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Re:Google announces update to unlock Stadia controllers to w... by yreg on Sunday January 15, 2023 @08:18PM (#34395621)
But derefr's explanation is the other way around. Google built the servers for the cloud/ai department and crated Stadia to reuse them. To me it seems that it couldn't have been profitable even if we say Stadia got the servers for free.
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Re:Google announces update to unlock Stadia controllers to w... by shaunsingh on Sunday January 15, 2023 @09:49PM (#34396241)
afaik stadia used custom built hardware from amd's instinct line. Almost all of their cloud offerings are nvidia based or utilize their own TPU's.

I can't say for certain that derefr's explanation is wrong, but from what it looks like they did create bespoke hardware for stadia instead of reusing their existing infrastructure.

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Re:Google announces update to unlock Stadia controllers to w... by mocheeze on Monday January 16, 2023 @05:22PM (#34406244)
derefr admitted to making that up in order to elicit a response.
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