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Last week everybody was shocked that they're going to spend $400mm/yr with Google... Now the total cloud bill is up to $600mm/yr! I can't wrap my head around
by luhn 10y ago
Last week everybody was shocked that they're going to spend $400mm/yr with Google... Now the total cloud bill is up to $600mm/yr! I can't wrap my head around these numbers.
- matt_wulfeck 10y agoYou'd probably also have a hard time wrapping your head around their traffic and usage.
- luhn 10y agoI'd imagine so. I'd be curious to see the numbers on their infrastructure. What $600mm is paying for.
- 20years 10y agoand their lack of profit.
- matt_wulfeck 10y agoAt least that can be forgiven if you have accelerating revenue, which can't be said about many startups with big valuations.
- 20years 10y agoUser growth is flat though. That would concern me in regards to how much more they can accelerate their revenue in comparison to costs.
- nom 10y agoI don't think that all the computing power is just for powering their app. They're probably going to extract valuable information out of the vast amount of visual data that is streamed to their servers 24/7.