Welcome to the Cloud Wars Minute — your daily news and commentary show, hosted by Cloud Wars Founder Bob Evans. Each episode provides insights and perspectives around the “reimagination machine” that is the Cloud.
In this episode, Bob describes a rising demand for localized data centers and what cloud vendors are doing to expand coverage.
Highlights
00:00 — Bob examines the growing battle for data center coverage among the major Cloud Wars competitors.
00:20 — As businesses move more aggressively into the cloud, more geographic regions require access to cloud data centers. There are several terms for data center coverage; Bob opts to use “regions” as a baseline.
01:26 — Oracle boasts the largest number of regions (39), followed by Google Cloud (34), Microsoft (27), and AWS (26).
02:12 — Data security and sovereignty requirements are increasing; companies need more localized facilities throughout the world to accommodate these demands.
03:00 — Business buyers are looking for cloud vendors with the best global coverage.
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