> In that context, does it not make more sense to rent the infrastructure instead of host in-house? Yes, but it also makes sense to be able to rent it for shor

> In that context, does it not make more sense to rent the infrastructure instead of host in-house? Yes, but it also makes sense to be able to rent it for short periods of time, billing by the second. And sometimes you do need bare-metal, and a VM won't do.