AWS built its lead in the cloud-native era when workloads were about storage, compute, and networking. The AI era reshuffles the deck because what matters now is AI inference quality and cost, model competitiveness, and AI-native platform depth.
AWS ~31% (+19% YoY). Azure ~25% (+33% YoY). Google Cloud ~12% (+48% YoY) — fastest-growing major cloud. Google is gaining share as Azure struggles with supply constraints.
The Most Dramatic Margin Story
Operating margins expanded from 17.5% to 30.1% in one year — a +12.6pp improvement, the most dramatic marginstory in the industry. Why? Vertical integration: TPU v6e (proprietary silicon, cost floor advantage) → Gemini 3.0 (co-optimized with TPU, frontier-competitive) → Vertex AI (agents, search, data, MLOps, 120K+ enterprises) → Enterprise + Distribution (Workspace, Search, Android, 95% of top 20 SaaS).
Momentum Signals
$240Bcloud backlog (doubled YoY). 120K+ enterprises use Gemini. $1B+ deals in 2025 exceeded prior three years combined. 1.8x cross-product consumption by AI customers.
Gennaro is the creator of FourWeekMBA, which reached about four million business people, comprising C-level executives, investors, analysts, product managers, and aspiring digital entrepreneurs in 2022 alone | He is also Director of Sales for a high-tech scaleup in the AI Industry | In 2012, Gennaro earned an International MBA with emphasis on Corporate Finance and Business Strategy.
