Looking for input from developers working on a multiplayer game!

Looking for game developers who are developing a multiplayer game. I would love to discuss some topics with you. Are you already running servers somewhere? Are you hosting servers yourself and what has that experience been like? Are you using a cloud provider or something else such a Google Cloud or AWS? Are you not running dedicated servers because of the cost or because you have to learn a new set of skills?

**The reason why I am asking this? We are developing an unannounced platform to provide cloud services for game developers. One of the services we want to provide is easy deployment of servers globally while maintaining a lot of control and configurability for the developer. **

The platform will not just be for server hosting, but rather anything that improves the development and deployment time using cloud services. For example, we are developing a service that automatically builds your dedicated linux game servers.

We would love to know your thoughts regarding anything related to cloud services for games. If you want to discuss this more privately feel free to add me on discord ( #6487).