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Dec 29, 2025

Emerging topics we picked up on in the 52 Data Center articles we scanned this week: Over $38B in new mega-campus projects confirmed for Wisconsin, Michigan, and Europe, Alphabet to acquire partner Intersect for $4.75B to secure power execution, DOE recruits tech giants for Trump administration's 'Genesis Mission'. Read the full Week in Review →

 

European Cloud Strategy

European nations are exploring collaborative strategies, mirroring past aerospace efforts, to build indigenous cloud computing capabilities to counter the market dominance of major US technology firms.

Read at The Register→

 
Chatter
The view from Reddit
“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 enforce strict ticketing rules immediately, even if it causes initial user frustration and pushback?

“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→

 

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