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#datacenter-expansion

New EU rules stall due to lack of data center data

Europe's data center sustainability regulations reveal significant gaps in data quality and reporting, hindering accurate assessments of energy consumption and environmental impact.

Data science

Data centers growing, especially in rural areas: Pew

Real estate

The AI data center boom is moving closer to cities and this Texas developer just raised $2 billion to bet on it

Texas is becoming a hub for data centers that support AI training, with facilities being built closer to population centers.

fromwww.npr.org

US news

Data center disputes have been local. But the midterms might change that

Careers

A talent CEO says data centers are a 'massive opportunity' for office workers to pivot mid-career

Laid-off tech workers should consider opportunities in the growing data center sector, which is experiencing high demand for skilled labor.

Environment

fromWIRED

6 hours ago

New Gas-Powered Data Centers Could Emit More Greenhouse Gases Than Entire Nations

Natural gas projects for data centers linked to major tech companies could emit over 129 million tons of greenhouse gases annually.

EU data protection

New EU rules stall due to lack of data center data

Europe's data center sustainability regulations reveal significant gaps in data quality and reporting, hindering accurate assessments of energy consumption and environmental impact.

Data science

Data centers growing, especially in rural areas: Pew

Real estate

The AI data center boom is moving closer to cities and this Texas developer just raised $2 billion to bet on it

Texas is becoming a hub for data centers that support AI training, with facilities being built closer to population centers.

fromwww.npr.org

US news

Data center disputes have been local. But the midterms might change that

Careers

A talent CEO says data centers are a 'massive opportunity' for office workers to pivot mid-career

Laid-off tech workers should consider opportunities in the growing data center sector, which is experiencing high demand for skilled labor.

more#data-centers

8 hours ago

Blackbox replaces two racks of HPE storage with 8U of Everpure | Computer Weekly

Blackbox Hosting has consolidated storage from two full racks down to just 8U of rack space following migration to Everpure FlashArray hardware, achieving a 10:1 data reduction ratio and an 85% reduction in power utilization.

DevOps

The European cloud of the future is built using actual, physical containers

Cloud workloads increasingly utilize physical containers through initiatives like the Modular Integrated Sustainable Datacenter (MISD) project.

in 3 hours

When a Cloud Region Fails: Rethinking High Availability in a Geopolitically Unstable World

Cloud regions are influenced by geopolitical events, necessitating multi-region strategies for resilience against disruptions.

Hyperscaler datacentres set to dominate by 2031 | Computer Weekly

Hyperscalers are projected to dominate global datacentre capacity, reaching 67% by 2031, driven by AI growth.

When cloud giants neglect resilience

Cloud outages highlight reliability issues as providers prioritize cost-cutting over service stability, raising questions about acceptable levels of unreliability.

3 weeks ago

Edge clouds and local data centers reshape IT

Cloud computing is evolving towards a selectively distributed model to address latency, sovereignty, and resilience in smart cities and AI applications.

European startups

The European cloud of the future is built using actual, physical containers

Cloud workloads increasingly utilize physical containers through initiatives like the Modular Integrated Sustainable Datacenter (MISD) project.

in 3 hours

When a Cloud Region Fails: Rethinking High Availability in a Geopolitically Unstable World

Cloud regions are influenced by geopolitical events, necessitating multi-region strategies for resilience against disruptions.

Hyperscaler datacentres set to dominate by 2031 | Computer Weekly

Hyperscalers are projected to dominate global datacentre capacity, reaching 67% by 2031, driven by AI growth.

When cloud giants neglect resilience

Cloud outages highlight reliability issues as providers prioritize cost-cutting over service stability, raising questions about acceptable levels of unreliability.

3 weeks ago

Edge clouds and local data centers reshape IT

Cloud computing is evolving towards a selectively distributed model to address latency, sovereignty, and resilience in smart cities and AI applications.

Google Cloud and Wiz build multi-cloud platform on top of Security Graph

Wiz is essential for Google Cloud's security strategy in multi-cloud environments post-acquisition.

4 hours ago

Google says it has all the answers for AI agent sprawl

Google has rebranded its AI platform to Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform to manage multiple AI agents effectively.

Business

Forget Nvidia: Why HPE Could Be the Overlooked AI Infrastructure Play of 2026

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is an overlooked investment opportunity in AI infrastructure with strong financial growth and expanding margins.

fromZDNET

Scaling agentic AI demands a strong data foundation - 4 steps to take first

Trusted quality data is essential for scaling agentic AI adoption in organizations.

fromComputerworld

9 hours ago

Microsoft trims cloud desktop pricing, even as it boosts AI costs

Microsoft is reducing prices for Windows 365 and AVD while increasing Microsoft 365 costs, aiming to promote cloud-based PCs and AI services.

AI is reshaping Britain's datacenter map away from London

UK AI datacenter capacity may shift from London due to power shortages and planning constraints, making other locations more appealing.

4 days ago

Nuclear's AI Moment Is Here -- There Is Only 1 Play for the 4X Data Center Demand Explosion

Global data center power demand will quadruple by 2034, with nuclear energy being crucial for meeting this surge in energy needs.

AI is upending the SaaS game

AI significantly enhances log examination by quickly identifying issues, making data production more valuable than mere interpretation.

Anthropic leases data center capacity from CoreWeave

Anthropic signed a multi-year contract with CoreWeave for data center space to meet the growing demand for its Claude AI models.

London startup

AI is reshaping Britain's datacenter map away from London

UK AI datacenter capacity may shift from London due to power shortages and planning constraints, making other locations more appealing.

4 days ago

Nuclear's AI Moment Is Here -- There Is Only 1 Play for the 4X Data Center Demand Explosion

Global data center power demand will quadruple by 2034, with nuclear energy being crucial for meeting this surge in energy needs.

AI is upending the SaaS game

AI significantly enhances log examination by quickly identifying issues, making data production more valuable than mere interpretation.

fromFacility Executive Magazine

Anthropic leases data center capacity from CoreWeave

Anthropic signed a multi-year contract with CoreWeave for data center space to meet the growing demand for its Claude AI models.

Google's Gemma 4 shines on local systems - both big and small

Gemma 4's mixture of experts design enhances performance by allowing CPU weight allocation, improving token generation speed significantly.

Remote teams

20 hours ago

Doing More With Less Workspace Design - Facility Executive Magazine

Facility teams must adapt to hybrid work by increasing functionality without expanding space or budget.

Privacy professionals

fromSecuritymagazine

16 hours ago

The Privacy-Security Partnership: How We Bend Risk in a Resource Crunch

Fewer privacy practitioners feel confident in meeting laws, while resource shortages and compliance challenges increase stress in the field.

Web frameworks

Cloudflare Introduces Project Think: A Durable Runtime for AI Agents

Cloudflare's Project Think introduces durable AI agents with a kernel-like runtime, enabling long-lived workloads and preserving execution progress during platform restarts.

Fundraising

fromTruthout

fromTNW | Investors-Funding

A Data Center Is Getting a $77 Million Tax Break. It Promises to Create 1 Job.

JPMorganChase's data center expansion in Orangeburg received $77 million in tax breaks for only one permanent job, raising concerns about public money usage.

Venture

Australia's NEXTDC launches A$2.2 billion capital plan

NEXTDC is raising A$1.5 billion through an equity offering to fund the expansion of its data centre operations in response to increased demand.

#ai-infrastructure

Artificial intelligence

Companies are hoarding AI compute because of FOMO and they're sitting on most of it

DevOps

95% of GPU capacity goes unused in Kubernetes clusters

fromMedium

The AI Infrastructure Stack in 2026: Companies Building the Future of AI

AI infrastructure companies are transforming the deployment and scaling of artificial intelligence into full production systems with essential governance and observability.

Artificial intelligence

Your datacenter's power architecture called. It's not happy

Accelerated computing demands exceed legacy datacenter power architectures, forcing migration from 48V to high-voltage DC systems to handle extreme power densities and current requirements.

fromNetwork World

Artificial intelligence

Engineers rush to master new skills for AI data centers

AI infrastructure growth is driving massive data center expansion and urgent need for skilled facilities staff amid unprecedented capex by major tech companies.

Companies are hoarding AI compute because of FOMO and they're sitting on most of it

Companies are overprovisioning GPU capacity, with average utilization at only 5%, leading to significant waste in AI infrastructure spending.

95% of GPU capacity goes unused in Kubernetes clusters

GPU and CPU usage remains low despite rising cloud costs, highlighting inefficiencies in resource utilization as Kubernetes adoption increases.

fromMedium

The AI Infrastructure Stack in 2026: Companies Building the Future of AI

AI infrastructure companies are transforming the deployment and scaling of artificial intelligence into full production systems with essential governance and observability.

Artificial intelligence

Your datacenter's power architecture called. It's not happy

fromNetwork World

Artificial intelligence

Engineers rush to master new skills for AI data centers

more#ai-infrastructure

Silicon Valley real estate

2 hours ago

Tredence powers up Gemini-powered agentic AI accelerators

Tredence's agentic AI accelerators provide ready-to-deploy, industry-specific AI solutions for rapid deployment and data modernization.

fromEngadget

Monterey Park, California has banned any data centers within its city limits

Monterey Park has permanently banned data center construction, citing public nuisance concerns and community pushback against a proposed facility.

Meta fast-tracks fiber technician training to solve a major data center bottleneck

Meta is launching a program to train fiber technicians to address the shortage of skilled workers for AI data centers.

Software development

SUSE AI Factory brings coherence to AI ideals

SUSE launched AI Factory to bridge the gap between AI plans and implementations, addressing the challenges of AI adoption.

Remote teams

fromThe Hill

fromTNW | Investors-Funding

Hybrid work has stabilized - the Fed's data explain why

Work from home has stabilized significantly above pre-pandemic levels, indicating a structural shift in American work patterns.

European startups

AirTrunk enters India by acquiring Lumina CloudInfra

Blackstone consolidates AirTrunk and Lumina CloudInfra to enhance its data center operations in India's hyperscale market.

Web frameworks

Speed at Scale: Optimizing the Largest CX Platform Out There

Optimizing performance in customer experience platforms involves addressing challenges rather than focusing solely on the latest technologies.

London startup

Data dive: A new American Century in the datacentre pipeline? | Computer Weekly

US datacentre capacity is projected to triple, while the UK will slip in global rankings for datacentre capacity.

Storage implications of a modern IT architecture | Computer Weekly

Organizations are increasingly using containers to modernize applications and manage both cloud-native and traditional workloads with Kubernetes.

#google-cloud

Google Cloud's next big moment-and what it needs to continue its ascent | Fortune

Google's AI advancements are revitalizing its cloud division, with significant revenue growth and a focus on addressing bottlenecks in AI implementation.

fromTNW | Google

47 minutes ago

Artificial intelligence

Google launches $750M partner fund at Cloud Next 2026 to finance agentic AI deployments across Accenture, Deloitte, KPMG

Google launched a $750 million fund to boost partners' agentic AI development, marking a strategic shift in enterprise AI competition.

Google Cloud's next big moment-and what it needs to continue its ascent | Fortune

Google's AI advancements are revitalizing its cloud division, with significant revenue growth and a focus on addressing bottlenecks in AI implementation.

fromTNW | Google

47 minutes ago

Google launches $750M partner fund at Cloud Next 2026 to finance agentic AI deployments across Accenture, Deloitte, KPMG

Google launched a $750 million fund to boost partners' agentic AI development, marking a strategic shift in enterprise AI competition.

more#google-cloud

Business intelligence

Comcast Business unveils Innovation Lab for next-gen enterprise solutions

Comcast Business launched the Innovation Lab to co-develop and test enterprise solutions with customers and technology partners.

IOWN targets datacenter interconnects to spread AI infra

IOWN Global Forum focuses on datacenter interconnect use cases to enhance AI infrastructure connectivity and reduce costs for users.

Software development

6 days ago

Scale sets edge platform's software ever more free from hardware constraints

Scale Computing is reducing hardware requirements for its software, allowing more flexibility for partners and customers in choosing hardware platforms.

London startup

Datacentre developers tout benefits to local communities, but do they deliver? | Computer Weekly

Datacentre developments are causing challenges for local businesses, raising concerns about energy consumption and community impact despite potential local benefits.

16 hours ago

Cloudflare Outlines MCP Architecture as Enterprises Confront Security and Governance Risks

Centralized governance and remote infrastructure are essential for secure Model Context Protocol deployments, addressing risks like prompt injection and supply chain attacks.

2 hours ago

Google Gemini Enterprise to become the AI platform for everyone

Gemini Enterprise expands with a development platform for AI agents, governance tools, and autonomous capabilities for business users and developers.

Environment

fromBig Think

38 minutes ago

The power grid is breaking. Can it fix itself?

A deliberate power outage affected 50,000 people in Colorado due to high winds, highlighting vulnerabilities in America's power grid.

9 hours ago

Red Hat OpenShift takes sovereign step to Google Cloud Dedicated

Red Hat OpenShift on Google Cloud Dedicated is designed to address several key pillars of digital sovereignty: data residency, technological autonomy, and supply chain resilience. With isolated infrastructure, it must comply with regulations such as the GDPR and regional sovereignty rules.

DevOps

Data centers now account for half of all new U.S. electricity use, just as Americans start to sour on AI | Fortune

Data centers accounted for around 50% of all electricity demand growth in the U.S. last year, according to the IEA, far surpassing the rise in electricity usage in the residential, industrial, and transport sectors.

Environment

Enterprises are rethinking Kubernetes

Kubernetes is losing its status as the default choice for enterprise application deployment due to operational complexities and rising expectations.

fromZDNET

4 hours ago

How Google just revamped Gemini Enterprise for the agentic era - here's what's new

Google launched the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform to enhance automated workflows and security for developers.

Environment

Data center for Microsoft consumes up to 420M liters of industrial water a week

Pure DC is constructing a large data center in Amsterdam, consuming significant water and electricity, with Microsoft as the sole tenant.

#snowflake

Artificial intelligence

Snowflake Intelligence and Cortex Code become the agentic AI control layer

Snowflake offers help to users and builders of AI agents

Snowflake enhances its Intelligence and Cortex Code for better automation and data source access, aiming for a unified enterprise AI experience.

Snowflake Intelligence and Cortex Code become the agentic AI control layer

Snowflake updates Intelligence and Cortex Code to enhance data integration and AI capabilities for the Agentic Enterprise.

Snowflake offers help to users and builders of AI agents

Snowflake enhances its Intelligence and Cortex Code for better automation and data source access, aiming for a unified enterprise AI experience.

The Security Metric That's Failing You

Measuring patch rates does not equate to a secure environment; real risks often lie in misconfigurations and outdated permissions.

fromWIRED

A New Google-Funded Data Center Will Be Powered by a Massive Gas Plant

A pragmatic 'all-of-the-above' strategy is essential for energy, with gas as a critical bridge while investing in renewables.

SUSE seeks to make VMware migrations a "non-event"

SUSE partners with Cloudbase to integrate Coriolis for seamless migration of virtual machines from VMware and public clouds.

fromMedium

Enterprise AI in Practice: 6 Must-Watch Sessions on Scaling Agentic Systems

Enterprise AI is transitioning from experimentation to execution, presenting challenges in governance, scaling, and measurable business impact.

fromTearsheet

Why the back office comes first in AI deployments and failures that keep reappearing - Tearsheet

67% of banks and credit unions are implementing AI, but only 16% have a coherent strategy for it.

Engineering Stable, Secure and Scalable Platforms: A Conversation with Matthew Liste

I was always a tinkerer, I guess. I grew up in the age where computers were not ubiquitous or common. An experience as a kid was instrumental in how my career happened.

DevOps

fromAxios

Anthropic bites back in the compute wars with Amazon partnership

Anthropic is investing heavily in compute capacity to enhance its Claude models, competing directly with OpenAI's infrastructure advantage.

AI, energy, and the new rules of cloud sustainability competition | Computer Weekly

Cloud providers offer sustainability metrics, but lack standardization makes it difficult for enterprises to compare workloads effectively.

4 days ago

Cloudflare can remember it for you wholesale

Agent Memory enhances AI by providing persistent memory for better recall and smarter interactions.

fromBusiness Matters

The Role of Dedicated Servers in Scaling Modern Businesses

Infrastructure investment is crucial for SMEs to ensure reliability, performance, and user experience in a competitive digital landscape.

6 days ago

Moving away from mainframes using AI proves unfeasible for many companies

Phasing out mainframes is often unfeasible for large organizations due to overestimated AI capabilities in modernization projects.

6 days ago

Oracle's New AWS Partnership Just Put It Ahead of Azure and Google Cloud

Multicloud setups are essential for enterprise AI, enabling seamless data movement and integration across different cloud providers.

US politics

Inside the race to build data centers | Fortune

Mega-scale AI data centers are driving AI growth, transforming landscapes, straining energy and water resources, and creating major political and economic conflicts.

Networks that brought us here won't carry us into AI future

Network infrastructure must evolve to support the demands of agentic AI, making a refresh a strategic necessity for organizations.

As IT complexity escalates, Nutanix fights back

Nutanix is prioritizing flexibility and aims to be a leading agentic AI platform amidst external IT developments.

US politics

Data center analysts suggest need for regulation to control hyperscaler costs

Hyperscale data centers' heavy power, land, water, and network demands are raising electricity and broadband costs, prompting calls for regulated contributions and funding solutions.

fromUnited States Edition

Spotlight report: Accelerating Data Center Modernization

Data center modernization is critical for AI deployment, requiring integrated infrastructure solutions across servers, storage, networking, and security.

The next 10 years for cloud computing

Enterprises are abandoning unquestioning public cloud adoption due to high costs, limited productivity gains, and vendor lock-in, prompting providers to change strategies.

Do neoclouds mean a world where anything is possible? | Computer Weekly

Neoclouds are emerging GPU-as-a-service providers gaining investment and market attention as alternatives to dominant hyperscalers, filling real demand for AI and large language model training infrastructure.

fromFast Company