Google announces the acquisition of Wiz for $32 billion

2025-03-18 · Publisher : Google · Domain : Cloud & DevOps

Alphabet and Google sign a definitive agreement to acquire the cloud security platform Wiz for $32 billion in cash. It is the largest acquisition in Google's history, subject to antitrust approval.

### What changes On 18 March 2025, Google announces it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Wiz, a cloud security platform, for $32 billion in cash (subject to closing adjustments). Once the transaction closes, Wiz is to join Google Cloud. Closing is expected in 2026, subject to regulatory approvals. According to the press, it is Google's largest acquisition, ahead of the $12.5 billion Motorola deal in 2012. ### Key facts - Price: $32 billion, all in cash. - Wiz is a cloud security platform that protects multi-cloud environments. - Google had offered about $23 billion in 2024; Wiz had declined and aimed for an initial public offering. - The meaning of the deal for Google Cloud: strengthening its security offer and multi-cloud positioning. - Sundar Pichai, Google's CEO, said: "Together, Google Cloud and Wiz will turbocharge improved cloud security and the ability to use multiple clouds." - At closing, Wiz is to be included in Alphabet's Google Cloud segment. ### Why it matters Wiz is deployed at many large accounts to monitor AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. Its acquisition by one of the three raises the question of the tool's neutrality. Customers will need to follow Google's commitments on supporting other clouds, and IT services firms that integrate Wiz into their cloud security offers will need to account for it in their contracts. ### Takeaway Google pays $32 billion for the leader in multi-cloud security: security becomes a strategic stake between hyperscalers.

Tags : Acquisition, Google Cloud, Sécurité, Multi-cloud, États-Unis