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Aug 28, 2026

 
Regional development and zoning

Fort Worth has approved a revised site plan for a ten billion dollar data center campus, advancing a major development in the region.

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Should Fort Worth proceed with the $10B data center campus despite potential infrastructure strain?

Gateway Capital has filed plans to construct an 81-megawatt data center on a former industrial site in Sydney, Australia, proposing a five-story facility.

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An application has been submitted for a new 200-megawatt data center in Melbourne, Australia, with DoverDC targeting a site near the South Morang Terminal Station.

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Pinal County has denied a rezoning request for the proposed La Osa data center project due to significant local opposition.

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Was Pinal County right to reject the controversial La Osa data center project?

 
Renewable energy and grid constraints

Data center grid connection requests in Italy have surged, exceeding 95GW, a significant increase from the 1GW received in 2021, highlighting a sharp rise in demand.

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OpenAI has secured approval for a 3.2-gigawatt power deal with Georgia Power to supply its planned data center in Effingham County, Georgia, with the AI company covering the costs.

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The extended two-year procurement timeline for essential AI hardware is significantly dictating the pace and scale of artificial intelligence infrastructure development.

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Nvidia-driven hardware ecosystem expansion

Nvidia's massive data center revenue and Amazon Web Services' significant GPU expansion reveal the escalating demand for AI infrastructure, extending beyond hyperscale operators.

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High-density liquid cooling challenges

AI rack density is reaching its practical limits, with electrical engineering and resilience planning, rather than chip counts, becoming the primary constraints for systems exceeding 100 kW.

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Computing is venturing beyond Earth with the development of space-based orbital data centers. This innovative approach explores the future of data processing beyond our planet.

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Chatter
The view from Reddit
“I finally have a major story to tell”

During a change freeze, a sysadmin experienced a catastrophic event where user accounts, including admin accounts, were deleted due to an incorrect Entra Sync policy update, necessitating a full restore from a break-glass account.

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“Anyone Else Having Trouble Keeping Up?”

An IT Director at a school, feeling overwhelmed by the constant influx of complex and poorly supported technology issues, questions whether the problem lies with their own competence or the increasing instability of modern tech.

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“Leaving a solo Dev/IT role for AWS Network Deployment Technician—sanity check from people who’ve made a similar move”

An early-career IT generalist seeks advice on transitioning from a solo developer role to an AWS Network Deployment Technician position, questioning its impact on future career paths in network automation and infrastructure engineering.

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A UK think tank warns that Big Tech's market dominance will hinder the nation's ability to compete in the artificial intelligence race.

Read at The Register→

 

Will Big Tech market power prevent the UK from winning the AI race?

 

Nvidia and Cerebras are marketing high-performance computing capabilities that may exceed the actual utilization needs of their customers.

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Perplexity is entering the competitive local artificial intelligence market with its new offerings.

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Anthropic has introduced a new specification for connecting artificial intelligence agents with laboratory equipment and robotic systems.

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