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Jan 16, 2026

 

OpenAI Cerebras deal

OpenAI has committed to deploying 750 megawatts of Cerebras' large-scale accelerators through 2028 to enhance its artificial intelligence inference capabilities, signaling a significant move against competitors like Nvidia.

Read at The Register→

 

ESI HVO Fuel Expansion

ESI is expanding its Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) fuel services to help data center operators meet their sustainability targets and achieve 2030 net-zero commitments.

Read at Data Center POST→

 

Microsoft AI Scaling

Microsoft is adopting a community-focused approach for its future AI data centers, requiring full cost recovery for power and infrastructure while emphasizing local employment, water conservation, and tax contributions.

Read at Data Center Knowledge→

 

Should Microsoft mandate full cost recovery for power and water in community-focused AI data center agreements?

 

IT efficiency metrics

The increasing demands of artificial intelligence necessitate the development and adoption of effective information technology efficiency metrics to accurately calculate work capacity for server and storage infrastructure.

Read at Uptime Institute Blog→

 

DC BLOX Funding • Southern US

DC BLOX secured $240 million in funding to aggressively expand its hyperscale data center footprint throughout the Southeastern United States.

Read at Data Center POST→

 

tsmc ai demand

TSMC reported significant growth driven by the sustained AI boom, projecting continued demand for at least two to three years while anticipating inevitable price increases for its advanced 2nm process output.

Read at The Register→

 
Chatter
The view from Reddit
“My Meta Data Center interview experience as a fresh grad, and the final result”

A recent graduate recounts being surprisingly advanced through Meta's interview stages despite admitting to poor recall of Linux commands, ultimately receiving a non-rejection status that keeps the door open for other site opportunities.

Read at r/datacenter→

“I just threw up in my mouth...”

The staggering cost of 128GB of DDR5 memory, priced over fourteen hundred pounds, has induced a visceral, negative physical reaction in the poster.

Read at r/sysadmin→

“The Coverup”

A highly competent engineer details the frustration of repeatedly fixing major infrastructure outages caused by a careless colleague, only to have management suppress the true root cause and plan costly scaling based on a false narrative.

Read at r/sysadmin→

 

Data center labor shortage

The construction labor shortage affecting data centers and immigration actions are compounding challenges within the building industry.

Read at Bisnow→

 

Will construction labor shortages prevent meeting projected data center build schedules this year?

 

BREIT capitalizes on AI

BREIT achieved its best performance in three years, benefiting from the increased demand driven by artificial intelligence infrastructure requirements.

Read at Bisnow→

 

AI Compute Pods

Modular compute clusters designed for low-latency artificial intelligence deployments are being introduced to accelerate inferencing capabilities in smaller urban areas across the United States.

Read at Data Center Knowledge→

 

Sifive Nvidia NVLink

RISC-V champion SiFive has endorsed Nvidia's proprietary NVLink Fusion interconnect technology, potentially challenging the market position of the rival UALink standard.

Read at The Register→

 

Does SiFive's adoption of NVLink Fusion undermine the open-source viability of the UALink standard?

 

Yotta 2026 Registration

Registration is now open for the Yotta 2026 event, reflecting the accelerating demand for supporting infrastructure driven by artificial intelligence workloads.

Read at Data Center POST→

 

Soluna Texas Expansion

Soluna is expanding its Texas campus by partnering with Metrobloks to develop a 100 MW AI-ready data center as part of its ongoing digital infrastructure investment strategy.

Read at Data Center Knowledge→

 

observability trends

Increasing complexity across cloud, edge, and AI environments is pressuring IT organizations to advance observability practices to enhance system reliability and connect infrastructure performance directly to business objectives.

Read at TechTarget IT Infrastructure→

 

Oracle debt lawsuit

Oracle is facing a lawsuit from debt bondholders who claim the company failed to disclose plans for additional borrowing required to fund expensive data center construction, thereby devaluing their initial investments.

Read at The Register→

 

Should investors sue companies for failing to disclose future borrowing plans impacting stock value?

 

hpe greenlake model

HPE GreenLake is a consumption-based IT service model that enables customers to pay only for the specific infrastructure resources utilized across hybrid-IT environments.

Read at TechTarget DC Tips & Advice→

 

Automated Connectivity Platform

Resolute CS and Equinix have finalized the implementation of an automated connectivity platform aimed at bridging last-mile network gaps.

Read at Data Center POST→

 

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