Discussions in early stages, but could lead to a huge partnership

Google’s Secretary of State heads into the sunset

Expected to pass 500 milestone by 2020

But still struggles to operate in the country

Work was meant to begin last year

From chip king to cloud contender

After struggling to find land to build a data center, the company now plans to match AWS in launching next year

Microsoft, Alibaba and Google sing praises as they welcome competition in the data center space

Google’s universal quantum computer finds its first customer

Profits abound as tech behemoths solidify their positions

But doesn’t expect to use it in the near future

To be the first of at least three geographically separate facilities 

To improve usability and ease of access for enterprise cloud applications

Meanwhile, Google has yet to confirm it is even thinking of building a data center in Luxembourg

While Microsoft keeps on fighting

But who is behind it all?

Each country gets three data centers for redundancy

Because nobody wants to subsidize an enemy

Self-inflicted wound fixed after Google rolls back configuration change

Could cut regulation, redouble cloud efforts

For quantum computing and exascale research

But the EU fine looms large

Following DeepMind’s win at Go, Chinese politicians have seen a vision of the future

Responding to congestion, rather than packet loss