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December 9, 2025

 
AI infrastructure power demands

Artificial intelligence represents the next major transformative frontier influencing the evolution of digital infrastructure.

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Massive financing cycles and sovereign initiatives across major regions are accelerating global artificial intelligence infrastructure deployment, driven by huge capital requirements from players like OpenAI and Oracle.

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Should national governments intervene more aggressively to control massive AI infrastructure investments?

Google and NextEra are collaborating on launching an Artificial Intelligence-powered electrical grid by 2026, specifically engineered to meet the immense power demands of AI workloads.

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With the standardization of dense rack deployments featuring high-powered GPUs, comprehensive data center cleaning has transitioned from an optional task to a critical operational requirement essential for preserving both performance metrics and system reliability.

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IBM has announced an $11 billion acquisition of Confluent with the stated goal of enhancing data handling capabilities specifically within complex hybrid cloud environments.

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Sustainable digital infrastructure practices

An outage at the CME data center, attributed to human error by CyrusOne, prompted necessary procedural revisions and reignited industry debate regarding lease clauses tied to operational failures.

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The focus is on strategic approaches necessary for constructing data centers in a manner that supports long-term environmental sustainability goals.

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neoclouds vs hyperscalers

While specialized 'neoclouds' offer cost-effective infrastructure tailored for artificial intelligence, challenges related to power supply, component sourcing, and talent acquisition substantially hinder their potential to completely displace incumbent hyperscalers.

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Data center regulatory pathways

The release of 200MW capacity in Singapore represents a highly valuable market opportunity, governed by the intersection of stringent low-carbon requirements and complex regulatory frameworks.

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European authorities are taking a more aggressive regulatory stance compared to the United States in attempting to manage and control the growth of data center development.

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Should the U.S. adopt Europe's stricter regulatory approach to data center expansion?

 

SoftBank eyeing DigitalBridge

SoftBank is reportedly positioning itself as the next major source of private capital seeking to acquire DigitalBridge.

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nvidia infrastructure service

Nvidia is developing a new inventory management service, which, although not primarily intended for tracking graphics processing units, offers customers the capability to verify the location of their existing GPU stockpiles if opted into.

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Should hardware sales to geopolitical rivals be allowed if a tariff is imposed?

 
Chatter
The view from Reddit
“Looking for some career advice from you guys”

A 24-year-old creative professional in Argentina, disillusioned with filmmaking, seeks earnest advice on pivoting to a Data Center Technician role, despite lacking formal IT qualifications and fearing sunk cost fallacy.

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“Microsoft Support, and the ridiculous way I hacked my way into my own tenant”

After accidentally locking out the administrative team by enabling restrictive Conditional Access Policies, the poster bypassed the lockout by creating and running a Power Automate flow to modify the exclusion group, all while Microsoft support failed to call back for days.

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“Cooked :(”

The administrator laments that while AWS failures prompt schadenfreude, the collapse of Cloudflare silences the usual critics because the platform used for mocking is itself rendered inaccessible.

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intel india fab

Intel has entered an alliance with the Indian conglomerate Tata to explore manufacturing capabilities within India's first semiconductor fabrication plant, potentially serving as a strategic move to secure a future outsourced packaging partner.

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Data Center Scheduling

Implementing visual and collaborative scheduling tools is presented as an essential mandate for accelerating and optimizing data center build processes.

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