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Alibaba has launched a new artificial intelligence data center utilizing 10,000 internally developed chips, highlighting a strategic move towards self-sufficiency in response to United States export restrictions.
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Read at TechRepublic→
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Anant Nivarti has rejoined Tesla to lead silicon engineering efforts, specifically focusing on AI6 and Dojo 3, following the effective disbandment and subsequent re-establishment of the Dojo team.
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Read at Data Center Dynamics→
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Google has entered into a multiyear agreement with Intel for CPU deployments and will collaborate with the chipmaker on the development of custom IPUs.
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Read at Data Center Dynamics→
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Should Google collaborate with Intel on custom AI chips, risking vendor lock-in?
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Samsung is reportedly planning a significant investment of $4 billion for a semiconductor packaging and testing project in Vietnam, which would further solidify the country's position within the global semiconductor supply chain.
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Read at TechRepublic→
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China's National Data Administration has released a plan to integrate AI into education and upskill citizens, while other Asian news includes Toyota's basketball bot, Arm's AI server win, and India's consideration of payment pauses to combat fraud.
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Read at The Register→
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Preparing infrastructure for AI workloads
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CoreWeave's announcements at NVIDIA GTC 2026 and Bell Canada's 300 MW development in Saskatchewan signify a shift towards integrated AI infrastructure, where power, platforms, and sovereign capacity are key determinants of future scale, moving beyond simple GPU access.
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Read at Data Center Frontier  →
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ZincFive has introduced a new retrofit kit designed to enhance and leverage legacy uninterruptible power supply infrastructure.
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Read at Data Center POST→
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Nutanix is positioning itself as a key infrastructure provider for a new class of artificial intelligence services, addressing the evolving economic challenges driven by AI adoption.
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Read at Data Center Knowledge→
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Brian Lillie of ZutaCore discussed the challenges of rising heat and power demands driven by artificial intelligence and explained how their waterless two-phase liquid cooling technology supports next-generation, high-density data center deployments.
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Read at Data Center Dynamics→
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Water scarcity is emerging as a primary concern, topping a growing list of risks for data centers operating in the Desert Southwest.
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Read at Bisnow→
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Should new data centers be built in water-scarce desert regions?
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Gradiant will construct a water treatment facility for a data center development in Didcot, UK, reportedly by Amazon.
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Read at Data Center Dynamics→
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The rise of self-build data center models is not expected to eliminate colocation but rather create a bifurcation within the market.
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Read at Global Data Center Hub→
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The UALink Consortium has released version 2.0 specifications for GPU networking standards, aiming to provide an alternative to Nvidia's NVLink and NVSwitch, although silicon is still months away from shipping.
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Read at The Register→
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Coreweave has expanded its deal with Meta by $21 billion, reflecting an immediate need for increased data center capacity as buildouts lag.
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Read at Data Center Richness→
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Small Modular Reactor vendors are making significant progress in regulatory approvals, manufacturing capabilities, and customer collaborations, with an increasing focus on industrial uses such as data centers and petrochemicals, driving varied business models.
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Read at Data Center Frontier →
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“I swear I'm gonna go crazy...”
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A frustrated applicant with a degree, certifications, and homelabs is questioning their job search strategy after months of applying for entry-level data center and IT helpdesk roles without any callbacks, contrasting their experience with seemingly effortless hires elsewhere.
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Read at r/datacenter→
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“The Saturday night "OMG! Stuff is going offline!"”
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A sysadmin, while on vacation and intoxicated on a Saturday night, faces an unexpected power outage affecting on-prem servers and a switch, highlighting the blurred lines between IT and building management, the lack of overtime compensation, and the frustration of being the only one available to troubleshoot.
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Read at r/sysadmin→
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“we migrated 3 years of legacy scripts to a proper config management system and it was less painful than expected”
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A team successfully migrated three years of accumulated legacy scripts into an Ansible configuration management system over six weeks, finding the process less painful than anticipated and significantly improving new team member onboarding.
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Read at r/sysadmin→
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Amazon's CEO expresses a bullish outlook on the cloud market, projecting that the Neocloud market could reach $400 billion by 2031, alongside other data center industry news.
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Read at Data Center Richness→
More coverage at The Register →
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Hungary's government has experienced a security breach exposing nearly 800 state logins, including defense and NATO-linked accounts, highlighting issues with password security.
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Read at The Register→
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Should sensitive government credentials be stored with such weak password protection?
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This executive profile features a conversation with Freddie Sarhan, the Chief Executive Officer of Sapphire Technologies, discussing his leadership and the company's role.
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Read at Data Center POST→
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Kelsey Hightower suggests IT professionals can leverage existing automation by rebranding it as "zero-token architecture" to enhance productivity in the era of agentic artificial intelligence.
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Read at The Register→
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The increasing growth of data centers is creating significant environmental permitting challenges and increasing litigation risks due to fragmented regulations and local resistance.
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Read at Data Center Knowledge→
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Is a split inference architecture the future for agentic AI workloads?
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The CEO of d-matrix stated that inference capabilities extend beyond individual chips, following a deal with GigaIO that incorporates PCIe fabric and rack-scale system design into their operations, moving d-matrix into full-stack artificial intelligence infrastructure.
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Read at Data Center Knowledge→
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Should environmental permitting be streamlined to accelerate data center development?
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This DCF poll examines the growing public opposition to data center expansion and seeks to understand the disconnect between industry growth and public trust, as well as potential solutions.
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Read at Data Center Frontier →
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