Its cloud business is accounted for in the “other revenue” section of its earnings statement which also includes hardware like its Pixel smartphone range. Google’s other revenues rose 42.2 percent year-on-year to just over $3 billion in the second quarter.
Alphabet also made 1,614 new hires in the June quarter, with the majority coming in the cloud division.
“The most sizeable headcount additions were once again made in cloud, for both technical and sales roles, consistent with the priority we place on this business,” Alphabet Chief Financial Officer Ruth Porat, said on the earnings call.
The company’s cloud business is made of two key parts. The first is the Google Cloud Platform, which includes storage, networking, artificial intelligence applications, and tools for developers. The second is G Suite, which is its set of products that include the Gmail email service and Docs.
