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It would definitely cost less, and datacenters are readily available, already running (i.e. zero actual project risk). My guess is that they hope to use Google
by patrickg_zill 10y ago
It would definitely cost less, and datacenters are readily available, already running (i.e. zero actual project risk).
My guess is that they hope to use Google's TensorFlow and/or a lot of the GPU instances from AWS - TensorFlow needs a special chip and GPUs become outdated in 1 year, so it makes more sense to lease them as-needed.