Sure Google and FB are huge and spend billions on Intel's highest margin GF products, but really give them special treatment over MS, Amazon and all the big Chinese customers, BK what a dumb clown.
I know Google and FB are happy but know well enough that the clown can change anytime and they could easily be on the outside looking in waiting 6 months is an eternity in technology time.
Nothing like this to encourage of them to throw money and get even more serious about ARM for protection and negotiation power.
Sales strategy at its worst, not because you do it, but how it was it came to light, says. Lot about IQ at the executive level!
http://semiaccurate.com/2016/11/17/intel-preferentially-offers-two-customers-skylake-xeon-cpus/