Google Cloud Platform launches in Tokyo, its 6th region globally

Google has added a new zone to its Cloud Platform infrastructure business with the opening of the Asia-Northeast1 region in Tokyo.
This takes the total number of Google Cloud Platform regions around the world to six, adding to the three existing ones in the U.S., one in Belgium, and one in Taiwan.
Local infrastructure means Google can offer businesses in the area lower latency and overall better performance in terms of data-transfer speeds. According to Google, during the beta phase customers ac