Roblox's global infrastructure costs less than one cent per user hourly
David Baszucki · Roblox’s David Baszucki Built the Biggest Playground on Earth · Apr 26, 2026 · at 27:45
Roblox founder and CEO David Baszucki discusses the efficiency and cost advantages of building proprietary data center infrastructure instead of relying purely on public cloud providers.
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“Like all of Roblox runs for less than a penny an hour. For every person around the world.”
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