Google CEO Sundar Pichai said Google Cloud is expanding rapidly.
CEO Sundar Pichai said the company's cloud unit reached $8 billion in annualized revenue and plans to triple its sales force over the next few years.
Google Cloud is a key growth driver for Alphabet, Pichai said on Thursday's second-quarter earnings call. The hiring efforts come as Google Cloud chief Thomas Kurian, who has led the business for seven months, chases down Amazon and Microsoft. KurianAmazon Web Services, the leader in cloud infrastructure, reported 37% growth on Thursday to $8.38 billion, which makes it about quadruple the size of Google's business.
Microsoft, the No. 2 player, said last week that Azure grew 64%. Jay Vleeschhouwer of Griffin Securities estimated in a note last week that Microsoft picked up $4.1 billion in Azure revenue in its second quarter. Google said Tuesday that its other revenue, which includes cloud, came in at $6.18 billion compared to $4.43 billion in the second quarter. Kurian, who has been charged with growing the business and has already made some splashy acquisitions, including
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