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Jun 8, 2026

 
Google's aggressive AI infrastructure scaling

Alphabet is raising up to $80 billion through a combination of equity offerings, including a $10 billion anchor investment from Berkshire, to fund its artificial intelligence expansion.

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Google will pay SpaceX-xAI $920 million monthly for data center capacity, leasing 110,000 GPUs to support its artificial intelligence initiatives.

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Google is piloting a new "power-first" data center strategy at its Texas AI campus, integrating 1 gigawatt of power generation to address electricity scarcity for hyperscalers.

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Will Google's 'power-first' data center model in Texas solve energy scarcity for AI hyperscalers?

 
Securing power for data centers

A US energy company is reportedly planning to build a 1.2GW hydropower plant alongside an artificial intelligence data center in Lesotho, which would represent the country's largest generation asset.

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This week in data centers, the availability of power and adherence to delivery timelines are the critical factors determining construction success, with operators securing these resources gaining a significant advantage.

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Cipher is planning to construct a 500MW data center campus near a coal plant outside Waco, Texas, with potential energization by 2028, though plans are not yet finalized.

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Modernizing legacy infrastructure is crucial for preparing telco networks for the demands of artificial intelligence, highlighting the benefits of an infrastructure-first strategy.

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The White House is expanding its regulatory focus on artificial intelligence risks, moving beyond just AI campuses and power consumption to scrutinize the frontier models themselves.

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Should the White House regulate AI risks at the model source, not just the infrastructure?

 
Chatter
The view from Reddit
“just accepted my first systems admin role. Finally leaving the call queue”

After enduring a monotonous L1 Helpdesk role with limited technical scope and excessive non-IT tasks, an individual expresses excitement about transitioning to a Systems Administrator position that offers growth, paid certifications, and a focus on technical challenges.

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“Intune is not fit for purpose.”

A frustrated sysadmin details the persistent failure of Intune's Scripts & Remediations feature to execute a simple registry key deletion script on their machine, despite working on a colleague's and the portal showing no logs, leading to the conclusion that Intune is an MDM problem, not a solution.

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“I realized that I'm not a windows sys admin”

An L1 analyst reflects on their four years in a role monitoring Windows servers, realizing their limited scope has left them unprepared for typical sysadmin job requirements as they face layoffs.

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