Google and Blackstone plan a 500 MW TPU cloud

Google is turning TPUs into an external cloud business with Blackstone capital, 500 MW planned for 2027, and a new operator outside GCP

new: Google and Blackstone are creating a new cloud computing provider that will rent out TPUs to customers. - Google will be a minority equity owner in the new biz - it plans to bring 500MW of TPUs online in 2027 - Benjamin Treynor Sloss

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