Google Cloud Next

Google Cloud’s annual customer and developer conference. The Next ’26 keynote in ^[src-044] introduces Google Cloud’s Agentic Enterprise strategy and a broad set of AI infrastructure, agent platform, data, security, and workspace announcements.

Key facts

• Type: Cloud / AI conference
• 2026 theme: Agentic Enterprise ^[src-044]
• Key announcement clusters: Gemini Enterprise, AI Hypercomputer, Agentic Data Cloud, Agentic Defense, Agentic Taskforce, and ecosystem openness ^[src-044]
• Customer proof: Google Cloud says Next ’26 includes stories from more than 500 organizations using its AI and agentic tools ^[src-044]

Related entities

• Google Cloud
• Google Cloud Blog

Related concepts

• Agentic Enterprise
• Enterprise Agent Governance
• Agentic Data Cloud
• Agentic Defense

Source references

• ^[src-044] Thomas Kurian — “Welcome to Google Cloud Next ’26” (2026-04-22)