Britain’s cloud market review has hit a moment of uncertainty after Kip Meeks resigned as chair of the Competition and Markets Authority’s cloud inquiry, citing frustration with the slow progress in implementing recommendations issued in 2025. The report had raised concerns over competition barriers and the dominance of AWS and Microsoft in the UK cloud sector. Nearly a year later, industry stakeholders are still waiting for regulatory follow-through. Read all
The organizers of CloudFest are working on a substantial physical extension for the 2026 edition of the event, where a new section called CloudFest Village is being created as attendance and industry participation continue to increase. The additional space will add several thousand square meters to the conference footprint at Europa Park in Rust, Germany, where the global internet infrastructure gathering takes place from March 23 to 26. Read all
Amazon has outlined a $39.2 billion investment to expand AWS cloud and AI infrastructure in Spain, reinforcing its Aragón region as a strategic European hub. The plan includes new data center capacity, an AI-focused server facility, and logistics expansion, with projected GDP impact through 2035. The move signals Spain’s growing role in Europe’s cloud computing and artificial intelligence landscape. Read all
New findings from the 2026 Wasabi Global Cloud Storage Index show enterprises directing most AI budgets toward data, storage, and compute rather than software. Yet nearly half report cloud storage budget overruns, often tied to complex fee structures. Data quality and storage management now rank above compute as AI deployment hurdles, underscoring the growing operational weight of cloud object storage in enterprise AI strategies. Read all
Europe has taken another step toward digital sovereignty with the launch of EURO 3C, a federated cloud and artificial intelligence initiative backed by the European Commission and announced by Telefónica at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Rather than attempting to build a new hyperscale cloud from scratch, the project seeks to interconnect existing national infrastructure into a coordinated network that spans the continent. Read all
AWS has introduced open-source Agent Plugins that enable AI coding agents to design and deploy applications through structured AWS workflows. The initial “deploy-on-aws” plugin analyzes codebases, recommends services, estimates costs, generates infrastructure-as-code, and executes deployment using real-time data. By embedding AWS best practices into reusable agent capabilities, the approach aims to standardize cloud architecture decisions while keeping developers in control. Read all
As encrypted web traffic becomes the default rather than the exception, security teams face a persistent dilemma. They need visibility into application layer threats, yet they hesitate to decrypt traffic in the cloud or hand over SSL certificates to third parties. This week, Radware introduced a cloud based service that attempts to resolve that tension. Read all
Akamai plans to deploy thousands of NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs across its distributed cloud network, embedding AI inference capacity into more than 4,400 edge locations. The strategy shifts compute closer to users, targeting latency-sensitive applications and data sovereignty demands. As enterprises prioritize production-scale AI over model training, Akamai is positioning edge-based inference as a structural alternative to centralized hyperscale infrastructure. Read all
SAP has introduced a three-tier cloud support model—Foundational, Advanced, and Max—designed to align services with AI adoption and subscription-based delivery. While on-premises contracts remain unchanged, the new structure embeds AI tools, proactive guidance, and tier-based pricing into cloud agreements. Analysts note clearer packaging but caution enterprises to review flexibility, costs, and renewal terms as SAP tightens its cloud-focused customer success framework. Read all
As AI workloads scale, many enterprises now worry less about model performance and more about where their data sits, how it moves, and how much that movement costs. Into that debate steps Akave with the launch of Akave Cloud, an S3 compatible decentralized storage platform designed to function as a portable data lake for AI and analytics environments. Read all
At MWC 2026, Huawei Cloud introduced an Industry AI Foundry and a next-generation hybrid cloud platform aimed at regulated sectors. The company also launched CodeArts, an AI coding agent designed to support enterprise software development. The announcements reflect a broader shift toward integrating AI infrastructure, hybrid cloud architecture, and industry-specific models to support large-scale, compliant AI deployments. Read all
For years, observability teams have chased consistency. They instrument applications one way, collect metrics another way, and then spend hours translating formats before they can even troubleshoot performance. Now, Google Cloud is trying to reduce that friction by expanding OpenTelemetry Protocol support inside Cloud Monitoring. Read all
At MWC 2026, Samsung demonstrated AI running within a cloud-native virtualized RAN stack, combining its vRAN software with NVIDIA Grace CPUs and L4 GPUs. The multi-cell test showed AI-driven beamforming operating alongside live radio functions on shared infrastructure. While not a commercial rollout, the validation highlights growing convergence between AI workloads, edge computing, and telecom cloud architecture. Read all
