Hivelocity splits fintech infrastructure into three tiers to cut cloud waste

Infrastructure provider Hivelocity has launched a fintech-specific bundle that separates regulated and non-regulated workloads across three distinct tiers, making a direct case that hyperscale cloud pricing no longer fits the way much of the financial technology sector actually runs its production systems. Read all

AWS plans new Germany data center but locals are already pushing back

Amazon Web Services has announced plans for a new data center in Maintal, a town north of Frankfurt in Germany’s Hesse region, as part of its previously declared $9.44 billion investment in its Frankfurt cloud region. The site covers 10.6 hectares and will house two server facilities, a substation, and office space, with up to 100 permanent jobs expected once the facility opens. Read all

Nutanix CEO says hyperscalers now win on price as hardware costs keep climbing

A long-standing assumption in enterprise IT is starting to crack. Buying and owning physical servers has traditionally made financial sense when workloads run predictably and consistently. Nutanix CEO Rajiv Ramaswami is now saying that equation has shifted, at least for the moment. Read all

Snowflake ties its future to AWS with record $6 Billion AI pact

Snowflake posted stronger quarterly results than analysts expected and followed up with a five-year, $6 billion infrastructure commitment to Amazon Web Services, its largest such agreement to date. The market responded sharply, with shares climbing 36% in extended trading after the company also raised its full-year revenue forecast. Read all

IBM Cloud wants enterprises to prove data sovereignty, not just promise It

IBM Cloud has released a tool called the Sovereignty Risk Profile, and the timing reflects something the cloud industry has been quietly avoiding for years. Selecting a local cloud region and adding encryption used to be enough to satisfy most sovereignty conversations. With AI workloads now scattered across training pipelines, inference endpoints, APIs, and third-party software dependencies, that approach no longer holds up under serious scrutiny. Read all

Google Cloud, Telefónica give Spain sovereign cloud with local encryption controls

Google Cloud and Telefónica have quietly shifted how Spain’s regulated sector can approach cloud adoption, launching an arrangement that pairs Google’s Madrid infrastructure with encryption keys that Telefónica holds and manages on Spanish soil. Banks, public agencies, hospitals, and utilities now have a concrete option that does not force them to choose between modern cloud tools and local data control. Read all

Zuckerberg hints at cloud business while meta launches first ever paid AI plans

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg used the company’s annual shareholder meeting this week to address two questions that Wall Street has been circling for months: what happens if Meta overbuild its data centers, and when does its AI investment actually start generating direct revenue. Read all

Naver eyes defense AI market with Nvidia partnership as infrastructure race heats up

South Korean tech company Naver is strengthening its ties with Nvidia as it sets its sights on the defense AI market, a sector where analysts argue that infrastructure capability matters far more than the AI models themselves. Read all

Hetzner’s new two-tier pricing changes how Europe buys hosting

Hetzner has announced its third pricing-related change in five months, and this one is notably different from the previous two. Effective June 15, the German hosting provider is restructuring its dedicated server portfolio into standardized tiers and introducing a new hardware category called the Limited tier, while explicitly protecting existing customers from any price increase. Read all

CrowdStrike takes down Glassworm botnet that spent two years poisoning developer code

CrowdStrike, working alongside Google and nonprofit internet monitor Shadowserver, has dismantled a botnet called Glassworm, which spent roughly two years targeting open source software developers to push malware and harvest stolen credentials across the supply chain. Read all

SoftBank bets on sovereign AI infrastructure as Japan pushes back against hyperscaler dependence

SoftBank has set an October 2026 commercial launch date for its AI Data Center GPU Cloud, a service built around NVIDIA’s GB200 NVL72 hardware and a proprietary software layer called Infrinia AI Cloud OS. As part of the rollout, a beta version went live alongside the announcement, with SoftBank running it internally across its group companies first. Read all

NuzzNext scales its digital services as small businesses fight for online visibility

Digital solutions company NuzzNext has broadened its service lineup to cover web design, SEO, and digital marketing, directing the expansion toward startups and established businesses that need more traction online without building an in-house team to get there. Read all

Tamnoon scores cloud fixes before developers act as patch delays hit 128 days

Cloud security firm Tamnoon has rebuilt its AI engine, Tami, into what it calls a skill-based orchestrator. Rather than applying the same playbook across different enterprise clouds, it now generates remediation flows specific to each customer’s environment, dependencies, and risk profile. Read all

 

 

 

 

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