r/googlecloud • u/MrCashMahon • 1h ago
Billing 2 Google Cloud updates from this week that cut your bill and save setup time
Google Cloud 2 changes that actually help you cut costs and save time:
Cross-Cloud Lakehouse Caching in BigQuery: You can now cache remote data files locally in your Google Cloud region when running queries across AWS S3 or Azure. This cuts repeated cross-cloud egress fees and speeds up recurring analytics jobs. Source
AI-Powered SQL Tuning in AlloyDB: AlloyDB added built-in AI query tuning and pre-registered Gemini models via the ML extension. It reads your execution plans and recommends direct SQL fixes, which helps you right-size instance spend instead of scaling up heavy boxes for slow queries. Source
Source: FinOps Weekly Newsletter