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The Internet's New Builders

Content and cloud platforms are no longer just the largest customers of global connectivity. They are increasingly financing and building the infrastructure itself, from submarine systems to edge and data center footprints.

World map of submarine cables as coloured routes on a dark ocean.

Content and cloud platforms are no longer just the largest customers of global connectivity. They are increasingly financing and building the infrastructure itself, from submarine systems to edge and data center footprints.

Internet core increasingly built by hyperscalers, not traditional carriers.

Continue at source: The Internet’s New Builders on RIPE Labs.

Originally published on RIPE Labs, 28 April 2026.

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