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Jul 10, 2026

 
Data center cooling and power

The global market for data center chillers is expected to surpass 6.4 billion dollars by 2035, reflecting increasing cooling demands.

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Two-phase liquid cooling is presented as the emerging standard for data centers, supporting next-generation artificial intelligence infrastructure.

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Should data centers prioritize universal liquid cooling for future AI infrastructure?

Excess heat generated by Equinix data centers in Milan, Italy, will be used to heat over 21,000 homes, improving sustainability.

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Steve Loeb of Eaton discusses the company's strategic priorities for 2026 and 2027, focusing on artificial intelligence-driven infrastructure, integrated power and cooling solutions, modular building blocks, and the delivery of resilient, high-density data centers.

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Samsung Heavy Industries targets a 2028 launch for its commercial floating artificial intelligence data center, addressing power, land, and cooling challenges impacting current AI infrastructure.

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Xavier Niel has acquired e&'s 16% stake in Vodafone for $6 billion, becoming the company's largest shareholder.

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Data center site selection challenges

A second major data center project in Virginia has been abandoned, intensifying scrutiny on site selection for artificial intelligence infrastructure following a recent project rejection.

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Community backlash against AI data centers has surged, with recent project failures in Virginia indicating that local acceptance is becoming a critical site-selection factor.

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Can community backlash halt the AI data center boom entirely?

 
AI data handling and regulation

Meta's Cheyenne artificial intelligence data center project is under increased scrutiny following its link to rare bacteria found in reclaimed irrigation water, raising concerns about wastewater regulations.

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Anthropic is removing its covert code designed to detect Chinese competitors from its systems.

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To maximize the value of data and artificial intelligence, organizations are advised to break down silos and integrate information from data lakes and lakehouses.

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Canonical has launched its Managed Kubeflow offering on Microsoft Azure, simplifying the deployment and management of machine learning workflows.

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Chatter
The view from Reddit
“I don't know how you all do it.”

After a decade in IT, a system engineer feels like an amateur, struggling to keep up with new technologies like Kubernetes and cloud platforms, experiencing burnout that prevents further learning, and fearing job insecurity due to perceived inadequacy.

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“Words of encouragement”

An applicant shares their demoralizing experience of being rejected by Google's Data Center program and AWS after a lengthy and delayed interview process, highlighting the frustration of having to wait a full year to reapply.

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“Our security alerts are just false 99% of the time”

The author laments the overwhelming volume of false security alerts, leading to a culture of ignoring them, which recently caused a delay in identifying a genuine incident.

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Should security teams overhaul alert systems to reduce false positives?

 

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