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Boost Infinite is giving away the Apple iPhone 17 for free — upgrade to the latest model every year
TL;DR: Get the Apple iPhone 17 for free from Boost Infinite and qualify for a free upgrade to the latest model every year.
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Amazon's Big Spring Sale is slowly creeping towards its conclusion. We know you're busy checking out all the best deals on Apple, Samsung, and DJI, but if you could spare a moment, you should check out the latest promotion offered by Boost Infinite. We promise that it's worth your time.Leading mobile carriers like T-Mobile and Verizon tend to offer 36-month contracts in exchange for "free" phones. These deals are always really popular, but Boost Infinite is going one step further for Apple fans. Right now, you can score the Apple iPhone 17 for free with Boost Infinite's "Infinite Access for iPhone" plan. That's great, but it gets better. The headline-grabbing feature of this plan isn't just the free iphone — it's the promise of a free upgrade to the latest iPhone next year and every year after that. Here are the steps you need to take to qualify for this deal.How to claim a free Apple iPhone 17To join the "Infinite Access for iPhone" plan and qualify for this exclusive deal, follow these simple steps:Sign up for the Infinite Access plan — it costs $60 per month and includes unlimited talk, text, and data.No trade-in to start — you don't need to trade in a device to get your first iPhone 17 for freeAnnual upgrades — after 12 months of consecutive payments, you can trade in your current model for the newest version at no extra costIt's always worth keeping in mind with this sort of deal that you'll need to pay sales tax on the full retail price of the phone at the time of purchase.The iPhone 17 features Apple’s latest A19 chip, providing a massive boost to performance and AI capabilities. Mashable Senior Editor Stan Schroeder reviewed the iPhone 17e and said, "The combination of having Apple's latest chip and a decent amount of storage means this phone will be relevant for at least four to five years." That begs the question of whether or not you'll actually need an upgrade next year, but if you're the type who loves to have the very latest model, this is the deal for you.
Axios Supply Chain Attack Pushes Cross-Platform RAT via Compromised npm Account
The popular HTTP client known as Axios has suffered a supply chain attack after two newly published versions of the npm package introduced a malicious dependency.
Versions 1.14.1 and 0.30.4 of Axios have been found to inject "plain-crypto-js" version 4.2.1 as a fake dependency.
According to StepSecurity, the two versions were published using the compromised npm credentials of the primary Axios
Ranked: The Countries With the Most Data Centers
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Ranked: The Countries With the Most Data Centers
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Key Takeaways
The U.S. hosts 43% of the world’s data centers, with 4,088 total.
Germany and the UK are nearly tied for second place, separated by just one facility.
Europe’s FLAP-D corridor remains a global hub for cloud and AI infrastructure.
The U.S. is home to 43% of the world’s data centers, by far the largest share globally.
As artificial intelligence scales, countries are racing to build the infrastructure needed to support it both now and in the future.
Because AI applications require low latency, data centers are increasingly being built closer to end users—fueling a global expansion in capacity.
This treemap graph visualizes which countries have the most data centers, using data from Data Center Map as of March 2026.
Which Country Has the Most Data Centers?
Most of the world’s data centers are in the U.S., at 4,088, which is more than eight times higher than the next country. AI penetration is greater in developed countries, so it also makes sense that data center locations skew this way.
RankCountry Number of Data Centers
1 United States4,088
2 Germany507
3 United Kingdom506
4 China369
5 France346
6 Canada286
7 India278
8 Australia270
9 Japan255
10 Italy216
11 Brazil204
12 Spain195
13 Netherlands187
14 Indonesia185
15 Russia181
16 Ireland127
17 Switzerland114
18 Sweden110
19 Finland105
20 Poland99
21 Norway92
22 Denmark82
23 Türkiye76
24 Mexico64
25 Romania63
26 Austria53
27 Belgium48
28 Portugal45
29 Ukraine37
30 Bulgaria31
31 Czechia26
31 Greece26
33 Latvia24
34 Lithuania20
34 Slovenia20
36 Cyprus18
37 Hungary17
38 Luxembourg16
38 Croatia16
40 Slovakia13
40 Serbia13
42 Estonia12
42 Iceland12
42 Malta12
45 North Macedonia7
46 Moldova6
47 Georgia4
47 Bosnia and Herzegovina4
49 Monaco3
49 Azerbaijan3
51 Belarus2
Germany, which has the largest population in the European Union, is the second most data center-dense country at 507. The UK is close behind at 506.
Many data centers are clustered around the traditional FLAP-D corridor of Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam, Paris, and Dublin, which are close to metropolitan hubs and financial markets that need fast cloud and, increasingly, AI connections.
It makes sense, then, that France trails closely at 346, though China sits between it and the UK at 369 data centers.
Canada, India, and Australia—large countries with ample land to develop—are next in line, home to 270 data centers or more.
At the bottom of the dataset is Belarus, with two data centers, along with Monaco and Azerbaijan, which both have three.
The Future of Data Centers
As the world aggressively builds out its data center capacity, key questions remain around where infrastructure will go, given the finite nature of land and resources.
Some developers are investing in co-benefits for local communities to aid buy-in. In Ireland, for instance, which had a moratorium on data centers until late last year, an AWS data center feeds its excess heat into a district heating network for social housing and public buildings.
Others are exploring more radical ideas, like putting data centers into orbit.
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