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Power Gigawatt Strategy
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The strategic direction for global artificial intelligence operations is being fundamentally redrawn by the sheer power demands associated with gigawatt-scale data center facilities.
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Read at Global Data Center Hub→
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ai redefined industry 2025
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Artificial intelligence served as the central evolutionary force for the data center industry throughout 2025, fundamentally altering infrastructure requirements, operational strategies, and responses to public scrutiny.
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Read at Data Center Knowledge→
More coverage at Data Center Knowledge →
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Driven by overwhelming demand for AI-related hardware, the global server market revenue reached a record $112.4 billion in the third quarter, marking a 61 percent year-over-year increase according to IDC data.
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Read at The Register→
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Is the current 61% year-on-year server spending growth sustainable given future AI investment uncertainty?
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Lenovo announced several new products and services aimed at assisting clients in modernizing their information technology infrastructure to better support demanding advanced artificial intelligence workloads.
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Read at Data Center Knowledge→
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power projects nixed
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Despite the intense energy demands placed by ongoing data center construction, nearly 2,000 planned U.S. power generation projects have been canceled this year.
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Read at Bisnow→
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Should US energy regulators impose moratoriums on new data center builds until grid capacity is secured?
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14 billion year storage
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Sphoenix is advancing its 5D Memory Crystal cold storage technology toward deployment in data centers, creating a storage medium engineered to retain data for an unprecedented 14 billion years.
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Read at The Register→
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hyperscale growth strategy
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Despite persistent constraints in land and grid capacity, global hyperscale growth continues as providers strategically shift builds to regions abundant in power, prioritizing the speed of substation delivery and adopting modular, high-density designs.
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Read at Data Center Knowledge→
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“Project Engineer Looking to Build a Data Center Startup – Looking for Advice & Reality Checks”
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A seasoned mechanical engineer with infrastructure project experience seeks candid feedback on pivoting toward a data center product startup focusing on modularity and efficiency amidst AI density demands.
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Read at r/datacenter→
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“Why does every “simple” change request turn into a full-blown fire drill?”
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An administrator vents about seemingly trivial requests triggering cascading failures due to undocumented dependencies, legacy configurations, and forgotten scripts in an aging environment.
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Read at r/sysadmin→
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“The original "Vibe Coding" wasn't AI. It was VisiCalc (1979)”
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A historical parallel is drawn between the initial disruptive adoption of VisiCalc bypassing IT departments and the current rise of AI/low-code tools, suggesting that banning these new technologies is a doomed strategy.
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Read at r/sysadmin→
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europe data center map shift
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The substantial demand generated by artificial intelligence coupled with evolving regulatory policies is causing a significant redraw of Europe's data center map, moving away from the concentrated FLAP-D model toward a more distributed operational footprint.
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Read at Data Center Knowledge→
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Blockchain Bare Metal Power
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Bare metal infrastructure is being utilized to provide the necessary physical foundation for powering enterprise blockchain validator nodes.
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Read at Data Center POST→
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google data center uk
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Google has secured a crucial approval supporting its strategic data center expansion plans within Europe, although this progress is met with predictable opposition from local community stakeholders.
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Read at TechRepublic→
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Dublin AI Hub
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The article explores the potential for Dublin, Ireland, to establish itself as Europe's primary hub for artificial intelligence technology and infrastructure.
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Read at Bisnow→
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Broadcom CEO Hock Tan stated that silicon photonics will not be significant in the near term for data centers, even as his company holds substantial pre-orders for custom AI accelerator chips.
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Read at The Register→
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Nvidia is refuting allegations involving the smuggling of chips to China's DeepSeek, claims which highlight the ineffectiveness of physical export controls against illicit chip sales operations.
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Read at TechRepublic→
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Are physical export controls on high-end chips ultimately ineffective against determined state actors?
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emergency 0-day patches
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Apple and Google issued emergency security patches for actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities, with both companies hinting at sophisticated, potentially spyware-level abuse of the flaws.
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Read at The Register→
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