I noticed that Google was listed as impacted by the recent AWS outage according to several articles. I thought Google had its own cloud services—am I misunderstanding something here?
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It's a common misconception to mix up Google the company with Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Google does use GCP for many of its services, but they might also rely on AWS for some functions. So, the reports about Google being affected by the AWS outage could be linked to how they manage their cloud partnerships and dependencies.
Larger organizations like Google often have dependencies across multiple cloud providers due to their size and various acquisitions. For core functions, they usually want full control, but for other services, they might rely on different providers, which can lead to unexpected issues during outages.
Google can have integrations that allow them to communicate across clouds, so they could use AWS for certain services even if their main operation relies on GCP.
I didn't realize they utilized AWS for integrations. It makes sense they would need that kind of flexibility!