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Hyperscaler

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Definition

The largest cloud providers that operate at massive global scale with millions of servers across multiple continents. Like the giants of the cloud industry that can serve billions of users simultaneously.

Real-World Example

AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and Oracle Cloud are hyperscalers with data centers in regions worldwide, handling massive workloads for companies like Netflix, Spotify, and Airbnb.

Cloud Provider Equivalencies

“Hyperscaler” is not a single cloud service; it’s a category describing the largest cloud providers operating global, massively distributed infrastructure (regions, availability zones, backbone networks, and large-scale automation). AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and Oracle Cloud are commonly referred to as hyperscalers.

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