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Hottest topics from the 85 articles we scanned this week: - Local opposition and municipal moratoriums threaten half of planned mega data center projects
- Hyperscalers and operators shift toward on-site generation to bypass grid delays and stability risks
- Capital outlays reach 'sovereign' levels as Amazon eyes $50B OpenAI stake and Meta secures $6B fiber supply
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Musk Zuckerberg Data Centers
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Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are escalating capital expenditures on data centers while simultaneously articulating distinct strategic visions for artificial intelligence development.
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Read at Bisnow→
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National policies for AI infrastructure
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According to Gartner analysts, nations prioritizing digital sovereignty must commit to investing at least one percent of their gross domestic product into domestic artificial intelligence infrastructure by the year 2029.
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Read at The Register→
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India is offering technology companies a twenty-year tax holiday incentive to establish cloud services catering to offshore users, while other regional developments include NTT offshoring to Vietnam and Samsung profiting from the memory boom.
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Read at The Register→
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Would a 20-year tax holiday convince your company to base offshore-serving cloud services in India?
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India is implementing a comprehensive policy change offering tax-free status to technology giants through 2047 with the strategic goal of establishing itself as a leading global data center hub and supporting its ambitious three trillion dollar digital economy target.
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Read at TechRepublic→
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hyperscaler earnings reveal
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Recent earnings announcements from Microsoft and Meta provided clear insight into the current artificial intelligence data center expansion, highlighting massive capital expenditures occurring despite limitations in power supply and silicon availability, all under increased investor scrutiny.
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Read at Data Center Frontier  →
More coverage at Data Center Richness → Data Center Frontier →
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Cloud storage provider Backblaze suggests that increased artificial intelligence-driven data traffic directed to neocloud operators may fundamentally change network patterns from internet-style flows to high-bandwidth transfers required for model training.
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Read at The Register→
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SpaceX has filed plans for a massive orbital constellation designed to host hundreds of gigawatts of compute capacity for artificial intelligence workloads in space.
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Read at Data Center Dynamics→
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The accelerating demand driven by artificial intelligence is forcing the data center industry to fundamentally reassess its approaches to power generation, grid connectivity, and cost sharing, identifying speed to power as the decisive factor for future competitiveness.
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Read at Data Center Knowledge→
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The article analyzes how the availability of entitled land with existing power infrastructure is directly fueling the expansion of data center construction projects.
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Read at Bisnow→
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Digital Realty's entry into Malaysia emphasizes an interconnection-first approach over immediate scale, signaling a shift toward node-centric investment strategies in the data center sector.
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Read at Global Data Center Hub→
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AI Bubble Debate
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As spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure reaches unprecedented levels, an ongoing debate questions the sustained viability of data center investments versus the possibility of an economic bubble, particularly concerning OpenAI's projections.
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Read at Data Center Knowledge→
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Do you believe the current pace of data center investment is driven by sustainable boom or speculative bubble?
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“Windows sucks at Automatic Time Zones.”
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A detailed technical investigation reveals that erratic time zone switching on Windows laptops is caused by Microsoft's reliance on undocumented Wi-Fi geolocation databases, leading the author to develop a custom monitoring script while awaiting vendor resolution.
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Read at r/sysadmin→
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“IT IS NOT A COST CENTER”
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The author passionately argues that IT functions as the essential operating system for any modern business, not merely an overhead expense to be minimized, and urges colleagues to adopt a value-multiplier mindset.
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Read at r/sysadmin→
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“I Warned them and they didn't Listen!”
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The author vents frustration after management ignored explicit warnings about impending VMware licensing cost hikes following the Broadcom acquisition, only to balk at the resulting massive renewal quote.
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Read at r/sysadmin→
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Now that Broadcom acquired VMware, do you feel proactive planning for licensing costs is sufficient protection?
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Key data center developments projected for 2026 emphasize sustainable operations, escalating energy demands, the continued expansion of hyperscale facilities, advancements in cooling technology, and the growth of edge computing.
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Read at TechTarget DC Tips & Advice→
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DPI and PODTECH have initiated a partnership aimed at expanding the scale of commissioning services for artificial intelligence infrastructure deployment across European, Asian, and Middle Eastern markets.
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Read at Data Center POST→
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The 2026 global data center outlook will focus on navigating challenges related to artificial intelligence demand, power constraints, and identifying worldwide growth opportunities.
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Read at Data Center Dynamics→
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The outlook for data centers in 2026 anticipates a redefinition driven by artificial intelligence advancements, new market opportunities, and the implementation of strategies to overcome power and scalability barriers.
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Read at Data Center Knowledge→
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Sustainable data center resource management
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Major cloud providers like Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta are signaling a significant shift toward decarbonizing construction by actively partnering with producers of low-carbon concrete and adopting sustainable building practices.
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Read at Data Center Knowledge→
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To mitigate the operational impacts of expanding artificial intelligence data centers in arid areas, operators are increasingly adopting strategies such as utilizing reclaimed water, implementing closed-loop reuse systems, and verifying stewardship accounting practices.
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Read at Data Center Frontier →
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opinion • infrastructure cyberattacks
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Amid a rise in infrastructure cyberattacks, one failed attempt to disrupt the Polish power grid contrasted with a successful operation, Operation Absolute Resolve, which involved the United States abducting Venezuela's President Maduro.
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Read at The Register→
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The concept of integrating small-scale nuclear power generation is emerging as a future solution to meet the energy demands of nearby data centers.
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Read at Data Center Dynamics→
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Do you see small-scale nuclear power as a feasible near-term solution for new data center energy needs?
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The Department of Energy is soliciting proposals from US states to develop nuclear innovation campuses, specifically considering co-location opportunities with data centers.
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Read at Data Center Dynamics→
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ai infrastructure stack
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Dell’Oro Group research indicates that artificial intelligence is fundamentally transforming the entire data center infrastructure stack, marked by record capital expenditures from hyperscalers, a surge in artificial intelligence accelerators, and the rapid mainstream adoption of liquid cooling leading into 2026.
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Read at Data Center Frontier →
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Is liquid cooling adoption now inevitable for all new high-density AI deployments?
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