Cloud & Data Centers: What to Know for 2026

TeleGeography Explains the Internet · Dec 22, 2025 · 1h 8m

TeleGeography experts Jon Hjembo and Patrick Christian answer our biggest questions about recent data center and AI booms.

In this final episode of our three-part pod series reviewing the year in telecom—and looking ahead to 2026—we cover:

How many data center projects were we tracking in 2025? And where are they located around the world?

What kind of constraints are those projects encountering, and are rumors of a bubble warranted?

Did we see an increase or decrease in cloud region development?

What is surprising about the geographic location of cloud development in 2025?

Are CDNs still…