Cloud and DevOps InfoQ Trends Report 2026: AI, Resilience, Platforms, FinOps, and Sovereignty
TechTarget, Tuesday, August 19th, 2025
Experts discuss cloud and DevOps trends including AI infrastructure investment, reliability, and digital sovereignty.
The InfoQ editorial team and industry practitioners identify AI infrastructure spending as the most significant trend, with investments in chips and electricity dwarfing previous technology build-outs. Cloud reliability regained importance following major outages across providers, while platform teams evolved from infrastructure builders into AI-focused enablers.
Organizations struggle to connect AI token spending with productivity outcomes through inadequate FinOps tooling. European enterprises increasingly pursue digital sovereignty despite technical and investment challenges with existing American-based systems.