tedster - 5:14 pm on May 3, 2006 (gmt 0)

Another relevant part of the article:

Last month, when reporting its quarterly earnings, Google reported a doubling in its rate of capital investment, mainly in computer servers, network equipment and space for data centers, and said it would spend at least $1.5 billion over the next year.

$1.5 billion in one year for infrastructure alone. Wow!