The cloud market has long been shaped by a familiar group of hyperscalers. What is changing now is not just who runs cloud platforms, but who is starting to build the infrastructure behind them. Recent reporting that Brookfield Asset Management is preparing to launch a cloud business points to a broader shift in how large […]
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Live video changes the pressure on a streaming business. Unlike on-demand shows, live events do not allow for retries, quiet fixes, or delayed updates. If something fails, viewers notice immediately. Over the past year, Netflix has been reworking how it handles that risk by building live streaming directly into its core cloud systems, rather than […]
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For years, sovereign cloud discussions focused on geography. Data had to stay inside a country. Infrastructure had to sit within defined borders. Control was assumed to follow location. That model is starting to break down. AI workloads, distributed applications, and stricter oversight rules are pushing organisations to rethink what sovereignty actually means in practice. Data […]
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IBM plans to buy Confluent in an $11 billion deal, a move that expands its data and cloud portfolio as demand for AI systems grows. The company has been building up its cloud and software units under CEO Arvind Krishna, who has focused on acquisitions to meet interest from clients upgrading their systems for more […]
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Data Centre Expo Global will return to Olympia London 4 – 5 February 2026, bringing global leaders and innovators from the digital infrastructure ecosystem to explore the future of green data, intelligent investment, and resilient physical infrastructure. Driving sustainable growth through innovation & investment Under this year’s themes of green investment, digital innovation, and physical […]
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Meta is betting big on AI, agreeing to spend more than $10 billion on Google’s cloud services over the next six years, according to people familiar with the deal. The arrangement, which includes servers, storage, networking, and other infrastructure, marks one of the largest agreements in Google Cloud’s 17-year history. Neither company would comment on […]
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