Google vs Amazon vs Microsoft: Q1 cloud earnings face-off

CRN compares the cloud results of the hyperscaler giants as the trio post their Q1 2023 earnings

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Cloud market share Q1 2023

AWS: 32 per cent

Microsoft: 23 per cent

Google Cloud: 10 per cent

Following Microsoft, AWS and Google's first quarter earnings reports, Synergy Research Group released new data on enterprise spending on cloud infrastructure services for Q1 2023. The global cloud infrastructure services market reached $63bn in first quarter 2023, increasing by 20 per cent year over year.

AWS continues to be the market share leader in cloud services, winning 32 per cent market share on a global basis in the first quarter.

Microsoft ranks No. 2 in global cloud market share by winning 23 per cent share in the first quarter.

In third place, Google Cloud won approximately 10 percent share of the worldwide cloud infrastructure services market.

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