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AI Infrastructure Economics
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Cloud Service
DE-CIX expands Nordic footprint with AI-ready exchange
DE-CIX's Stockholm launch highlights how internet exchanges are becoming strategic AI infrastructure, positioning interconnection as a competitive layer for cloud, enterprise and distributed AI workloads across the Nordic region.
National Telecom
Tech Mahindra and Microsoft advance AI-driven telecom operations with digital twins
Tech Mahindra and Microsoft are bringing AI and digital twins into telecom operations, highlighting how software intelligence is becoming central to managing increasingly complex 5G networks.
Datacenter
Firmus and DayOne build Nvidia-backed Batam AI campus
Firmus Technologies and DayOne are developing a 360MW Nvidia DSX AI Factory campus in Batam, Indonesia, under an eight-year partnership with Nvidia, targeting AI-native multi-tenant workloads and large-scale GPU deployment.
Datacenter
Kyivstar signs sovereign AI data centre MoU in Ukraine
Kyivstar and Ukraine’s Ministry of Economy have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore a sovereign AI-ready data centre, marking an early step in domestic AI infrastructure planning tied to Ukraine’s recovery agenda.
Datacenter
South Korea launches $576bn AI chip and data centre programme
South Korea has unveiled a $576bn national initiative to expand semiconductor manufacturing and AI infrastructure, integrating chip production and data centre buildout into a unified long-term industrial strategy led by government and major chaebol groups.
Datacenter
North Devon AI data centre plan faces local backlash
A proposed AI data centre and battery storage campus by Xlinks in north Devon has triggered local opposition over environmental and infrastructure concerns, despite promises of major economic impact and job creation.
Cloud Service
Blue Bridge MSP, UAB: The Margin Is Not in the Compute, but in Being the Go-To Operator
In a small European market, the margin problem for managed services is severe. Compute is priced globally. Storage is standardized. Cybersecurity tools are increasingly sold through global platforms. Microsoft, Amazon, Google, IBM, VMware/Broadcom, Cloudflare, and equipment…
North America cloud service
The Economic Value of HostDrive.Com: Not That It Resembles AWS, But That It Doesn't
While AWS, GoDaddy, Cloudflare dominate, a small old-line US hoster like HostDrive.Com merits study. Infrastructure markets are not just compute contests but also contests of existing customers, legacy workloads, address resources, migration friction, and trust. Hyperscalers win…
Cloud Service
Clouding SASU and the Limited Market for Local Cloud
The business question is straightforward: why would a customer choose a regional cloud operator when AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, OVHcloud, Scaleway, Outscale, Cloud Temple, Clever Cloud, and other providers are just a step away? The answer cannot be 'compute.' Compute is too easy…
Datacenter
H5 Data Centers New Jersey and the Price of Being Near New York Without Being There
H5 Data Centers New Jersey is not a trophy AI campus, nor a Manhattan telecom hotel, nor a public company whose financials can be read in sector reports.
North America cloud service
Webair and the Survival of Managed Hosting in a Hyperscale Market
Webair Internet Development should no longer be considered primarily as an independent hosting company selling servers in the traditional sense. Public data indicates something more economically interesting: a managed infrastructure brand whose value survived the collapse of raw…
Datacenter
Anthropic recruits APAC compute roles in Australia and Japan
Anthropic's compute hiring in Australia and Japan shows how AI infrastructure expansion is moving from model demand into power access, site sourcing and secure regional capacity.
National Telecom
Telecom upgrades shift towards resilience and fraud control
Telecom upgrades are moving beyond speed and coverage as fibre expansion, outage-continuity rules and AI fraud-control mandates reshape operator obligations.
Datacenter
Hundreds march against Telus AI data centres in Vancouver
Hundreds marched in Vancouver against two planned Telus AI data centres, turning the projects into a test of local consent over water, power and urban infrastructure.
North America cloud service
Cloudflare and the Economics of the Internet Edge
Cloudflare is no longer just a CDN story. Its strength lies in its attempt to turn edge distribution, security policy, developer execution, and traffic control in the AI era into a single enterprise infrastructure fabric.
North America cloud service
Microsoft as Enterprise Infrastructure
Microsoft's moat is not a single software product. It's the compound dependency created when identity, collaboration, security, cloud capacity, procurement contracts, and AI infrastructure all sit inside the same enterprise account.
North America cloud service
Oracle, Database Rent and AI Infrastructure Risk
Oracle's cloud inflection is real, but the company is shifting from a high-margin software rent to a more capital-intensive infrastructure cycle, tied to energy, GPUs, multi-cloud interconnection, and customer concentration.