OpenAI signs $38bn cloud computing deal with Amazon
Agreement to use AWS datacentres, and Nvidia chips inside them, part of $1.4tn spending spree on AI infrastructure
October 2025
Amazon reports strongest cloud growth since 2022 after major outage
Google parent Alphabet beats forecasts with first $100bn quarter
Amazon reveals cause of AWS outage that took everything from banks to smart beds offline
The Guardian view on the cloud crash: an outage that showed who really runs the internet
‘Significant exposure’: Amazon Web Services outage exposed UK state’s £1.7bn reliance on tech giant
UK government resumes row with Apple by demanding access to British users’ data
August 2025
The Guardian view on Britain’s AI strategy: the risk is that it is dependency dressed up in digital hype
Editorial: The UK’s plans seem to outsource sovereignty for phantom efficiency. Public services provide the data and power while US tech giants reap the rewards
Microsoft investigates Israeli military’s use of Azure cloud storage
Concerns that tech company’s Israel-based staff may have concealed key details of work follow Guardian investigation
‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians
Revealed: The Israeli military undertook an ambitious project to store a giant trove of Palestinians’ phone calls on Microsoft’s servers in Europe
February 2025
Our digital addiction is costing the planet dearly
Letter: Patrick Cosgrove highlights the immense energy use of servers across the world that keep the internet running
January 2025
New CMA chair will have to assess curbs on his former employer Amazon
Doug Gurr will lead board as watchdog rules on Microsoft and Amazon’s dominance of cloud computing market
October 2024
Amazon beats Wall Street expectations with strong cloud business growth
Shares rise as company reports quarterly revenue of $158.9bn – more than analysts had forecast
August 2024
Cybersecurity firm Wiz to open European headquarters in London
Why have the big seven tech companies been hit by AI boom doubts?
July 2024
Australia to build ‘top-secret’ cloud for intelligence agencies in $2bn deal with Amazon
Can the climate survive the insatiable energy demands of the AI arms race?
June 2024
AI drive brings Microsoft’s ‘green moonshot’ down to earth in west London
Apple push into AI could spark smartphone upgrade ‘supercycle’
May 2024
Change by degrees
Think before you click – and three other ways to reduce your digital carbon footprint
The invisible downside to our online lives is the data stored at giant energy-guzzling datacentres
