Welcome to the Cloud Wars Minute — your daily cloud news and commentary show. Each episode provides insights and perspectives around the “reimagination machine” that is the cloud.
In today’s Cloud Wars Minute, I break down reports of a potential $1.2 billion cloud deal between Google Cloud and ServiceNow, and what it means for the ever-intensifying battle among the cloud giants.
Highlights
00:04 — Google Cloud has just secured a massive cloud deal with ServiceNow worth an estimated $1.2 billion over five years. In its latest filing, ServiceNow states that it’s entered into various non-cancellable agreements with cloud service providers, under which it is committed to spend an aggregate of approximately $4.8 billion through 2030 on cloud services.
00:29 — However, neither Google Cloud nor ServiceNow would comment on the alleged $1.2 billion deal.
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00:55 —This deal, although many details are yet to emerge, serves as a great reminder of how crucial cloud infrastructure is to leading tech companies — both those providing cloud services and those that utilize them. Now, while AI has dominated the headlines in recent months — perhaps we’re looking at years even — the demand for cloud infrastructure remains consistent.
