• Thanks to the partnership, customers of the cloud computing business would have the opportunity to deploy Tezos nodes in addition to building web3 applications on the blockchain.

• Also, companies and developers would be able to host and deploy RPC (Remote Procedure Call) nodes for Web3 applications and Google cloud infrastructure. 

A Swiss non-profit organization that supports the Tezos Blockchain, the Tezos Foundation, has announced that it has teamed up with Google’s cloud computing arm in the latest release. This means Google Cloud will become a network validator on the Tezos blockchain. Also, customers of the cloud computing business would have the opportunity to deploy Tezos nodes in addition to building Web3 applications on the blockchain. 

Big news! @googlecloud is now an official Tezos baker, giving Google Cloud customers access to Tezos’ #blockchain technology. Looking forward to seeing how this partnership unfolds for the Tezos community.

According to reports, companies and developers would be able to host and deploy RPC (Remote Procedure Call) nodes for Web3 applications and Google Cloud infrastructure. 

Tezos operates as a blockchain-based smart contract platform to power decentralized applications (DApps) and has been used by the likes of Ubisoft and the California Department of Motor Vehicles.

Tezos mentioned in the announcement:

The Tezos Foundation will provide new and existing Google Cloud customers access to its corporate baking program. Through the program, Tezos will offer Google customers that are interested in building Web3 applications, easy deployment of nodes and indexers on the Tezos protocol.

Google Cloud explores the crypto-sphere with several partnerships

According to Tezos Foundation Chief Commercial Officer Mason Edwards, the foundation seeks to accelerate its institutional adoption, and this partnership is a huge step to achieve that in addition to a mass market opportunity for Web3 technology. 

Another interesting aspect of the partnership is that Google Cloud credits and mentorship through the Google for Startups Cloud Program would be provided for select Tezos incubators. 

James Tromans, Engineering Director, Web3 at Google Cloud also disclosed some of the operations of the Google Cloud:

At Google Cloud, we’re providing secure and reliable infrastructure for Web3 founders and developers to innovate and scale their applications.

It can be recalled that Yolande Piazza, Google Cloud’s vice president of Financial Services announced in January that the firm has created Google Cloud Digital Assets Team to ensure that clients create, trade, store value, and launch new products on the platform. During the announcement, it was disclosed that the team will be exploring some of the possible ways to allow Google’s customers to make and receive payments in cryptos. Also, its parent firm, Google, hired a PayPal veteran in a bid to help with the development of Google Pay as it sought to enter deeply into the crypto space. 

In June last year, the company teamed up with Coinbase to enable users of the exchange to purchase items and services using Google Pay. 

In October, Near Foundation announced a collaboration between Near Protocol and Google Cloud to ensure that infrastructure support is offered for Near’s Web3 startup platform, Pagoda. Before then, the company had announced a similar partnership with Binance’s smart contract blockchain platform, BNB Chain. This was to allow startups building products and services on the BNB Chain blockchain to also build on Google Cloud’s infrastructure. 

In response to the partnership, Tezos has surged by 17 percent in the last seven days, and currently trading at $1.32.