Google Launches Over $800M Plan to Respond to Covid-19 Crisis
Summary
– $250m in ad grants to help the World Health Organization (WHO) and more than 100 government agencies globally provide critical information on how to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and other measures to help local communities. In addition, the company is providing $20m in ad grants to community financial institutions and NGOs specifically to run public service announcements on relief funds and other resources for SMBs. – A pool of $20m in Google Cloud credits for academic institutions and researchers to leverage Google’s computing capabilities and infrastructure as they study potential therapies and vaccines, track critical data, and identify new ways to combat COVID-19. – Direct financial support and expertise to help increase the production capacity for personal protective equipment (PPE) and lifesaving medical devices. Additionally, employees from across Alphabet, including Google, Verily and X, are bringing engineering, supply chain and healthcare expertise to facilitate increased production of ventilators, working with equipment manufacturers, distributors and the government in this effort.