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Sustainability and supply constraints
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Data center owners are missing ambitious climate targets, with emissions skyrocketing due to AI-driven growth, despite stated goals.
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Read at Bisnow→
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Should data center owners be held accountable for missed climate targets despite AI growth?
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The burgeoning artificial intelligence data center market faces critical supply chain strains for essential minerals like copper and lithium, testing producers' ability to meet escalating demand.
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Read at Data Center Knowledge→
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Tencent aims to monetize its substantial hardware investments by renting out the infrastructure for artificial intelligence workloads, potentially generating immediate profits.
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Read at The Register→
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Should Tencent's $53B hardware investment be considered a risky gamble or a smart AI monetization strategy?
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CoreWeave's revenue has doubled, reaching $35.6 billion in debt, highlighting significant growth within the digital infrastructure provider.
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Read at The Register→
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Colocation providers are increasingly investing in Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), recognizing them as a financeable asset class within the data center industry.
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Read at Data Center Dynamics→
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Centuria Capital Group and ResetData secured a 7MW capacity agreement with CDC Data Centres and a $165m bridge facility from Macquarie Bank, ordering GPUs for initial deployment.
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Read at Data Center Dynamics→
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A hacker, reportedly driven by a vendetta against Microsoft, has discovered a new zero-day exploit for Windows that grants system privileges even on fully patched systems.
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Read at The Register→
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Is Microsoft's zero-day vulnerability exploitation a sign of lax security or an unavoidable risk?
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Data center demand has exceeded expectations, with absorption doubling year-over-year to a record 25GW in the first half of 2026, according to JLL.
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Read at Data Center Dynamics→
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Anthropic, Macquarie, and GIC are launching Theseus Infrastructure to finance the development of hyperscaler data center sites anchored by Anthropic.
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Read at Bisnow→
More coverage at Data Center Dynamics →
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GPU rental service Nebius has outlined plans for a rapid one gigawatt power expansion, addressing concerns about the clarity and feasibility of their strategy.
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Read at The Register→
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“Not sure if I should quit or try a job somewhere else”
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A sysadmin at a charity for six years is experiencing severe burnout due to a lack of support, unmanaged devices, outdated licenses, unsecured networks, and the pressure to learn Python for AI projects, leading them to consider quitting IT altogether.
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Read at r/sysadmin→
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“SSSD with Okta LDAP (a sucess story)”
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A sysadmin details a complex, manually pieced-together solution for integrating SSSD with Okta LDAP for Linux VMs and servers, overcoming documentation gaps and AI-generated failures to achieve successful authentication with specific configuration tweaks and schema modifications.
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Read at r/sysadmin→
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“I finally put in my 2 weeks at AWS data center in iAD.”
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After five years at an AWS data center, an employee resigns, sharing candid reflections on the toxic work environment, unpredictable management, broken promises, and stagnant promotions, while advising newcomers to gain experience but not overstay.
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Read at r/datacenter→
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Hyperscale capacity development
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During the second quarter, Breit exited its self-storage business, divesting 79 assets and investing $3.3 billion into its data center arm, QTS.
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Read at Bisnow→
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Is BREIT's multi-billion dollar pivot from self-storage to data centers a strategic move or a market chase?
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Tech leaders NVIDIA, Google, Microsoft, and OCP have collaborated to release a new specification for solid-state transformers, aiming to advance 800-volt direct current technology.
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Read at Data Center Richness→
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Despite rapid growth in edge artificial intelligence, large-scale AI data centers will remain critical infrastructure due to factors like economies of scale, physical security, and operational efficiencies.
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Read at Data Center Knowledge→
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Japan's Akita AI data center project is now estimated at $12.6 billion, potentially adding substantial AI capacity if power plans are successfully implemented.
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Read at TechRepublic→
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