€7.8 billion investment unlocks physically separate infrastructure managed exclusively by EU residents. In a major concession to European regulators and privacy advocates, Amazon Web Services (AWS) officially launched the AWS European Sovereign Cloud last week. The new platform is not merely a new "region," but a physically and logically independent cloud environment located entirely within the European Union, designed to operate without any critical dependencies on infrastru

Move aims to capture workloads fleeing VMware, offering Nutanix users seamless access to S3 Cloud storage Amazon Web Services (AWS) has bolstered its hybrid cloud portfolio by adding native support for the Nutanix AHV (Acropolis Hypervisor) within its AWS Storage Gateway service. This integration allows organizations running Nutanix’s hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) to connect their on-premises workloads directly to AWS's virtually unlimited cloud storage, primarily Amaz

High demand for the physical backbone of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) boom has propelled worldwide data center dealmaking to a new peak, reaching approximately $61 billion through November 2025. This record value, which surpasses the $60.81 billion record set in 2024, is fueled by what analysts are calling a "global construction frenzy" to keep pace with the power-hungry requirements of generative AI. The data, compiled by S&P Global Market Intelligence, reveals that over

IBM has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Confluent Inc., the cloud-native data streaming pioneer built on Apache Kafka, in an all-cash transaction valued at $11 billion ($31 per share). The massive deal is IBM's latest and most significant move to solidify its position in the hybrid cloud and enterprise Artificial Intelligence (AI) race. The acquisition is centered on the critical need for real-time data pipelines to fuel modern generative and "agentic" AI systems,

The space race for Artificial Intelligence has officially begun. Google CEO Sundar Pichai has confirmed that the company is moving forward with its ambitious plan to launch its first experimental space-based data centers into low-Earth orbit by 2027. The initiative, internally named Project Suncatcher, is Google's most audacious "moonshot" to date. It is framed as a long-term, necessary solution to meet the rapidly escalating, near-insatiable power demands of advanced AI mode