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Canadian AI data center expansion
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A significant 300-megawatt artificial intelligence campus by Bell is expected to reshape the Canadian data center market by integrating pre-leased demand, national strategic alignment, and reliable power access into facility financing and positioning.
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Read at Global Data Center Hub→
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Cerebras is planning a new data center development in Manitoba, Canada, subsequent to its previously announced collaboration with Bell in Saskatchewan.
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Read at Data Center Dynamics→
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Vertiv is addressing thermal limitations in artificial intelligence infrastructure by incorporating enhanced heat rejection capabilities through its collaboration with ThermoKey, shifting focus toward upstream and near-rack cooling solutions.
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Read at Data Center Knowledge→
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Should cooling solutions focus more on upstream/near-rack heat rejection rather than traditional external systems?
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Akash Systems is leveraging partnerships with AMD and Nvidia to introduce diamond-based cooling technology, aiming to resolve the thermal management challenges impeding the scaling of artificial intelligence infrastructure.
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Read at Data Center Knowledge→
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Waterless cooling technology is emerging as an essential component for building scalable infrastructure to support artificial intelligence factories.
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Read at Data Center Dynamics→
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Ecolab is acquiring CoolIT Systems for $4.75 billion, signaling an acceleration in mergers and acquisitions activity within the liquid cooling sector driven by the need for higher density computing solutions.
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Read at Data Center Richness→
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The Federal Communications Commission has prohibited the import of foreign-manufactured routers, citing unacceptable national security risks associated with cybersecurity and supply chain vulnerabilities.
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Read at Data Center Dynamics→
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Should US network providers immediately audit and replace all foreign-manufactured routers citing national security risks?
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The adoption of 800 volt direct current architecture at the rack level is identified as the immediate technical enabler for implementing 800 volt direct current solutions within artificial intelligence data centers.
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Read at Data Center Dynamics→
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Front-end network infrastructure presents a significant, often overlooked constraint that critically impacts the overall performance of artificial intelligence data centers.
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Read at Data Center POST→
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Jeff Bezos's company, Blue Origin, is planning a significant project to launch a data center constellation consisting of 51,600 satellites into orbit.
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Read at Bisnow→
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At GTC 2026, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang introduced the Vera data center CPU and the Vera Rubin AI platform, projecting a $1 trillion revenue target by 2027 while also outlining plans for orbital data centers.
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Read at Data Center Knowledge→
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Exploring non-x86 central processing unit alternatives like Arm and RISC-V for graphics processing unit-intensive artificial intelligence servers offers potential benefits for energy efficiency and sustainability through proper software tuning.
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Read at Data Center Knowledge→
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Alibaba has unveiled a new server chip based on the RISC-V instruction set architecture, which the company claims sets performance records despite appearing technologically behind current Western equivalents.
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Read at The Register→
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“The tale of BACKUP01”
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A newly arrived administrator recounts the nightmarish experience of inheriting a single, overloaded server that had absorbed the responsibilities of multiple decommissioned machines, culminating in a cathartic, destructive decommissioning ritual.
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Read at r/sysadmin→
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“Volt staffing”
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An experienced SysAdmin recounts the absurd hiring process with Volt staffing for an entry-level Apple DC technician role, characterized by contradictory contract lengths, irrelevant questioning about vehicle reliability, and shifting security clearance requirements.
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Read at r/datacenter→
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“My L3 interview with google”
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After an L3 interview experience at Google that unexpectedly focused heavily on Linux scripting and obscure programming concepts rather than hardware troubleshooting, the candidate received external validation suggesting the interview structure itself was flawed.
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Read at r/datacenter→
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The continued delay by the United Kingdom's Competition and Markets Authority in reaching a decision regarding its public cloud services market investigation places an ongoing financial burden on taxpayers while benefiting incumbent providers like Microsoft.
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Read at The Register→
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According to findings presented at RSAC 2026, voice phishing has become the second most prevalent initial access vector for cyberattacks overall and the leading method employed by threat actors targeting cloud environments.
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Read at The Register→
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Should organizations prioritize blocking voice phishing immediately over other network-based intrusion attempts?
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A co-founder of Supermicro has been indicted along with two others for allegedly evading United States export controls by illicitly shipping servers equipped with Nvidia graphics processing units, valued at $2.5 billion, to customers in China using fraudulent documentation.
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Read at The Register→
More coverage at Data Center Dynamics →
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Do current export control regulations need immediate tightening to prevent large-scale illicit GPU shipments to sanctioned regions?
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Reflection AI, a startup supported by Nvidia, intends to invest billions in developing a significant data center facility in South Korea to support artificial intelligence infrastructure against competitors.
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Read at TechRepublic→
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