Chinas clouds boom but theyre collectively earning less than Azure alone
Alibaba in front with Huawei and Tencent on a second tier China’s clouds grew by 65 per cent in 2020’s third quarter, collectively hauling in $5bn of revenue in the period.…
Date: 2020-11-27
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