It's a private cloud revival: Why Kubernetes and cloud-native tech are essential in the AI age

I have to admit, heading out to London for 2025 KubeCon CloudNativeCon Europe, I thought I might see the beginning of the downward trend for the event about building, deploying, and managing next-generation cloud applications and infrastructures. After all, the show turned 10 last year, and, in my experience, that's when conferences start to show their age. Plus, there has been lots of news around the effect of AI on application development, and while KubeCon isn't directly about dev, much of its focus is on applications and services. But boy, was I wrong. In fact, KubeCon 2025 in London was packed, with over 12,000 attendees.