SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Backblaze, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLZE), the high-performance cloud storage platform for the AI era, today released its Q1 2026 Network Stats report. The second installment in its quarterly series, this report adds more granular geographic heatmaps, offering a rare view into where AI traffic is concentrating. The Q1 2026 data shows that United States neocloud activity is heavily concentrated in the California and Ashburn-Reston corridor in Virginia. Global hotspots are al