OpenShift is available as open source, Google App Engine is free, and the well-publicized Google and Amazon price wars are pushing infrastructure prices to incredible lows.
Davey's analysis follows similar warnings from his successor as energy and climate change secretary, Amber Rudd, who last month warned Brexit would jeopardise much-needed new investment in energy infrastructure and push up bills for households and businesses.
No country will aggressively push for infrastructure reform if the medicine is not available to put new capacity to use.
Borrowing governments must push smart infrastructure to the front of their project pipelines as their best route to sustainable development and poverty reduction.
There's also a trip to Spain, where an expected influx of holidaygoers this summer will push creaking infrastructure to its limits.
But even with the biggest push for infrastructure spending in years, most of these big-ticket projects are unlikely to get very far from the stimulus alone.
It's easy, especially in tough economic times, to push aside infrastructure initiatives, including basic maintenance and repair, in favor of issues that seem more pressing or more appealing.
For years, American officials visiting China marvelled at how Chinese leaders could push through infrastructure projects and sweeping legislative changes, without the complications of opposition and the niceties of voting.
And writing in the Financial Times Cameron promises a big push on infrastructure investment in the coming months, admitting the UK is 28th in international rankings in such investment and adding "in terms of future productivity, this infrastructure deficit is as serious as our budget deficit.
A country that puts a higher value than China does on democracy and the rights of the individual will inevitably find it harder to push through infrastructure projects and reform to sensitive areas such as the rigid labour market.With 560m people, the ASEAN trade bloc also offers a big population.
