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Google Cloud CDN

Google Cloud CDN

Delivers web and video content with low latency and high performance using Google's globally distributed edge network, with seamless integration into Google Cloud Platform services.

Last updated Jun 22, 2026 by the ATDb Editorial Team · Connections updated Jul 16, 2026

Founded
2017
HQ
Mountain View, California, United States
Parent
Connections
135

At a glance

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About

Major cloud CDN provider leveraging Google's global infrastructure

Google Cloud CDN is a content delivery network service offered as part of Google Cloud Platform that leverages Google's globally distributed edge network to serve content closer to end users. The service integrates with Google Cloud Load Balancing to deliver content with high availability and low latency, utilizing the same infrastructure that powers Google's own services like Search, Gmail, and YouTube. Cloud CDN caches content at Google's edge locations worldwide, reducing latency, lowering serving costs, and improving the user experience for websites, applications, and media streaming. As a core component of Google Cloud's networking portfolio, Cloud CDN serves enterprises and digital businesses that require fast, reliable content delivery at global scale. The service supports both static and dynamic content delivery, offers integrated security features through Google Cloud Armor, and provides detailed analytics and logging capabilities. Cloud CDN is particularly well-suited for media and entertainment companies, e-commerce platforms, gaming companies, and any organization delivering content to a global audience. While not exclusively an AdTech product, Cloud CDN plays a significant role in the advertising technology ecosystem by enabling fast delivery of ad creative assets, video advertisements, and supporting the infrastructure requirements of ad tech platforms that demand low-latency content delivery and high availability for programmatic advertising operations.

Business model

Cloud Service/Infrastructure as a Service

Target market

Enterprise and Mid-Market

What they offer

  • Cloud CDN

    Global content delivery network service that caches content at Google's edge locations

  • Media CDN

    Purpose-built CDN for high-performance video and large media file delivery

Key features

Global edge network with 100+ points of presenceIntegration with Google Cloud Load BalancingCache invalidation and purging capabilitiesHTTP/2 and QUIC protocol supportAnycast IP addressingReal-time cache monitoring and loggingCustom cache keys and cache modesSigned URLs and signed cookies for content access controlIntegration with Cloud Armor for DDoS protectionCloud Monitoring integration for performance metrics

Use cases

Website and web application accelerationVideo streaming and media deliverySoftware and game distributionE-commerce content deliveryAPI accelerationAd creative and video ad deliveryMobile app content deliveryLive streaming events

Customer segments

Enterprise organizationsMedia and entertainment companiesE-commerce platformsGaming companiesSaaS providersAdTech platformsDigital publishersMobile app developers

Tech & specs

Technology stack

Google Global Cache (GGC)Anycast networkingHTTP/2QUIC protocolGoogle Cloud Load BalancingCloud ArmorCloud MonitoringCloud Logging

Security & compliance

SOC 2SOC 3ISO 27001ISO 27017ISO 27018GDPRHIPAAPCI DSSFedRAMP

Deployment

Cloud

API

Yes

Corporate history
  1. 2017 · Founded
Connection details
See integrations with Google Cloud CDN (107)

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