Google Distributed Cloud documentation
Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) is our solution that extends Google Cloud's infrastructure and services into your data center, with Google-provided software running on your own hardware. Distributed Cloud is built on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), with its own Google Distributed Cloud package that extends GKE for use in an on-premises environment. With Google Distributed Cloud, you can create and manage Kubernetes clusters on hardware in your own data center, while using Google Cloud features.
Google Distributed Cloud runs on your premises in a vSphere environment, vSphere is VMware's virtualization platform.
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