GitLab on Google Cloud: Fully managed, compliant, and AI-ready

This post announces the availability of GitLab as a fully managed platform on Google Cloud, delivered by MSP partners. It highlights the integration of Google's latest AI models (Gemini, Gemma) into GitLab Duo Agent Platform, enabling users to leverage these models within a governed DevSecOps environment. Key technical aspects include: the ability to run GitLab on Google Cloud infrastructure with data residency control, the availability of Gemini 3.5 Flash for high-throughput tasks and Gemma 4 for self-hosted/private cloud deployments, and the option to purchase GitLab and Duo Agent Platform through Google Cloud Marketplace to utilize existing commitments. The post also emphasizes the unified platform approach, combining AI capabilities with GitLab's existing DevSecOps context (merge requests, pipelines).