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> doesn't clearly explain that Google eventually established SK data centers and started supporting vector maps anyway Google data centers != Google cloud data
by joatmon-snoo 5y ago
> doesn't clearly explain that Google eventually established SK data centers and started supporting vector maps anyway
Google data centers != Google cloud data centers
The two are logistically very different and consequently that means the types of workloads they host are also different. The latter is really for GCP usage only (both customers and Google-internal cloud infra necessary to host GCP). Compare https://www.google.com/about/datacenters/locations/ https://www.google.com/about/datacenters/locations/ with https://cloud.google.com/about/locations https://cloud.google.com/about/locations.
- lifthrasiir 5y agoOh, you are right. I'm aware of the difference, but I didn't realize that there were no new data centers as opposed to new GCP regions due to my dodgy reading. But then there are two possible scenarios: 1. SK vector maps were generated using domestic servers (but no Borg) as SK govt demanded. 2. Google "secretly" exported SK maps and generated vector maps using Borg anyway. And both scenarios are problematic. The former would mean that the GP's claim that vector map generation requires Borg is not true or at least exaggerated (this scenario was what I had in mind when reading my sources, hence no verification). The latter would mean that... well, Google is in direct violation of SK law and not even trying to hide that.