Zilliz Announces General Availability of Zilliz Cloud BYOC on GCP

Expands Enterprise Vector Search Options with New Security, Compliance, and Automation Features

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — June 20, 2025 — Zilliz, the company behind the open-source vector database Milvus, today announced the general availability of Zilliz Cloud Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The GCP launch includes comprehensive new BYOC features across supported clouds. Including AWS, strengthening enterprise AI readiness through enhanced permission management, audit logging, network security, and infrastructure automation.

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“Customers across industries have asked us for BYOC support on GCP, and we’ve delivered, while also raising the bar for enterprise-grade control and security on all supported clouds,” said Charles Xie, founder and CEO of Zilliz. “Whether you’re building on AWS or GCP, Zilliz Cloud BYOC now gives you complete operational visibility, zero data movement, and a true least-privilege security posture, all without the complexity of managing infrastructure.”

New BYOC Capabilities Now Available

The new BYOC (Bring Your Own Cloud) capabilities now available on Google Cloud offer organizations enhanced flexibility and control over their data infrastructure while maintaining robust security standards. These capabilities allow businesses to store and process their vector data directly within their chosen cloud environment, ensuring data privacy and compliance. Key improvements include advanced permission controls, which ensure that only authorized users can access sensitive data, and enhanced network security features like encrypted communication and private network isolation. Furthermore, organizations can take advantage of automation tools like CloudFormation and Terraform templates, simplifying the deployment process while maintaining security best practices. The BYOC model also allows seamless integration with other Google Cloud services, such as BigQuery and Vertex AI, ensuring low latency and cost efficiency. This setup enables businesses to retain full control over their data while benefiting from the scalability and performance of cloud-native infrastructure.

BYOC on Google Cloud: Secure Vector Search Where Your Data Lives

BYOC (Bring Your Own Cloud) on Google Cloud is a concept that enables organizations to securely store and process their data in the cloud while maintaining control over the storage and infrastructure. In the context of vector search, it means that organizations can store their vector data (such as embeddings for machine learning models) on their preferred cloud environment, such as Google Cloud, and perform secure search and retrieval operations within that environment. The advantage of BYOC is that it ensures data privacy, as organizations can keep their sensitive information within their own cloud, rather than relying on external services. With Google Cloud’s robust security infrastructure and powerful vector search capabilities, businesses can perform high-performance search operations while ensuring that data governance and compliance standards are met. This solution provides flexibility, security, and scalability for vector-based data processing needs.

About Zilliz

Zilliz is the creator of Milvus, the world’s most widely adopted open-source vector database (35K stars on GitHub). With Zilliz Cloud, the company offers a fully managed, scalable platform to power AI workloads through high-performance vector search, hybrid retrieval, and secure infrastructure options. Zilliz is backed by leading investors including Prosperity7 Ventures, Pavilion Capital. And Hillhouse Capital, and is trusted by over 10,000 organizations worldwide.Media Contact
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