From IT Manager to AI Engineer: Build a Cloud Infrastructure Agent with Cloud Run's Managed MCP Server

Google Cloud NEXT '26 dropped over 260 announcements. Most headlines went to Gemini 3.1, TPU v8, and the Agentic Data Cloud. But buried in the Cloud Run section was something that made me stop scrolling — a fully managed remote MCP server , now generally available. If you manage infrastructure AND build AI systems, this one's for you. Why This Hit Different for Me I wear two hats. One day I'm SSH-ing into VMs, reviewing Cloud Run deployments, and making sure services don't fall over at 2am. The