a bigger issue than the cost, even the fully loaded cost is the capability you can buy. I have a feeling that a lot of faults that in the google infrastructure

a bigger issue than the cost, even the fully loaded cost is the capability you can buy. I have a feeling that a lot of faults that in the google infrastructure result in 2 minutes down time, or even just a raised eyebrow in the ops centre would put most SME's (or event big corporates) on there arse for a week. Do you have a spare generator? If main power goes how long do the UPS keep you going for ? If you have a dc fire what happens... These are things that you can plan for but need real capability to deal with, capability that needs scale.