Enterprise cloud infrastructure uptake shows no sign of slowing
Enterprise cloud infrastructure uptake is showing no signs of slowing, with cloud revenue now exceeding $143 billion per quarter and growth accelerating. The market has doubled in size over 11 successive quarters of increasing growth rates, with public IaaS and PaaS platforms expanding by 47 percent during Q2. The introduction of AI services has given the market an extra boost, with year-on-year growth rates of 165 percent for AI-specific cloud services.
- ▪Cloud infrastructure services grew at their fastest rate in eight years during the second quarter of 2026, thanks to the AI craze and continued demand for flexible and scalable IT infrastructure.
- ▪Enterprise spending on cloud infrastructure passed $143 billion in Q2, a year-on-year growth rate of 43 percent.
- ▪The top three global players, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud, together account for 67 percent of all cloud revenue during the quarter.
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