It's one machine per 100 to 1000 clients. There's many ways to interpret that. On one hand, it's a measure of how much computing Google is doing for clients. On the other, it's an indication of the level of Google's costs per client, and indirectly how much revenue they make from those clients.
It's almost government-scale infrastructure. It's approaching the point where Google is running a machine per street. I wouldn't be surprised if a government made a grab for the local section of this infrastructure in some country within the next couple of decades, whether it's to control their citizens, or to wrest control from the corporation on behalf of their citizens.
It's almost government-scale infrastructure. It's approaching the point where Google is running a machine per street. I wouldn't be surprised if a government made a grab for the local section of this infrastructure in some country within the next couple of decades, whether it's to control their citizens, or to wrest control from the corporation on behalf of their citizens.