Cloud data centers get bigger, denser amid AI building boom

AWS, Microsoft and Google accounted for 59% of all hyperscale compute capacity as the number of large facilities grew to more than 1,100 last year, Synergy Research Group said.

By Matt Ashare • March 21, 2025

Nvidia mobilizes IT partners to spread the AI gospel

The GPU giant expanded its alliances with Accenture, IBM, Oracle and other key technology providers at the annual GTC conference this week.

By Matt Ashare • March 20, 2025

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Data center investments surged to $455B last year: report

Dell’Oro Group expects compute demand to drive a 30% increase in cloud infrastructure capital expenditures in 2025.

By Matt Ashare • March 20, 2025

Google acquisition of Wiz driven by enterprise embrace of multicloud

The combined security platform will expand Google’s reach across a range of major cloud environments.

By David Jones • March 19, 2025

Workload repatriations persist as CIOs improve cloud cost management

FinOps tracking has helped IT leaders identify applications better suited for on-prem environments, according to Flexera.

By Matt Ashare • March 19, 2025

Oracle pours $5B into UK cloud expansion

The investment will help the company build its global compute capacity and support AI development.

By Matt Ashare • March 17, 2025

Broadcom leans on its partners to drive VMware private cloud adoption

The company doubled down on its network of third-party service providers to steer enterprise customers to VMware Cloud Foundation.

By Matt Ashare • March 14, 2025

Oracle expands cloud coverage to over 100 regions

The company aims to double its capacity this year as demand for AI compute “continues to dramatically outstrip supply,” Oracle CEO Safra Catz said Monday.

By Matt Ashare • March 11, 2025

Kubernetes overspend undercuts cloud cost control efforts

Enterprises overprovisioned compute resources last year, Cast AI research showed. AI workloads compounded the problem.

By Matt Ashare • March 5, 2025

Microsoft assails UK markets watchdog, defends software licensing

The tech giant also castigated Google for “talking out of both sides of its corporate mouth” in response to the Competition and Markets Authority’s January report.

By Matt Ashare • March 3, 2025

Nvidia eyes everyday AI to sustain rapid revenue growth

The chipmaker saw quarterly revenues nearly double year over year to almost $40 billion as it ramped up production of the Blackwell GPU family.

By Matt Ashare • Feb. 27, 2025

Data center vacancies hit historic lows despite capacity buildouts

Rental rates in Northern Virginia, Atlanta and other key markets increased 12.6% during the last half of 2024, according to CBRE research.

By Matt Ashare • Feb. 26, 2025

Cloud data storage woes drive cost overruns, business delays

Nearly two-thirds of organizations exceeded their budgets last year as unanticipated usage and egress fees piled up, according to Wasabi Technologies.

By Matt Ashare • Feb. 26, 2025

Enterprises lean on FinOps to rein in SaaS, AI overspend

“Companies understand they need to do FinOps,” FinOps Foundation Executive Director J.R. Storment said. “The big ones — the mature ones — have gotten good at it.”

By Matt Ashare • Feb. 24, 2025

Akamai chases billions in revenue as cloud business expands

The company grew its distributed network to 41 locations in 36 cities globally last year and plans to add container services to its platform, CEO Tom Leighton said Thursday.

By Matt Ashare • Feb. 21, 2025

AI hardware spending soared last year, thanks to cloud

Hyperscalers and digital service providers will push global AI infrastructure spending past $200 billion by 2028, according to IDC.

By Matt Ashare • Feb. 19, 2025

Where confidential computing fits in the enterprise data strategy

The computing framework shields data privacy while in storage, transit or use – helping businesses reduce the risks involved in data sharing.

By Kamal Janardhan and Nelly Porter • Feb. 19, 2025

AI drives up compute costs as cloud inflation slows

Competition among hyperscalers AWS, Microsoft and Google has given CIOs an opening to lock in lower infrastructure service rates.

By Matt Ashare • Feb. 18, 2025

AWS tightens up SaaS marketplace discount policy

The hyperscaler will require third-party software to run on AWS infrastructure to qualify for commitment-based discounts starting May 1.

By Matt Ashare • Feb. 13, 2025

SAP leans on Databricks to unify business analytics in the cloud

The ERP giant rolled out its SAP Business Data Cloud platform along with four Joule copilot agents Thursday.

By Matt Ashare • Feb. 13, 2025

Financial firms plan to increase software spending this year

Despite buyer’s remorse, most organizations intend to boost investments in AI, IT management and security solutions this year, Capterra found.

By Matt Ashare • Feb. 11, 2025

Generative AI fueled $60B boost in enterprise cloud spend last year

“The technology might be expensive, but it is creating new services that are bringing in tens of billions of dollars for the cloud providers,” Synergy Research Group Chief Analyst John Dinsdale said.

By Matt Ashare • Feb. 10, 2025

How Mondelēz laid the groundwork for a major digital overhaul

The snack maker spent 18 months gearing up for transformation, which will include data center exits, workload migrations, generative AI exploration and an ERP upgrade.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Feb. 10, 2025

Amazon to boost AWS capacity with $100B investment

The company will keep fueling infrastructure spend to support AI and cloud, amid what CEO Andy Jassy described as a “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity.

By Matt Ashare • Feb. 7, 2025

Google plans $75B investment to build out cloud AI capacity

The majority of the spending will target technical infrastructure, including servers and data centers, CFO Anat Ashkenazi said Tuesday.

By Matt Ashare • Feb. 5, 2025