Gartner forecasts neo-cloud providers will hold 20% of the AI cloud market by 2030, roughly $267 billion. Neo-clouds differentiate via superior performance, flexible AI-workload deployment and heavy investment in data sovereignty, and typically offer

2026-07-17

Gartner forecasts neo-cloud providers will hold 20% of the AI cloud market by 2030, roughly $267 billion. Neo-clouds differentiate via superior performance, flexible AI-workload deployment and heavy investment in data sovereignty, and typically offer more competitive pricing. The AI cloud market is entering a new phase where sovereignty, performance and infrastructure specialization are primary procurement criteria. Rapid growth in GPU-intensive workloads is outpacing general cloud models, creating conditions for neo-cloud providers to scale AI infrastructure delivery.