Under Strain: The Hidden Pressure on the Internet’s Backbone from AI, Crypto & Data-Centre Expansion
We often think of the internet as an ethereal cloud, a weightless entity that lives somewhere in the sky. But the truth is much grittier. It’s made of heavy copper, fragile fiber optics, and massive concrete warehouses that consume electricity like small nations. Right now, that physical infrastructure—the “backbone” of our digital lives—is reaching a…
