CoreWeave has secured a $2.6 billion delayed draw term loan facility to ramp up compute capacity for its long-term OpenAI contract. Backed by Morgan Stanley, MUFG, and others, the funding brings its total capital raised to over $25 billion in just 18 months. With demand from both OpenAI and Google, CoreWeave is positioning itself as a central player in the AI infrastructure arms race. Read all
Qualcomm is in advanced talks with a leading hyperscaler to deploy ARM-compatible CPUs and inference racks, eyeing a 2028 revenue window. While its datacenter play gains steam, Samsung’s renewed Exynos push could threaten Qualcomm‘s mobile stronghold by 2026. Qualcomm’s Q3 beat expectations, but investor jitters remain. Meanwhile, Samsung’s chip business faltered under U.S. export curbs despite ambitions for 2nm SoC mass production. Read all
Amazon Web Services (AWS) posted $30.9 billion in revenue for Q2 2025, bringing its annualized run rate to a staggering $123 billion. That’s industry-leading size, yet growth at +17.5 percent year-over-year trails behind Google Cloud’s 32 percent and Microsoft’s 26 percent pace. Read all
QScale plans to build a multi-billion-dollar AI data center in Toronto, marking its boldest expansion yet. While the site remains undecided, the firm has started work with an Ontario builder and secured a power validation from Hydro One. Backed by major financing and growing government interest, QScale is quietly positioning itself at the center of Canada’s next high-performance computing corridor. Read all
Over on Oracle Cloud, there’s this persistent Windows reboot glitch that’s driving admins up the wall. Basically, every time you try to restart a Windows instance on OCI, the system just hangs. This isn’t exactly a minor annoyance—admins are getting frustrated, and it’s starting to spill over into public complaints. You’d expect Oracle to have pushed out a fix by now, but the issue’s still hanging around, and, honestly, it’s turning into a real test of user patience. The bug, which Oracle has acknowledged, results in production outages for enterprise applications. The only response so far? A public workaround that doesn’t always work. Read all
Britain’s competition regulator plans to assign “Strategic Market Status” to Microsoft and AWS, accusing them of driving up UK cloud costs through restrictive licensing and limited competition. The CMA estimates British firms overpay by £500M annually. While officials won’t act until 2026, Microsoft’s software rules face mounting pressure. The regulator signals that dominant players must adjust their practices—or risk tighter oversight. Read all
SAIC has partnered with Google Public Sector to deploy Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) for mission-critical U.S. government operations. The deal enables secure, on-premise AI at the edge—supporting defense, intelligence, and civilian applications. SAIC will also train 1,000 staff in Google Cloud tech, deepening its AI integration. GDC’s air-gapped infrastructure ensures low latency and compliance for sensitive federal workloads. Read all
In a digital landscape cluttered by frustrating domain dashboards and disjointed control tools, Hosted.com has rolled out an all-new professional-grade domain control panel that brings every essential feature under one roof. It’s a small but meaningful shift toward simplicity and autonomy—and it deserves attention. Read all
Microsoft plans to invest over $30 billion this quarter to expand its AI data centers, backing record growth in its Azure cloud unit. Azure sales jumped 39% last quarter, outpacing projections, while full-year cloud revenue topped $75 billion. With over 100 million monthly users of its Copilot AI tools, Microsoft is shifting gears from disclosure to scale, betting big on infrastructure to drive its AI ecosystem forward. Read all
Hosted by Onlive Server, the launch of its UK VPS Hosting offering marks a shift in how businesses approach server performance north of the channel. Driven by SSD infrastructure, dynamic scaling, and a strong emphasis on security and support, this new service puts speed and flexibility at the heart of enterprise hosting. Read all
An 8.8-magnitude earthquake off Russia’s eastern coast—the sixth most powerful ever recorded—prompted tsunami warnings across the Pacific, including the U.S. and Japan. Despite evacuation orders and waves reaching Japan, major cloud providers, submarine cables, and chip plants remain unaffected. Communications infrastructure has held firm, with no outages reported as of yet. Authorities continue to monitor potential impacts as the Pacific braces for aftereffects. Read all
Vertiv has raised its full-year forecast after Q2 revenue jumped 35% to $2.64B, fueled by surging demand for AI-ready infrastructure. Orders rose 15% year-over-year, with a backlog now at $8.5B. Despite margin pressures, leadership remains focused on scaling R&D and global manufacturing. As AI reshapes data center needs, Vertiv’s strategic positioning signals its intent to lead—not just follow—the next wave of digital infrastructure evolution. Read all
Every quarter when the Domain Name Industry Brief lands, we brace for the numbers. Thus, when it revealed the web now counts 371.7 million registered domains worldwide—a 2.6 percent year‑over‑year bump—many responded with cautious pride. Indeed, we’ve passed 371 million, yet that growth tells two different stories at once. Read all
