[wz1000]

Presumably that Google data center does a lot of compute intensive, non search related stuff - like GCP for one.

[jeffbee]

Another thing that people persistently misunderstand is the scale relationship between GCP and the rest of Google.

[wz1000]

Even if all you say is true and it is truly impossible for the government to replicate any of what Google does, the point is moot. If the government is going to appropriate Google's index, might as well appropriate the datacenters too. Really, whats Google going to do with them once search is gone? According to you, it is the only thing they have have running there.

[rossjudson]

It also does a lot of storage intensive, non search related stuff, like Google Cloud Storage.

Every Google data center does...everything.