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 - Bottom row: 2 columns (65/35)
 - Network Traffic card has its own background image at low opacity
 - User avatar dropdown has: Profile, Appearance, Security, Help & Support, Sign Out
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+---
+
+## Future Integration Notes
+
+### Live Provider Data (AWS, Linode, etc.)
+- All KPI/status card data (resource counts, health, pricing, budgets, cost breakdowns,
+  utilization, regions/map data) is currently mocked/static.
+- The Infrastructure page (and likely Glance) should eventually integrate with real
+  cloud provider APIs — AWS, Linode, or any other VPC/cloud provider — via user-supplied
+  API keys, to pull live data such as:
+  - Resource inventory/counts and health status
+  - Pricing and budget/cost data (replacing the static Cost Breakdown numbers)
+  - Resource utilization metrics
+  - Region/datacenter info for the Infrastructure Map
+- Design the data layer so it's provider-agnostic (a common interface/adapter per
+  provider) since users may connect more than one provider's API key.