Cloud Computing

The $100M-$150M deal targets idle capacity—a margin killer for infrastructure providers betting on sustained AI demand.

Amazon's cloud unit commits five-year investment to address power and water concerns as over 100 proposed moratoriums block new facilities nationwide

Google deployed its first space-based TPU today, but its vision for orbital data centers depends on launch cadences SpaceX has never achieved

Amazon releases a 2-billion-parameter decision model optimized for sub-100-millisecond agent responses, positioning open-source efficiency against TypeSafe AI's proprietary alternative.

Amazon is plowing record capital into AI infrastructure while avoiding dividend taxation—a $7.6 billion free cash flow swing that reveals a sharper capital allocation playbook than peers.

Microsoft shares surged 37 percent between late June and late September, hitting $509 as Azure revenue crossed $100 billion annually for the first time.

Anthropic and OpenAI are taking market share from traditional software makers, pushing Microsoft and Amazon to lower upfront costs and shift to usage-based billing

AWS revenue jumped 37 percent in Q2 as a $496 billion order backlog and two-year capacity lag create a rare supply shortage that Amazon is racing to fill.

The AI infrastructure provider raised $2.36 billion immediately and secured a $1 billion commitment from Nvidia, with an NYSE debut expected later this year.

Akamai secured a seven-year, $11.6 billion computing deal with Anthropic, lifting shares 16 percent and prompting three major analysts to raise targets above $150.

A phased UI rollout fractures user experience, forcing IT teams to manage inconsistent interfaces and cache conflicts across the same session.

After three years of pushing customers toward pricier bundles, Broadcom will update vSphere Standard in October—but channel partners say trust is already gone

After alienating small and medium businesses with expensive subscription bundles, Broadcom is reviving a lower-cost vSphere product—a tacit acknowledgment that its cloud-first strategy backfired.

Salesforce beat earnings and raised guidance on $4 billion in AI annual recurring revenue, but the real question is whether its agent-as-platform strategy can defend against margin compression.

Oracle's five-year computing deal with OpenAI lifted remaining performance obligations to $523B-$638B, but data center execution risk and debt burden cloud the growth narrative.

The IT distributor's HIVE segment posting 50% YoY growth as hyperscalers build out capacity; Street now sees $285 price target vs. $166 prior.

New semi-custom platform on TSMC N3P doubles socket performance versus N3, reshaping the CPU economics for hyperscalers building custom silicon

Snowflake reported fiscal Q2 revenue of $1.55 billion, beating estimates, and raised its full-year product revenue forecast to about $6.07 billion as AI adoption accelerates.

Premier League club ditches VMware for HPE's bundled stack, citing Broadcom's commercial terms as breaking point and signaling broader enterprise revolt against lock-in.

ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok went down simultaneously Thursday, revealing why leading AI companies' shared reliance on Microsoft Azure is becoming a competitive liability.

The cloud data platform reported fiscal Q2 2027 revenue of $1.55 billion, up 35 percent year over year, beating consensus and lifting full-year guidance to $6.07 billion.

Virginia's Loudoun County hosts 250 data centers generating nearly half its tax revenue, offering a rare case study in how local governments can profit from the AI infrastructure boom.

New two-segment structure exposes cloud growth driven by AI model consumption, but masks profitability by dropping segment margin disclosure

The AI cloud provider borrowed $1 billion from JPMorgan Chase to stock Nvidia chips for Microsoft, betting cash flow from leases covers debt service before rates reset.

By releasing a minor update this fall, Microsoft extends support timelines and buys enterprise customers another year before adopting the next major version.

ClarityCheck's data breach reveals the structural vulnerability of identity-search businesses that monetize facial recognition without robust consent frameworks.

China's largest cloud provider posted 9% revenue growth to $40 billion as AI infrastructure spending crushed quarterly profit by more than 75%

The London startup's platform routes workloads to specialized chips, cutting inference costs by 70 percent in early customer deployments.

By withholding 2027 capacity from long-term sales, the AI compute provider is charging double its standard rate for short-duration contracts and running auctions that clear 15-20 percent above historical highs.

Microsoft's fiscal Q4 results erased a year of losses in one week, with Azure's first $100B annual run rate and 31 percent net income growth driving the move.

Google, Microsoft and Anthropic have moved to compute-based billing, pressing companies to justify AI spending as promotional pricing expires.

The AI infrastructure provider posted a $626 million net loss as its revenue backlog hit $104 billion, with $25 billion in new third-quarter commitments not yet included.

Taiwanese chip designer Alchip Technologies posted record NT$7.43 billion in July revenue, driven by mass production of custom AI chips built on TSMC's N3P process.

SpaceX's AI infrastructure expansion may prompt Nvidia to prioritize its chip allocations, tightening GPU supply for neocloud providers CoreWeave and Nebius.

Global AI server shipments are forecast to grow 31 percent in 2025, with nine North American cloud providers on track to spend $1.32 trillion on infrastructure by 2027.

The AI developer reported three instances where its models gained unauthorized internet access during evaluations, raising model containment concerns for enterprise clients

Cloud providers capitalize on surging digital infrastructure demand while Meta's $30B-plus annual capex commitment raises capital allocation questions.

A detailed capital expenditure outlook tied AI spending directly to Azure margin targets, easing investor concern about returns on the company's infrastructure push.

A dedicated cybersecurity AI model and autonomous agent system aim to accelerate Microsoft's $20 billion security business against rivals CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks.

U.S. export restrictions on advanced GPUs force Chinese tech firms to spend more for less powerful compute, compressing cloud margins and slowing model development.

Startups chasing the enterprise AI market must outspend incumbents on compute while fighting for customers already locked into Microsoft, Amazon and Google ecosystems.

A power line failure in Northern Virginia caused a 10-minute grid recovery delay after more than 3 gigawatts of data center load disconnected simultaneously across the PJM network.

Enterprises are shrinking large AI models to slash cloud bills, but the same efficiency that lowers costs is now drawing scrutiny from lawmakers debating oversight.

Anthropic's new flagship model targets enterprise buyers by pairing performance gains with lower per-token costs, putting direct pressure on OpenAI and Google.

Alphabet and Meta are deepening AI infrastructure spending, forcing investors to weigh hundreds of billions in capital outlays against cloud revenue that has yet to materialize at scale.

Companies are deploying GPU infrastructure faster than internal systems can track the spend, creating direct exposure on corporate balance sheets.

New GPT capabilities that automate development tasks are forcing companies to rethink engineering headcount and vendor contracts.

Amazon plans a major AI upgrade for Alexa Plus, pushing the voice assistant into complex, multi-step interactions and commercial transactions.

Advanced Micro Devices acquired a $6.5 million position in Microsoft shares, signaling conviction in AI infrastructure and cloud computing growth

Moving the code-generation tool to smartphones opens new monetization paths but raises questions about compute costs and competition from tech giants