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Cloudflare Enables Instant Profiling of Workers and Durable Objects Using Flame Graphs

Cloudflare has launched on-demand CPU and memory usage profiling for Workers and Durable Objects services in production, displaying the results as interactive flame graphs. The tool helps identify performance bottlenecks and memory leaks, but requires traffic during the profiling session and does not capture every startup issue.

2026-10-09

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

12 Principles for Building Resilient Infrastructure Platforms for Critical Systems

Matthew Liste, Global Head of Infrastructure at American Express, presents a set of practical principles for building reliable, scalable platforms that serve thousands of developers within enterprises. The principles focus on hiding complexity, automation, managing technical debt, and defining the responsibilities of the platform and its consumers.

2026-10-09

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

Cloudflare Redesigns Radar to Make Internet Traffic and Outages Easier to Understand Globally

Cloudflare has redesigned its Radar platform to display real-time internet traffic and outage data, aiming to expand its use beyond network operators and technical researchers. The new design relies on an interactive map and a clearer tab structure while preserving the analytical depth of the data.

2026-10-08

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

Meta Debunks Three Common Myths About Data Centers

Tom Shaw, a software developer and content creator, examines three common ideas about data centers’ consumption of water and energy and their employment opportunities, drawing on examples from Meta facilities. The figures presented remain descriptions of the company’s experiences, not a general judgment about all data center operators.

2026-10-08

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

Who Owns the Cloud Resource Created by an AI Agent?

The article explains that AI agents may create cloud resources without a clear human owner, leaving organizations with ongoing costs and incomplete audit records. It proposes three practical controls: discovering machine identities, preventing deployments without a human owner, and setting environment lifetimes.

2026-10-08

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

Why AI Agents Stumble Without Cloud Infrastructure Context

A sponsored piece by env zero argues that autonomous cloud operations do not necessarily falter because of weaknesses in AI models, but because they lack a layer that connects the declared intent in infrastructure tools with the actual state of cloud resources. The company proposes a control loop that combines discovery, reconciliation, policies, execution, and verification, while reducing repeated queries to APIs.

2026-10-08

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

Meshery Joins CNCF Incubating Projects After Strong Contributor Community Growth

The CNCF Technical Oversight Committee voted to accept Meshery as an incubating project, giving it a neutral governance framework and marking a new transition for the cloud-native infrastructure management project. The decision follows significant growth in contributions and the project’s release of version 1.0 as generally available.

2026-10-07

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

Google Funds Upgrades at Six Nuclear Sites to Meet AI Data Center Demand

Google has signed a 20-year agreement with Constellation to upgrade 11 reactors at six nuclear sites in the United States, which is expected to add 890 megawatts over five years. The move comes amid difficulties for the PJM grid in keeping pace with growing demand from AI data centers, alongside rising concerns about grid reliability and electricity costs.

2026-10-06

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

Lambda Seeks to Raise $4 Billion Ahead of Planned 2027 IPO

Nvidia-backed Lambda plans to raise up to $4 billion at a pre-money valuation of $14.5 billion in a round led by Coatue Management and Blackstone, ahead of a planned initial public offering in 2027. Much of the announced demand growth is based on a $35 billion commitment from Anthropic.

2026-10-06

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

Root DNS Key Change on October 11, 2026: Are Your Resolvers Ready?

The organization responsible for the DNS root plans to replace the KSK-2017 key-signing key with KSK-2024 on October 11, 2026, requiring DNSSEC resolver operators to verify acceptance of the new key. Readiness can be tested using the RFC 8509 mechanism or Cloudflare’s dedicated tool.

2026-10-06

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

Russian Drone Attacks Disrupt Data Centers and Communications Networks in Ukraine

A growing wave of Russian drone attacks on data centers and communications networks in Ukraine has caused outages affecting tens of thousands of homes, amid warnings about threats to the digital economy and public services. The attacks exploit air-defense gaps, particularly because faster jet-powered drones are difficult to intercept.

2026-10-05

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

Cloudflare Reveals 46 Announcements During Its 16th Birthday Week: Tools for AI and Post-Quantum Security

Cloudflare revealed 46 updates and launches during Birthday Week 2026, covering open-source tools, application security, post-quantum cryptography, developer platforms, and the economics of AI agent services. The announcements point in one direction: reshaping Cloudflare’s architecture to handle growing automated traffic and increasingly autonomous applications and agents.

2026-10-05

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

AWS Enables OpenAI-Powered Managed Bedrock Agents and Announces Changes to Its Cloud Services

AWS announced a public preview of OpenAI-powered managed Amazon Bedrock Agents, running them within AWS and connecting them to existing identities, permissions, and governance. The updates included new models, data and artificial intelligence launches, and a timeline for ending or reducing the availability of several services.

2026-10-05

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

AWS Stops Using Non-Disclosure Agreements with Government Agencies Over Data Centers

Matt Garman, CEO of Amazon Web Services, said the company no longer uses non-disclosure agreements with government agencies for data center projects, in an attempt to ease growing opposition in the United States. This comes amid demands for greater transparency and concerns about water and energy consumption, emissions, and the impact of these projects on electricity prices.

2026-10-03

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

Amazon Pledges to Build Responsible Data Centers and Allocates More Than $1 Billion to U.S. Communities

Amazon announced the “Built Together” framework to invest more than an additional $1 billion over five years in education, training, energy and water efficiency, and local projects connected to U.S. data center communities. The company also published commitments related to energy, water, transparency, and emissions, along with its own figures on resource consumption and the economic impact of data centers.

2026-10-02

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

Cloudflare Launches Streamline for Building Custom Video Processing Pipelines with Workers and Containers

Cloudflare launched the open-source Streamline project, a practical example for building long-running video processing pipelines that combine Cloudflare Stream, Workers, Durable Objects, and Containers. The project enables adding layers, overlays, burned-in subtitles, and other modifications to live streams or hosted video, while processing continues even if the control application disconnects.

2026-10-02

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

Cloudflare: Leading in Performance Across 74% of the World’s Largest Internet Networks

Cloudflare said it has become the fastest network provider across 74% of the 1,000 largest networks worldwide, compared with 60% in April 2026. The company now also relies on background measurements from Challenge Pages to expand the scope of real-user data while preserving privacy characteristics.

2026-10-02

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

Cloudflare Adds Email Authentication to Quick Tunnels Without an Account

Cloudflare has added the --allowed-mail option to Quick Tunnels, allowing access to local applications to be restricted by specific email addresses or domains without requiring the owner or visitor to have a Cloudflare account.

2026-10-02