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Spotify Using Google Platform To Move to the Cloud

Google will be assisting Spotify in developing a cloud platform infrastructure for the company, the streaming music service said in a news release Tuesday. Spotify, which previously operated its own data centers, is transitioning to the cloud in what it…

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called a "no-brainer" decision. Spotify's experience with Google's data platform and tools is what "tipped the scales" to cause the streaming service to choose Google to help develop a cloud platform -- a process that could take "some time," it said. "We have a large and complex backend, so this is a large and complex project that will take us some time to complete," Spotify said.