Big 3 Cloud Firms – AWS, Azure, Google – Have Most Data Centers. For Now
We’ve also got the latest cloud computing news from IBM Cloud, Intel and Unstoppable Domains.
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The Big 3 U.S. public cloud providers have the most data centers worldwide, but the Chinese hyperscalers are expanding faster.
New findings from Synergy Research Group show that Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud each have 60 or more data centers. At least three of those are located in four key regions: North America, APAC, EMEA and Latin America.
These companies, along with Facebook, also boast the most data center capacity, according to “Pipeline of Over 300 New Hyperscale Data Centers Drives Healthy Growth Forecasts.”
However, ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent are growing the fastest, Synergy says.
“The future looks bright for hyperscale operators, with double-digit annual growth in total revenues supported in large part by cloud revenues that will be growing in the 20-30% per year range,” said John Dinsdale, a chief analyst at Synergy Research. “This in turn will drive strong growth in capex generally and in data center spending specifically.”
Within three years, the hyperscalers will surpass 1,000 data centers across the world, the firm projects. Find out on the next slide where that growth will happen.
Right now, the United States accounts for almost 40% of operational hyperscale data centers and half of all worldwide capacity, Synergy Research says.
That’s not going to change. The United States also has the most data centers in the pipeline, followed by China, Ireland, India, Spain, Israel, Canada, Italy, Australia and the U.K., according to Synergy.
“While we see the geographic distribution, build-versus-lease distribution, average data center size and spending mix by data center component all continuing to evolve, we predict continued rapid growth throughout the hyperscale data center ecosystem,” Dinsdale said. “Companies that can successfully target that ecosystem with their product offerings have plenty of reasons for optimism.”
Protecting cloud data has turned into one of IT’s most critical imperatives. This week, IBM answered the call for help in the form of Unified Key Orchestrator.
The platform helps enterprises keep data safe from cyberattacks and insider threats. It’s built for public and private cloud environments and incorporates IBM’s security capabilities.
“Protecting critical data across multiple platforms can be incredibly complex — but all it takes is one weak link to put a company’s entire security strategy at risk,” said Hillery Hunter, general manager, industry clouds and solutions, CTO, IBM Cloud. “That’s why we’re giving clients one single point of control, allowing them to know who has access to their critical data at all times, even on other clouds.”
Find out on the next slide more about the cloud security challenges organizations face.
A recent study conducted by IBM Institute for Business Value with Oxford Economics shows that 80% of C-suite respondents said the ability to have governance and compliance tools run across multiple types of clouds is either important or extremely important. When an organization doesn’t have a holistic view into the security of its cloud data, it’s taking big risks with compliance regulations and potential breaches.
“IBM has chosen a rather unique approach to zero-trust security architectures, focusing on addressing real, customer-driven use cases rather than simply offering yet another product,” said Frank Dickson, vice president of security and trust at research firm IDC.
To that point, he added, “Unified Key Orchestrator … eases the management burden that is aggravated by the security talent shortage by making it possible for businesses to demonstrate compliance across multiple cloud platforms — which can be incredibly complex — faster and easier.”
Multiple reports indicate that Intel is buying Israeli cloud startup Granulate.
The chipmaker will pay around $650 million for the company, which helps organizations cut cloud bills by optimizing how they use their computing resources.
Granulate has raised around $45 million since launching in 2018, according to Haaretz, which ran an exclusive on the acquisition. Granulate further is valued at about $150 million, not including the $45 million, so its employees “are about to become millionaires,” an anonymous source told Haaretz.
Intel itself has not publicized the pending deal.
Unstoppable Domains has landed two executives from big vendors after securing Sandy Carter from Amazon Web Services late last year.
The Web3 company said on March 24 that Sajjad Rehman has joined as the new head of Europe. Rehman comes from Amazon where he served as Twitch vice president of business development for EMEA. Nilkanth Iyer hails from CAST and IBM Cloud and is acting as head of Asia.
Rehman will focus on bringing on new partners, including crypto wallets and exchanges, fintechs, metaverse applications and gaming platforms. Iyer will take aim at partnership with wallets and exchanges.
“Building a truly global company is a top priority for Unstoppable Domains, and we’re pleased to welcome two seasoned executives who can help us make an impact in Europe, Asia and beyond,” said Carter, senior vice president of business development at Unstoppable Domains. “Together we’ll work to deepen our partnerships in these regions, expand our headcount and onboard millions of new users to Web3.”
Unstoppable Domains has landed two executives from big vendors after securing Sandy Carter from Amazon Web Services late last year.
The Web3 company said on March 24 that Sajjad Rehman has joined as the new head of Europe. Rehman comes from Amazon where he served as Twitch vice president of business development for EMEA. Nilkanth Iyer hails from CAST and IBM Cloud and is acting as head of Asia.
Rehman will focus on bringing on new partners, including crypto wallets and exchanges, fintechs, metaverse applications and gaming platforms. Iyer will take aim at partnership with wallets and exchanges.
“Building a truly global company is a top priority for Unstoppable Domains, and we’re pleased to welcome two seasoned executives who can help us make an impact in Europe, Asia and beyond,” said Carter, senior vice president of business development at Unstoppable Domains. “Together we’ll work to deepen our partnerships in these regions, expand our headcount and onboard millions of new users to Web3.”
A lot of under-the-radar cloud computing news to report this week. Have you seen how much data center capacity the “Big 3” public cloud providers – Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud – have? But that supremacy could soon be challenged by China’s hyperscalers.
Also, IBM Cloud launched a new platform this week for cloud security. Of interest is that the service works not just with the Big 3 environments, but others as well. Most importantly, IBM designed the technology to help organizations get a better handle on their governance and compliance — vital aspects for channel partners to understand.
And did you hear? Intel is buying a cloud startup out of Israel. It’s not a competitor to the Big 3 by any means yet it should help users rein in the costs associated with those cloud environments.
Finally, Unstoppable Domains, the startup that landed former AWS public sector exec Sandy Carter, has hired some gents from a couple of huge names.
Find out more in this week’s cloud news roundup slideshow, above.
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