Provider news · August 2026

What the providers shipped

In August 2026, DigitalOcean unveiled new datacenters in Memphis, Tennessee, and Kansas City, Missouri, which predictably came with the usual GPU bling but also some more sensible updates like AMD Safe RET patching and deny firewall rules—finally giving developers some fine-grained control over traffic. For those whose compute needs reach for the stars, the global GPU capacity expansion from Linode looks like a well-timed move. On the serverless inference side, DigitalOcean trotted out DeepSeek V4 Flash, while Linode enhanced its monitoring tools. Sure, these aren't earth-shattering advancements, but for those paying attention, it's the small steps that often count the most.