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Surely they can: - buy in bulk, for lower prices and access to better hardware through big contracts - build in bulk (i.e. spread out software improvements ov
by philipallstar 2mo ago
Surely they can:
- buy in bulk, for lower prices and access to better hardware through big contracts
- build in bulk (i.e. spread out software improvements over a lot of data centres and customers)
- offer additional services such as edge caching and multi-region data redundancy
That doesn't mean that hyperscalers don't also do things wrong, but it seems very odd to pretend there's nothing to them.
- genxy 2mo agoYes, they can do all of these things. But then the margins are eaten up in the process, hyperscalers could be half the price of on-prem, but they are more. They have no magic, or the magic they do have they are wasting (which is good for the people). You can beat a hyperscaler on price at a single rack.