Google justifies its massive AI spending with a booming cloud business
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Google is effectively using AI demand to subsidize record cloud capex — and the numbers are working. For buyers, that means more aggressive AI credits and bundled infra deals now, with a likely step-up in lock-in and minimums once this land-grab phase cools.
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