Alphabet Q3: Google Cloud Revenue Doubles, Stock Plunges Anyway

Alphabet's latest quarterly earnings made Google Cloud the biggest highlight: quarterly revenue reached $30.709 billion, up 103% from $15.157 billion a year earlier — 21 percentage points faster than Q2's 82%, marking several consecutive quarters of acceleration since 2025 (48% → 63% → 82% → 103%). Profitability rose rather than fell: operating income grew from $3.594 billion a year ago to $11.121 billion, with an operating margin of 36.22%, above last quarter's 35.6% and the year-ago 23.7%.

Confirmed

Google Cloud Q3 revenue of $30.709 billion, up 103% YoY (@thedealdirector citing earnings charts)
Operating income of $11.121 billion, operating margin of 36.22% (@RihardJarc, @thedealdirector)
Alphabet overall revenue up 25% YoY to $127.6 billion, operating margin of 31.8%, net income of $26.2 billion, and an annualized revenue run rate of $500 billion (@rohanpaulai, @rseroter)
Google CEO Sundar Pichai revealed the model API processes 32 billion tokens per minute (@rseroter)

Why it matters

Multiple commentators agreed that this quarter's growth was driven by demand for AI infrastructure and enterprise AI solutions; @rohanpaulai sees TPUs as a major driver, reflecting the value of Google's in-house compute in the AI cloud race.
@RihardJarc stressed that revenue doubling alongside expanding margins shows AI-driven cloud business is not sacrificing profitability — a key indicator for assessing returns on AI capex.
With four consecutive quarters of accelerating growth, Google Cloud's position against AWS and Azure warrants attention.

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Primary sources

Sundar Pichai shares full remarks from Alphabet's Q3 2026 earnings call — sundarpichai · 2026-10-29 05:34 (UTC+08:00)
Google Cloud revenue jumps 103% to $30.7B as Gemini hits 1B users — rohanpaul_ai · 2026-10-29 05:21 (UTC+08:00)
Alphabet sinks 10% as weak AI search monetization and $8.2B SpaceX write-down mar strong quarter — ivan_bezdomny · 2026-10-29 05:52 (UTC+08:00)

Google Cloud revenue soars 103% as model APIs hit 32B tokens per minute — rseroter · 2026-10-29
Google Cloud revenue surges 103% YoY with operating margin expanding to 36.2% — RihardJarc · 2026-10-29
Google Cloud Q3 revenue hits $30.7B, YoY growth accelerates to 103% from 82% — Beth_Kindig · 2026-10-29
Alphabet earnings miss sends Google stock plunging 7.53% to $297.11 — Polymarket · 2026-10-29
Google Cloud revenue doubles to $30.7B with 36.2% margin in Q3 — thedealdirector · 2026-10-29
Alphabet Q3 call: Gemini Carbon frontier model, MCP apps in Search, AI Mode ads expand — lilyraynyc · 2026-10-29
Alphabet EPS misses 28% as $200bn AI capex depreciation bites into profits — SumitGup · 2026-10-29
[source] Google Cloud revenue jumps 103% to $30.7B as Gemini hits 1B users — rohanpaul_ai · 2026-10-29
Google Cloud revenue jumps 103% to $30.7B as TPU sales become major driver — rohanpaul_ai · 2026-10-29
[source] Sundar Pichai shares full remarks from Alphabet's Q3 2026 earnings call — sundarpichai · 2026-10-29
[source] Alphabet sinks 10% as weak AI search monetization and $8.2B SpaceX write-down mar strong quarter — ivan_bezdomny · 2026-10-29
Microsoft Up 2.8% While Google Drops Over 10% After Earnings — builderjaydub · 2026-10-29
Alphabet stock dumps 8% on earnings miss as analysts debate AI capex payback — MatthewBerman · 2026-10-29