Google Cloud: Average AI server investment payback period is less than 2 years, and the payback period for self-developed chips is only half that of GPU solutions.

Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian recently revealed that Google Cloud's average AI server investment payback period is less than 2 years, while the payback period for its self-developed chips is only half that of GPU-based solutions. Its self-developed AI accelerator business is more than twice the size of the second-largest hyperscale data center operator. Most of Google Cloud's infrastructure contracts are five-year long-term agreements.