"Yes", most systems are Google, including those in Cloud, are dual socket. [Edit: To be clear, we're not sharing the SKU, but this is a real server-class Xeon].
Disclosure: I work on Google Cloud.
Disclosure: I work on Google Cloud.
Skylake Xeon E3 is on the current older server chipsets..
Purley is supposed to be a significant improvement.
[1] https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2016/11/power-up-your-G...