Google banks on AI edge to catch up to cloud rivals Amazon and Microsoft

donsupreme 92 points 62 comments April 27, 2026
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ViktorRay

Whenever I read about how powerful these companies are, it sends chills down my spine.

joe_mamba

Whoever controls the spice , controls the universe.

irishcoffee

I’ve always thought “man it would have been a great job selling shovels and pickaxes during the gold rush” back in the day.” I know, I know, it’s really hard having these insights. We all have our crosses to bear. <giggling emoji>

rattray

https://archive.ph/U7i8q

eddythompson80

Don’t know about catching up to AWS, but given the state of Azure, anyone with enough data center investment should be able to overtake it.

siren2026

I pray for Google to completely fail the pivot to AI. We don't need another surveillance capitalism company using AI to make us even dumber and more addicted to screens. I so hope that Google goes down. (And I pray the same for Facebook and a couple others).

bushbaba

Google banked on "Edge" for IoT as well, prior to that it was their network edge is better use them from compute. It's a failed strategy that won't work this time either.

_pdp_

In a highly competitive markets, consumers win.

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