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They don't run their own electric companies, and often don't even own their own buildings, both of those are essential. I suspect they lease their trucks and planes too.

If they're building it on AWS only kit and locking in, then they open themselves to risk. If they build it on standard VMs running on AWS, Azure, Digital Ocean, then they can shop around at contract renewal time, just like they can with Mercedes vs Ford vs VW trucks






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