At Consensus Hong Kong 2026, Cysic founder Leo Fan criticized blockchain projects' reliance on hyperscalers like Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure, arguing it undermines decentralization. This came after Cardano's Charles Hoskinson announced partnerships with Google and Telegram for Cardano's privacy-focused project, Midnight, set to launch its mainnet in March. Hoskinson defended using hyperscalers, citing their ability to handle global computational demands, while Fan warned of centralization risks. Midnight will debut with 10 federated nodes, with Google Cloud providing infrastructure support. Hoskinson emphasized that hyperscalers offer hardware capacity without governance control, ensuring encrypted computation. Fan advocated for a hybrid approach, combining big vendors with decentralized networks to maintain crypto's decentralization ethos. The debate highlights differing views on integrating with Big Tech versus building independent infrastructure as blockchain scales globally.