The construction of the world’s digital infrastructure has been a uniquely collaborative affair, with governments, research institutions and corporations all playing their part in the creation of a monumental web of data centers, cables, towers, satellites and sensors. But there are a few companies whose contributions to the whole has been unrivaled, firms that built networks responsible for a vast portion of digital traffic, and which are spending billions to extend their dominance even further.

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