Trend · rank 124 of 250

Cloud & edge computing

Computing is spreading across hyperscale clouds and processors placed where data is generated, changing who owns critical infrastructure and making architecture and integration skills more important to reliable national processing.

Critical TechnologyAI, compute & quantumcomputeconnectivitycyber

Second pass: Carried forward from the first pass unchanged. Held by all three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
124of 250
Sensitivity
10.0rank 101
Breadth
0of 20 scenarios High or above
PageRank
23.9rank 192
Eigenvector
0.3
Betweenness
28.4
Links
5trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
20.5

Attention over three years

How much this trend is read about on Wikipedia and searched for on Google, week by week, set against the typical trend in the list so that what moves every trend at once is taken out. 100 is this trend's own three-year average. The score measures public attention, which is not the same as the strength of the force: a trend can deepen unnoticed, and a news event can lift attention for a fortnight.

Now
100
Over a year
+13%Rising
Over three years
−14%
Peak
12817 Dec 2023
Sources
Bothagreement 0.10
Coverage
25languages · 62 nations

Trailing 4-week average. 100 is this trend’s three-year average.

By language

Wikipedia reading in each language edition where the trend’s pages are read enough to measure (25 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English61%91−1%
French5%82−11%
German5%88−14%
Spanish4%86−9%
Italian3%77−3%
Chinese3%64−25%
Russian3%74−27%
Japanese2%76−9%
Arabic2%79−2%
Vietnamese1%75−33%
Korean1%80−6%
Portuguese1%93−2%
Persian1%96+9%
Hindi1%79+31%
Polish1%79+5%
Bengali1%86+1%
Indonesian1%93−19%
Turkish1%147+25%
Hebrew0%66−32%
Ukrainian0%78+9%
Thai0%58−38%
Dutch0%108−1%
Tamil0%85−9%
Malay0%69−45%
Swedish0%54−72%

By country

Google search interest over the three years, as a share of each country’s searching. 100 is the nation where interest is highest. The search terms are English, which favours countries that search in English.

Nepal

South Korea

India

Ethiopia

Singapore

China

Ghana

Sri Lanka

United States

Kenya

Nigeria

Pakistan

100

94

79

74

66

51

51

49

49

47

45

45

The 12 highest of 62 nations with a reading.

By region and G20 member

Attention to this trend inside each place, from Google searches made in its countries and Wikipedia reading in the languages mostly read there, averaged where both exist. Each line compares the trend with its own past in that place; the lines do not compare places.

Regions

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
North AmericaGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in English103+1%+0%+2%
EuropeGoogle in 9 countries + Wikipedia in German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch, Swedish121+10%+41%+23%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 10 countries + Wikipedia in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Thai, Malay106+14%+23%−8%
South AsiaGoogle in 4 countries + Wikipedia in Hindi, Bengali, Tamil90+5%+18%−25%
Gulf and Middle EastGoogle in 4 countries + Wikipedia in Persian, Arabic, Turkish, Hebrew131+12%+68%+35%
AfricaGoogle in 5 countries102+29%+41%−29%
Latin America and CaribbeanGoogle in 5 countries + Wikipedia in Spanish, Portuguese166+58%+121%+91%
Russia and EurasiaWikipedia in Russian, Ukrainian75−37%−19%−30%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
ArgentinaGoogle337+145%0%+559%
AustraliaGoogle97−12%−1%+2%
BrazilGoogle + Wikipedia in Portuguese123+37%+40%+11%
CanadaGoogle116+13%+26%+4%
FranceGoogle + Wikipedia in French133+11%+53%+58%
GermanyGoogle + Wikipedia in German103−7%+14%+5%
IndiaGoogle + Wikipedia in Hindi, Bengali, Tamil75−4%−5%−41%
IndonesiaGoogle + Wikipedia in Indonesian128+62%+20%+31%
ItalyGoogle + Wikipedia in Italian100+14%+23%+1%
JapanGoogle + Wikipedia in Japanese85−32%+8%−16%
South KoreaGoogle + Wikipedia in Korean99+19%+39%−18%
MexicoGoogle213+36%+229%+246%
RussiaWikipedia in Russian74−40%−27%−31%
Saudi ArabiaGoogle163+28%+92%+59%
South AfricaGoogle105+20%+20%+4%
TürkiyeGoogle + Wikipedia in Turkish174+41%+71%+104%
United KingdomGoogle126+10%+49%+31%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English102−2%−3%+5%

Relation to each scenario

A trend relates to a scenario when it changes how likely the scenario is, how hard it lands, or is itself sharply changed by it. Each score is the median of three scores given separately by the members of the model panel.

RelationScenarioFamily
3 · ModerateA public service platform reaches inclusive operation S18 ↗Technology and infrastructure
2 · LowHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
2 · LowAn AI deployment step causes abrupt labour displacement S08Technology and infrastructure
2 · LowA cryptographic breakthrough invalidates digital trust S09Technology and infrastructure
1 · Very lowCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
1 · Very lowA major disaster disables the national economic core S07Energy, climate and resources
1 · Very lowAI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step S17 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets S02Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA disputed transfer of power breaks effective government S05Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedTwo breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis S06Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity S10Health
0 · Not relatedA creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity S11 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA cross-regional market access compact redirects investment S12 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedCheap firm clean power becomes available at scale S15 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA validated farming package raises water-efficient output S16 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAffordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness S19 ↗Health
0 · Not relatedA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗Health

Similarity = 0.3 × shared tags (Jaccard) + 0.3 × likeness of scenario profiles (cosine) + 0.3 × likeness of names and descriptions (TF-IDF cosine) + 0.1 if in the same capability domain, cut into seven levels at 0.12, 0.22, 0.33, 0.45, 0.58, 0.72. Shown at Moderate and above.

SimilarityTrendThemeRank
4 · HighQuantum computingAI, compute & quantum236
3 · ModerateDigital sovereignty & data localisationAI, compute & quantum121
3 · ModerateNext-generation mobile networksEnergy, networks & climate resilience147
3 · ModerateBiometric identificationState capacity & governance213
3 · ModeratePost-quantum cryptography transitionAI, compute & quantum231