

Snowflake signs $6 billion cloud deal with AWS to power AI expansion
Snowflake Inc. has signed a multi-year cloud infrastructure agreement worth approximately $6 billion with Amazon Web Services, in a deal aimed at scaling its artificial intelligence and data platform capabilities. Editorial credit: aileenchik / Shutterstock The agreement is one of the largest infrastructure commitments in Snowflake’s history and underscores the growing demand for cloud capacity driven by AI workloads. AI workloads drive massive infrastructure demand The deal


Microsoft Israel Chief ousted over unauthorized use of Azure Cloud for mass surveillance
The general manager of Microsoft’s Israeli subsidiary, Alon Haimovich, has been forced to step down, along with several senior compliance managers, following an intense global investigation into the local office's ties to the Israeli military. The corporate shakeup, reported by Israeli financial daily Globes on May 11, 2026, comes after an external inquiry concluded that Microsoft Israel allowed defense units to use the company's Azure cloud platform for mass civilian surveil


Google Cloud growth explodes by 63% as AI hyperscalers outpace Wall Street estimates
The global race for artificial intelligence infrastructure reached a fever pitch this week as the "Big Three" cloud providers reported Q1 2026 earnings that shattered analyst projections. While all three titans saw massive gains, Google Cloud emerged as the clear leader in momentum, posting a staggering 63% year-over-year revenue increase. Editorial credit: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock The combined results from Alphabet, Microsoft, and Amazon underscore a "paradigm shif


Google Cloud Next ‘26: Vertex AI rebranded as Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform in major infrastructure overhaul
Google Cloud has officially entered the "Agentic Era," rebranding its flagship Vertex AI platform to the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform and unveiling eighth-generation TPUs to power a new wave of autonomous business agents. During the Google Cloud Next ‘26 conference in Las Vegas, CEO Thomas Kurian declared that the industry has moved beyond simple chatbots toward "agentic workflows." Editorial credit: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock The three-day event was dominated by t


Oracle sidesteps grid bottlenecks with massive 2.8GW bloom energy fuel cell expansion
In a bid to accelerate its "supercluster" AI infrastructure without relying on the strained U.S. electrical grid, Oracle has nearly tripled its fuel cell supply agreement with Bloom Energy to a staggering 2.8 gigawatts (GW). The expanded deal, announced on April 13, 2026, follows a successful pilot where Bloom delivered a fully operational power system to an Oracle site in just 55 days, a timeline traditional utility companies often measure in years. Powering the "AI supercyc






























