UPS Expands Deal With Google Cloud to Prepare for Surge in Data - The Wall Street Journal
Logistics company to gain network, storage and compute capacity to help it analyze new data coming from initiatives such as RFID chips on packages.United Parcel Service Inc. is set Tuesday to announce an expansion of its 2019 deal with Alphabet Inc.’s Google Cloud as the logistics company rolls out new data initiatives.
As part of the expansion, UPS will receive increased network, storage and compute capacity. It will continue using Google’s artificial-intelligence and machine-learning tools to analyze its incoming data, which is expected to surge with the introduction of initiatives such as putting radio-frequency identification chips on packages.
The companies declined to comment on the size of the cloud capacity increase or the value of the deal.
