I find GoGrid’s announcement that it is switching to Intel “Nehalem” processors a bit curious, but also perhaps indicative of things to come. Users are not supposed to care about the processor level of cloud infrastructures, except maybe to the degree that they’re running specialty apps apps that require specialty chips (e.g., GPUs). But as cloud capabilities become more commoditized, low-level concerns like hypervisor, processor, storage arrays, etc., could become differentiating factors. If my VM will perform better running on a Nehalem processor than an older-generation chip, or if a lower-power chip means a lower bill for me, or if I just trust NetApp storage more than I trust 3PAR, maybe that sells me on your cloud.