A Significant Slowdown in Cloud Region Deployment

Published on

March 13, 2025

In 2024, 13 new cloud regions were launched globally. This marks a significant slowdown in the deployment of new cloud regions. There hasn't been a year with fewer than 20 new regions since 2017. As you may recall, 26 regions launched in 2023, 24 in 2022, 27 in 2021, and 25 in 2020. At the peak in 2019, 41 regions came online.