It's a full managed (bare metal) VMware environment. Basically you get a dedicated cluster of vSphere hosts, with VSAN storage. Some use cases are: migrating t

It's a full managed (bare metal) VMware environment. Basically you get a dedicated cluster of vSphere hosts, with VSAN storage. Some use cases are: migrating to cloud (for all kinds of reasons, like not wanting to invest in own datacenters and HW anymore) without having to refactor applications, hybrid applications where the front end lives in Google Cloud but the backend requires a more 'traditional' environment, using the cloud for DR, ... Similar offerings exist at other hyperscalers: * Amazon: VMware Cloud on AWS - https://cloud.vmware.com/vmc-aws https://cloud.vmware.com/vmc-aws * Azure: Azure VMware Solution - https://cloud.vmware.com/azure-vmware-solution https://cloud.vmware.com/azure-vmware-solution * IBM: IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions - https://cloud.vmware.com/ibm-cloud https://cloud.vmware.com/ibm-cloud * Oracle: Oracle Cloud VMware Solution https://cloud.vmware.com/oracle-cloud https://cloud.vmware.com/oracle-cloud * Alicloud: Alibaba Cloud VMware Solution https://www.alibabacloud.com/press-room/vmware-based-cloud-tech-now-available-on-alibaba-cloud https://www.alibabacloud.com/press-room/vmware-based-cloud-t... [Disclaimer: I work at VMware]