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Sep 16, 2026

 
AI chip market competition

Emerging artificial intelligence networking startups are actively developing technologies to compete with and potentially replace Nvidia's NVLink interconnect technology.

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Should AI networking startups focus on replacing existing high-speed interconnects like NVLink?

Dutch AI chip startup Euclyd secured $231 million in a funding round co-led by Samsung, with former ASML CEO Peter Wennink joining as chairman.

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Oracle delivered 300,000 graphics processing units in the first quarter of fiscal year 2027 and teased the upcoming launch of a new agentic artificial intelligence accelerator.

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Zankore secures over $3 billion for AI infrastructure development in Indonesia and Southeast Asia, aiming for 1 gigawatt capacity using Nvidia technology.

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Amazon Web Services experienced an inability to restore access to data centers impacted by Iranian strikes, as the damage surpassed the designed resilience of its availability zones.

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Kirkwood IG CEO Scott Bergs highlights the critical role of fiber network infrastructure in AI data center buildouts, emphasizing early planning for route diversity and connectivity.

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Operational shifts for AI

Operational failures in AI data centers often stem from runbook issues rather than rack-level problems, highlighting the critical importance of robust operational procedures.

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Artificial intelligence has fundamentally altered the operational requirements and job descriptions within the data center industry, necessitating a reevaluation of existing practices.

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An Equinix data center in Secaucus spilled five thousand gallons of diesel fuel into a river, intensifying the debate surrounding data center development in New Jersey.

Read at Bisnow→

 

Should New Jersey halt data center development due to environmental risks?

 
Chatter
The view from Reddit
“Lawsuit PST export from hell”

Struggling with a 38GB PST export from Microsoft Purview due to generic errors and corruption, the author details a weekend of troubleshooting, including OST conversion, SCANPST, and manual drag-and-drop methods, ultimately resorting to a risky offline copy to bypass cloud sync for a critical legal requirement.

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“Tired of walking users through certmgr.msc for YubiKey PIV enrollment, so I built an open-source standalone GUI enroller.”

Frustrated with the complex native Windows process for YubiKey PIV enrollment, the author developed and open-sourced 'YubiEnroller,' a user-friendly GUI tool designed for seamless AD Smart Card Logon, offering automation hooks and headless CLI options for IT deployment.

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“AI is really making people useless”

The author expresses dismay at the increasing reliance on AI for basic job functions like managing client lists and service tickets, questioning how to justify human roles when AI can perform tasks more efficiently, leading to a perceived dumbing down of the workforce.

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opinion

The article posits that artificial intelligence swarms are necessary for defense, suggesting that once AI is widely accessible, these autonomous systems will be crucial for protection.

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Iranian intelligence operatives are targeting Windows machines with the 'Chosen Brick' data-stealing malware, compromising user information and systems.

Read at The Register→

 
Power grid capacity constraints

The rapid expansion of data centers in America is outpacing the capacity of the existing power grid, creating significant challenges for future development and stability.

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Is America's data center growth unsustainable for the current power grid?

Data center project cancellations result in stranded utility infrastructure costs passed to ratepayers, with capacity reassignment potentially requiring extensive resolution times.

Read at Data Center Knowledge→

 

Digital Realty launched its 6.4 megawatt NBO2 data center in Nairobi, highlighting the role of off-grid power solutions for operators expanding in Kenya amidst grid instability.

Read at Global Data Center Hub→

 

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