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Google will pay people to use less electricity so its data centers can use more

It says it’s building a 1GW virtual power plant, but it’s really just paying people to turn off their appliances so others can use that electricity instead.

By Maxwell Cooter

Oct 23, 20262 mins

Energy IndustryGoogleMarkets

Articles

EU's cloud sovereignty push leaves room for US hyperscalers

The Cloud and AI Development Act signals a regulatory direction for the EU as it aims to reduce dependency on US cloud providers. But Europe is walking a tightrope in balancing sovereignty concerns with a desire for openness.

By Matthew Finnegan

Jun 8, 2026 10 mins

GovernmentLaws and RegulationsMarkets

EU sets out plans to reduce reliance on US cloud providers

The European Commission on Wednesday unveiled a package of measures to boost competitiveness around the development of AI, cloud and chips. The proposals stop short of barring US suppliers from public sector cloud procurement.

By Matthew Finnegan

Jun 3, 2026 3 mins

GovernmentLaws and RegulationsTechnology Industry

Enterprise Spotlight: Rethinking cloud strategy in the age of AI

Download the June 2026 issue of the Enterprise Spotlight from the editors of CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld, and Network World, and learn how to navigate the latest cloud strategy developments.

By Computerworld staff

Jun 3, 2026 1 min

Cloud ArchitectureCloud SecurityIT Strategy

IBM unveils tool to track sovereignty risks for cloud workloads

The Sovereignty Risk Profile gives customers greater visibility into where cloud workloads run and how they are secure, IBM says. It’s part of a wider push to address growing concerns around digital sovereignty.

By Matthew Finnegan

Jun 1, 2026 3 mins

GovernmentIBMLaws and Regulations

Democratizing AI adoption with Tether's Bitnet LLM fine-tuning framework

By tether

May 28, 2026 6 mins

Artificial IntelligenceCloud ComputingEdge Computing

Meta considers becoming a hyperscaler

Meta keeps reinventing itself in search of a better business model; after personalized ads, the metaverse, and now AI, could renting out its computing infrastructure be next?

By Maxwell Cooter

May 29, 2026 2 mins

Artificial IntelligenceCloud Computing

The European Commission eyes rules to restrict US cloud services

The idea: certain types of sensitive data should be stored and managed to a greater extent using European cloud infrastructure.

By Viktor Eriksson

May 11, 2026 1 min

GovernmentLaws and RegulationsMarkets

AWS unveils trio of key AI strategy announcements

Amazon Connect is now a set of four modules, a new AI assistant launches, and a partnership with OpenAI is enhanced.

By Paul Barker

Apr 28, 2026 5 mins

Amazon Web ServicesArtificial IntelligenceIaaS

Meta's compute grab continues with agreement to deploy tens of millions of AWS Graviton cores

The company is assembling a multi-architecture stack spanning AWS, Nvidia, AMD, Arm, and its own silicon. In the agentic era, no single chip wins, so it’s betting on all of them.

By Taryn Plumb

Apr 24, 2026 6 mins

Amazon Web ServicesCPUs and ProcessorsComputer Components

Microsoft trims cloud desktop pricing, even as it boosts AI costs

Coincidence? I think not!

By Steven Vaughan-Nichols

Apr 22, 2026 6 mins

Generative AIMicrosoftMicrosoft 365

Microsoft to cut Windows 365 price for SMBs

Despite rising PC costs, the 20% price drop is unlikely to hasten adoption of the company’s Desktop-as-a-Service platform, say analysts.

By Matthew Finnegan

Apr 15, 2026 3 mins

Cloud ComputingMicrosoftWindows

Asana’s chief product officer: Why enterprise AI agents should be ‘multiplayer by design’

The work management vendor believes its collaborative approach gives it an edge over general-purpose agents, and argues its data layer remains valuable either way.

By Matthew Finnegan

Apr 1, 2026 5 mins

Collaboration SoftwareGenerative AISaaS

Startups accuse Microsoft of ‘billing trap’ in Azure AI Foundry after unexpected charges

Microsoft for Startups member complaints about unexpected charges for models in Azure AI Foundry are escalating, prompting a petition urging Microsoft to fix what critics call a confusing billing design.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Mar 16, 2026 5 mins

Artificial IntelligenceMicrosoftMicrosoft Azure