When we sat down with Frederick at CloudFest USA, it wasn’t just another chat about crypto—it was a window into a quieter revolution in hosting. Blockonomics, founded back in 2014, has quietly built a non-custodial payment model that feels almost radical today: no third parties, no fees swallowed in the shadows, and no holding your funds hostage. Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and USDT flow directly to user wallets, with privacy and transparency baked in. For hosting companies struggling to keep up with billing systems, this isn’t about riding the crypto trend. It’s about reclaiming control—and trust. Read all
At the bustling CloudFest USA event, Upmind’s CEO Seb de Lemos cleared the air regarding the company’s decision to offer their solution as a SaaS product rather than a self-hosted one. Seb answered the questions on why this architectural choice was crucial for the company’s vision, and how it benefits users by enabling the development of more sophisticated features. Read all
After a nearly missed connection in Minneapolis, I finally made it to CloudFest USA. Over 2,000 cloud computing, hosting, and domain professionals converged in Austin, Texas, for the annual CloudFest USA conference. The three-day event, held in conjunction with NamesCon Global, is featuring keynote speeches from industry leaders, including executives from Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. Sustainability in cloud infrastructure is as a key theme, reflecting growing environmental concerns in the tech sector. The conference floor is bustling with activity, showcasing major players like WebPros, CloudLinux, GoDaddy, LiquidWeb, JetBackup, IceWarp, Upmind, CentralNic, and Atom. Read all
At CloudFest USA, Liquid Web made a subtle but unmistakable point: scale doesn’t have to mean distance. With 18 data centers across North America, Europe, and Australia—and fresh expansion into Germany—they’re blending global reach with a regional touch. We spoke with Ben, who shared how their 100% uptime ambition isn’t just a metric, it’s a mindset. From enterprise clients to first-time builders, the commitment is the same: always-on infrastructure backed by people who still pick up the phone. Read all
Vista Equity Partners and Cambium Capital have launched Vector Core Compute, an enterprise inference cloud that runs on three different processors simultaneously rather than relying on a single chip type. In terms of physical presence, the infrastructure went live from a Los Angeles facility, with additional sites in development across Chicago, Seattle, and Phoenix, and a longer-term rollout planned across more than 50 US metropolitan areas. Read all
IBM has announced it will invest more than $10 billion in quantum computing over the next five years, covering research and development, manufacturing, ecosystem partnerships, and acquisitions. The commitment follows a separate agreement with the US Department of Commerce, which will channel $1 billion toward IBM specifically, the largest individual allocation among nine quantum companies the government recently signed letters of intent with. Read all
Cloud infrastructure startup StratusGrid has closed a $3 million seed round, its first outside capital since the company started operating. Dogwood Ventures led the round, with Market Square Ventures, LaunchTN, VentureSouth, Service Provider Capital, and a group of angel investors also participating. Read all
Cloud security firm Upwind has connected its runtime security platform to Cisco Cloud Control, the unified operations environment Cisco introduced at its Live 2026 conference. Through the integration, security teams working inside Cisco AI Canvas can now pull live cloud and AI runtime data from Upwind without leaving the platform they already use daily. Read all
CoreWeave says it has the first fully operational Nvidia Vera Rubin NVL72 server rack running, and Dell Technologies is backing that claim directly. Specifically, Michael Dell confirmed the deployment on LinkedIn, describing the hardware as the Dell Technologies PowerEdge XE9812, a fully liquid-cooled system built in partnership with CoreWeave for next-generation AI workloads. Read all
KPN and Schwarz Digits, the digital arm of the company behind Lidl and Kaufland, are building a sovereign cloud region in the Netherlands, with a target launch of mid-2027. In practice, the service will run from KPN data centers, use the STACKIT cloud platform that Schwarz Group developed for its own retail operations, and be sold through KPN’s existing network of business customers and partners. Read all
Oracle and Amazon Web Services just pushed their multicloud database arrangement into eight more regions, and the list reads like a tour of the cities enterprises care most about. Zurich, Milan, Spain, Paris, Osaka, Singapore, Melbourne, and São Paulo now join the roster, pushing the total to 20 active locations across Europe, Asia Pacific, and South America. Read all
Thirteen European cloud providers have joined NGOs and lawmakers in signing an open letter backing the European Commission‘s effort to reduce the continent’s dependence on US-based cloud infrastructure, a market that American companies have dominated for roughly two decades. Read all
