Google Cloud announced Dataplex's automatic discovery and cataloging of Google Cloud Storage data, making it available for analytics and governance within BigQuery's unified platform. This feature automatically discovers structured and unstructured data assets in Cloud Storage, harvests metadata, and creates BigLake, external, or object tables in BigQuery, eliminating manual table definition creation. This offers enhanced data visibility, reduces manual effort, accelerates analytics and AI workflows, and simplifies data access while maintaining security. It eliminates the guesswork in finding relevant data, automatically updates table schemas as data evolves, and allows for seamless integration with analytics and AI tools. This is a significant step towards unlocking the full potential of data by addressing the challenge of "dark data" and providing a comprehensive, searchable catalog of Cloud Storage assets.