GCP Cloud Digital Leader Practice Question

Hybrid cloud is designed for scenarios where some workloads or data must remain on-premises while other workloads burst to a public cloud for additional capacity or specialized services. It allows the firm to comply with regulations that require sensitive records to stay in its own data center, yet still access Google Cloud's scalable analytics during peak periods.

Public cloud alone would force all data into Google Cloud, violating the sovereignty rule. A private cloud keeps everything on-premises and would not provide the elastic resources the company needs for peak analytics. Multicloud involves using two or more public cloud providers; although it offers provider diversity, it does not inherently solve the need for tight integration between on-premises systems and Google Cloud for bursting.