered fleet intelligence
By Kiran Shenoy • 5-minute read
](https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/database-center-improvements-from-next26)
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Future-proof your data strategy: AlloyDB adds PostgreSQL 18 and new Extended Support
By Bjoern Rost • 5-minute read
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New Bigtable in-memory tier for sub-millisecond read latency
By Anton Gething • 6-minute read
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Firestore at Next '26: Unlock agentic development, search and MongoDB compatibility
By Minh Nguyen • 6-minute read

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UKG unlocks real-time workforce intelligence at scale with the Agentic Data Cloud
By Radhi Chagarlamudi • 4-minute read

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Databases
What’s new with Databases: Powering the agentic future
By Sailesh Krishnamurthy • 9-minute read

](https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/whats-new-for-google-cloud-databases-at-next26)