UK SIC 63.101—Provision of cloud infrastructure and platforms, including ai facilities and neocloud

Where 63.101 sits

1. K Telecommunication, computer programming, consulting, computing infrastructure and other information service activities
2. 63 Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and other information service activities
3. 63.1 Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities
4. 63.10 Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities
5. 63.101 Provision of cloud infrastructure and platforms, including ai facilities and neocloud

What 63.101 includes

• Provision of computing infrastructure, including cloud infrastructure and platform provision (iaas, paas), and deployment and operation of server infrastructure within data halls at colocation data centres
• Cloud computing (except software publishing and computer systems design), whether or not in combination with infrastructure provision: • cloud compute, including serverless architecture, high-performance compute, neocloud (including gpuaas) and quantum compute • storage • networking • managed service providers

What 63.101 excludes

• Software publishing, see 58.2
• Provision of applications by downloads or by streaming, see 58.2
• Post-production services to convert video content into streaming formats, see 59.12
• Post-production services to convert audio content into streaming formats, see 59.21
• Audio streaming and download distribution service activities not associated with publishing, see 60.10
• Video streaming and download distribution service activities not associated with publishing, see 60.20
• Development (including training) and operation (including inference) of large language models and other categorisations of 'ai', see 62.1
• Software development specialised to industry or product applications, excluding computer games, see 62.12
• Computer systems design, see 62.20
• Electronic storage of archival material for access by the general public, see 91.12
• Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment, see 95.10
• Activities where the service provider uses computers only as a tool are classified according to the nature of the services rendered

63.101 in other systems