|
Got a friend or colleague who'd read this? We'll send you a gift card when you send us 3 engaged readers. Grab your referral link here. -- Emerging topics we picked up in the 100 Data Center articles scanned this past week: - Tier 1 Hubs Face Construction Slowdown Amid Moratoriums and Green Mandates
- Adani and Reliance Jio Commit $200B+ to Secure India's AI Sovereignty
- Nvidia’s Vera Rubin and Microsoft’s Glass Storage Target 10,000-Year Durability
Read the full Week in Review →
|
| |
|
January's global data center acquisition data demonstrates that forthcoming waves of artificial intelligence infrastructure scaling are contingent upon national strategies, capital availability, and access to reliable power sources.
|
|
Read at Global Data Center Hub→
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Drone strikes targeted and damaged Amazon Web Services data center facilities located in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, resulting in service degradation and disruption across numerous cloud offerings in the Middle East region.
|
|
Read at TechRepublic→
More coverage at Data Center Dynamics →
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
PJM has formally requested approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to institute new rules concerning behind-the-meter generation specifically for data centers, proposing a 50 megawatt threshold.
|
|
Read at Data Center Dynamics→
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Should PJM's proposed 50MW threshold for behind-the-meter data center generation be immediately adopted by FERC?
|
|
|
To address real estate constraints for power generation, Bridge Data Centres and Concord New Energy are exploring a novel solution in Singapore involving deploying hydrogen power generators on barges for data center operations.
|
|
Read at The Register→
|
|
|
|
|
CPower, Bentaus, and Supermicro successfully demonstrated an energy orchestration project for an artificial intelligence data center in California, achieving up to 75 percent electricity reduction while sustaining workloads and service-level agreements.
|
|
Read at Data Center Dynamics→
|
|
|
|
|
Haroon Inam, CEO of DG Matrix, discussed with DCD's Tam Pledger the company's goal of becoming a reference design standard for behind-the-meter power systems within data centers.
|
|
Read at Data Center Dynamics→
|
|
|
|
|
Boom Supersonic has selected Baker Hughes to supply natural gas generators intended to support the 1.21 gigawatt power requirements for a Crusoe data center deal through 2028.
|
|
Read at Data Center Dynamics→
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Blackstone is planning the launch of a publicly traded entity specifically focused on acquiring artificial intelligence data center assets.
|
|
Read at Bisnow→
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
As processor densities and regulatory demands increase, the durability, sustainability, and operational efficiency of data centers critically depend on revising fundamental building protection practices related to fire safety, corrosion mitigation, insulation, and flooring materials.
|
|
Read at Data Center Knowledge→
|
|
|
|
|
As demand for artificial intelligence processing hardware surges, Chinese vendor Huawei is introducing its modular, flat-pack artificial intelligence datacenters globally, though their operational performance remains uncertain.
|
|
Read at The Register→
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
OpenAI's CEO, Altman, criticized the Pentagon for canceling its contract with Anthropic, while simultaneously confirming OpenAI's own deal with the Department of War for using advanced artificial intelligence systems in classified settings.
|
|
Read at The Register→
|
|
|
|
|
The Defense Department met with Anthropic at the Pentagon to compel the artificial intelligence firm to relax restrictions on military use of its Claude technology; however, recent safety policy changes suggest the company may be preparing to offer greater flexibility to the government.
|
|
Read at The Register→
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Should AI companies prioritize government contracts over self-imposed ethical use restrictions?
|
|
| |
|
|
|
“Is anyone else's browser security strategy just... hope?”
|
|
A concerned administrator questions the perceived lack of concrete strategy around browser security, expressing anxiety over the lack of visibility into user activity across multiple logged-in accounts despite having standard endpoint and network protections in place.
|
|
Read at r/sysadmin→
|
|
|
|
|
“Entitled/spoiled users rant”
|
|
A solo IT professional, who admits to fostering user dependency by immediately addressing every request, is now overwhelmed by entitled user behavior and burnout, recognizing the need to implement a formal ticketing system despite lacking the energy to enforce the change.
|
|
Read at r/sysadmin→
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Should IT staff immediately refuse all support requests until a formal ticketing system is adopted?
|
|
|
“Is it just me or institutional knowledge is no longer valued?”
|
|
A long-tenured employee laments that loyalty and deep, specialized technical knowledge, once rewarded with security, are now disregarded by management who expect remaining staff to simply 'figure it out' after layoffs.
|
|
Read at r/sysadmin→
|
|
|
|
| |