Hitch a ride through Google's cloud

Google's data centers share computing resources across multiple locations, a design that's more energy-efficient and delivers speedy app performance.

But in an interview, company representatives disclosed that Google has rearchitected its cloud infrastructure after a fashion that optimizes its computing resources and improves energy efficiency. They declined to say when the switch was made, however indicated this shared-resources architecture has been in place for some time.

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