Uber has started a bidding war between public cloud leaders Amazon, Google, Microsoft and IBM as the on-demand taxi service looks to move some of its server infrastructure to the cloud.
This is according to a source speaking to The Information, who said that Uber has already begun testing some cloud services.
The report, seen by The Information, claims that Uber is “vendor-neutral” and could choose different vendors for different regions, depending on locations of data centres and cloud facilities.
For example, in China, Uber could opt for Aliyun, Alibaba’s cloud division.
Such a move would mark the first time Uber has outsourced some of its infrastructure, and comes as the company expands its reach and availability across the globe.
Leaked financial documents, seen by The Information in January, pointed to Uber amassing net revenue ready to hit a run rate of $1.5 billion (£1bn) in 2015, with the company holding $4.1 billion (£2.8bn) in cash and cash equivalents as of last June. Gross revenue from bookings hit $2.1 billion (£1.5bn) in Q2 of 2015, the documents claimed.
TechWeekEurope has requested comment from all four of the public cloud providers listed, as well as Uber itself.
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