AWS grew 36.7% to $42.2b and Jassy called it a future $1 trillion revenue business. The backlog supports the near term; negative free cash flow is the price.
Google Cloud grew 82% to Azure's 43%. Owning the model & the chip funds the aggression; renting both, & carrying half a backlog in one borrower, funds the hedge.
Google Cloud grew 82% to $24.8b in Q2 2026, began recognizing TPU system sales, & posted a $514b backlog as its growth rate converges toward NVIDIA's.
Google's Gemini processes 10B tokens/minute, up 52x YoY, while cutting serving costs 78%. Cloud revenue hit $17.7B, growing 48%.
Datadog's platform transition drives remarkable consistency: 25% YoY growth for 12 straight quarters, 120% net dollar retention recovery, 84% multi-product adoption, & 15 AI native customers >$1M ARR as security suite accelerates to mid-50s% growth.
Microsoft & Google commit $555B in cloud backlog & $232B in annualized capex, driving unprecedented AI infrastructure buildout despite spending 93-137% of cash reserves.
Explore how GPT-4 and AI reshapes cloud market dynamics, as Azure surges to 46.5% share while AWS's dominance wanes. Key data for startup founders & investors.
