The Internet Isn’t in the Cloud: The Physical World Behind Your Screen

We talk about “the cloud” as if the Internet exists somewhere above us. But almost everything you do online depends on a physical world you rarely see. Under the apps, websites, AI tools, videos, and messages are cables, networks, data centers, electricity, machines, and people keeping the system alive. What if the Internet isn’t really in the cloud at all? In this episode of Tomorrow, From Here, we uncover the physical infrastructure hiding beneath our digital lives—and why understanding it changes the way you see the Internet.