In response, the new storage model provides schools and universities with a baseline of 100TB of pooled cloud storage, but that is shared across all the users at the site. However, as we've grown to serve more schools and universities each year, storage consumption has also rapidly accelerated,' the firm said. 'Google has traditionally offered unlimited storage to qualifying schools and universities for free. Most institutional IT people have absolutely no idea what the actual data needs of scientists are like.Īt the same time, the Chocolate Factory notified users of a new storage policy it was introducing.

As part of the rebrand last year, the free tier was renamed Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals, alongside paid-for Standard and Education Plus editions. Google Workspace for Education, formerly G Suite for Education, is Google's offering for schools and universities.

Educational users of Google Workspace will soon be facing a new storage policy that limits the free tier to 100TB shared between all users at a site, and some are expressing their dissatisfaction with the change.

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