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According to a Uptime Institute report, datacenters are reserving significantly more electrical grid capacity than they require, thereby impeding connection availability for other energy consumers.
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Read at The Register→
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Should grid operators have the authority to limit power reservations by data centers for speculative growth?
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Lancium's CEO provided details on the progress of the ambitious $500 billion Stargate initiative, which is rapidly advancing plans to construct massive, dedicated AI megacenters.
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Read at TechRepublic→
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kkr compass investment
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Compass Datacenters has agreed to a definitive deal allowing KKR to invest in a specific segment of its existing operational data centers as well as those planned for future development.
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Read at Data Center Knowledge→
More coverage at Data Center Knowledge →
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Government Cloud Deals
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Following a significant 9 billion agreement with Microsoft, the UK tech minister signaled plans for further consolidated, whole-government procurement strategies targeting major cloud service providers.
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Read at The Register→
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UK Undersea Cable Defense
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The UK government announced plans to bolster protection for its undersea data cables by deploying autonomous vessels alongside crewed naval assets to counter escalating surveillance activities attributed to Russia.
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Read at The Register→
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Extending Server Lifespan
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Actionable strategies exist to prolong the service life of data center servers, thereby achieving cost savings, improving operational efficiency, and supporting sustainability goals.
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Read at Data Center Knowledge→
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safety design gap
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Despite data centers increasingly functioning as critical utility providers, significant gaps persist in established safety protocols and facility design, demanding immediate attention to ensure continued uptime and reliability.
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Read at Data Center Knowledge→
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“Thermal tech is becoming mission critical. Are we underestimating how fast AI workloads are stressing cooling envelopes?”
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Following a major trading outage attributed to cooling issues, the author posits that the transient, high-density heat generated by AI compute is fundamentally shifting thermal engineering from a secondary concern to a mission-critical discipline requiring energy storage solutions.
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Read at r/datacenter→
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Should energy storage solutions be mandated for data centers hosting leading AI workloads?
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“Users receiving Microsoft MFA SMS code when they did not initiate a login”
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After password resets and session sign-outs failed to stop unsolicited Microsoft MFA SMS codes, the user discovered that enabling SMS sign-in via phone number in Entra was likely exposing accounts to a brute-force attack.
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Read at r/sysadmin→
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“What happened to the IT profession?”
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A seasoned technician laments the erosion of hands-on expertise and mentorship in favor of instant, AI-generated answers and demanding end-users.
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Read at r/sysadmin→
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cloudflare outage
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Cloudflare experienced a second service disruption within two months when standard maintenance procedures inadvertently caused the company's primary dashboard and API to fail, leading to widespread errors for customer sites globally.
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Read at The Register→
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