IP Carrier: Bandwidth is YouTube's Main Cost Driver - 1 views
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Sponsored videos ($37.1 million) and sponsored links ($30.1 million) also contribute to YouTube's revenues.
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On the cost side, Credit Suisse estimates that Google spends $711 million in operating expenses related to YouTube. Those costs include bandwidth, content acquisition, partner revenue shares, site overhead, and storage.
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Storage costs $12.7 million a year.