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Worldwide Public Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Forecast, 2025–2029 Published: March 2025 | IDC #US5123456 Key Finding: “Spending on IaaS will exceed $250B in 2026, driven by GenAI workload migration. AWS and Microsoft maintain 55% combined share, but Google Cloud and Alibaba are gaining in Asia/Pacific.” Table Included: Revenue share by region (2024 vs 2029 forecast) Analyst: Mary Johnston, Research Director, Cloud & Edge Infrastructure | Report Type | Description | Example |
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