|
Emerging topics we picked up in the 103 Data Center articles scanned this past week: - Data Centers Adopt Gas Reciprocating Engines and Behind-the-Meter Generation to Bypass Grid Delays
- Physical Drone Strikes on AWS Middle East Trigger Regional Outages and Security Reassessment
- Mounting Grid Queues and Regional Moratoriums Force Growth Into Secondary Markets
Read the full Week in Review →
|
| |
|
stargate site expansion
|
|
Oracle and OpenAI have halted expansion plans for their Abilene Stargate facility, while Meta is reportedly negotiating with Crusoe for that acquired capacity, aided by Nvidia, due to financing issues and scope changes.
|
|
Read at Data Center Dynamics→
More coverage at The Register → The Register →
|
|
|
|
| |
|
AI Cities Infrastructure
|
|
The long-term viability of artificial intelligence infrastructure depends on developing sustainable and geographically diverse facilities that actively integrate clean power sources with the existing energy grid.
|
|
Read at Data Center Knowledge→
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Must AI city development prioritize sustainable power integration over speed of deployment?
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Major technology firms including Amazon and ByteDance are announcing significant infrastructure expansions, signaling a substantial commitment to meeting the escalating power and capital demands of artificial intelligence compute platforms.
|
|
Read at Global Data Center Hub→
|
|
|
|
|
A preliminary proposal for a $20 billion data center situated near Chicago has received a recommendation for approval from the local planning commission, pending a final vote by the City Council scheduled for March 16.
|
|
Read at Data Center Dynamics→
|
|
|
|
|
Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, xAI, plans to invest $659 million in constructing a new facility to support the expansion of its Grok large language model operations.
|
|
Read at Data Center Dynamics→
|
|
|
|
|
Google has officially confirmed its plans to develop a substantial 403-acre data center campus in Hermantown, Minnesota, with site documentation indicating four facilities are planned.
|
|
Read at Data Center Dynamics→
|
|
|
|
| |
|
OpenAI Multi-Cloud AI
|
|
OpenAI is accelerating the development of a multi-cloud artificial intelligence ecosystem, measured by energy consumption, through significant infrastructure partnerships with cloud providers and hardware specialists like Nvidia.
|
|
Read at Data Center Frontier  →
More coverage at Data Center Frontier →
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
China's Ministry of Commerce has expressed concern over further semiconductor supply chain instability following reports that Dutch firm Nexperia restricted Chinese staff access to some of its systems.
|
|
Read at The Register→
|
|
|
|
|
The Trump administration is reportedly preparing stricter regulations on graphics processing unit exports, which may require companies like Nvidia and AMD to obtain government approval before selling hardware internationally, aiming to encourage domestic artificial intelligence investment.
|
|
Read at The Register→
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Should the US government allow GPU exports for non-allied nations?
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Industry leaders convened to discuss the evolution of onsite generation from a contingency measure to essential infrastructure, driven by the power demands of the artificial intelligence buildout.
|
|
Read at Data Center Frontier →
|
|
|
|
|
Bill Gates-backed TerraPower secured the first US nuclear reactor construction permit in almost a decade, indicating renewed interest in nuclear power driven by artificial intelligence data center demand.
|
|
Read at TechRepublic→
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Does AI demand justify accelerating new nuclear reactor construction permits?
|
|
| |
|
|
|
“Thoughts on AI”
|
|
A long-time DBA/SysAdmin expresses deep concern that over-reliance on advanced AI tools for scripting and complex tasks erodes critical thinking skills, leading to potentially messy, unoptimized infrastructure managed by increasingly deskilled personnel.
|
|
Read at r/sysadmin→
|
|
|
|
|
“I'm quitting my job due to vibe coders and poor leadership”
|
|
A veteran IT professional is abandoning their career after two decades, citing exhaustion from executive mandates promoting insecure, AI-generated 'vibe code' that floods the infrastructure with unmanageable security risks.
|
|
Read at r/sysadmin→
|
|
|
|
|
“Cisco Catalyst SD WAN just got hit with active exploits, seriously reconsidering our whole setup now, Done with it.”
|
|
Following emergency patching for two actively exploited Cisco SD-WAN vulnerabilities, a stressed administrator questions the entire vendor-managed control plane model and seeks advice on migrating to cloud-native alternatives before the contract renewal.
|
|
Read at r/sysadmin→
|
|
|
|
| |
|
NTT DATA Growth Strategy
|
|
NTT DATA is solidifying its role as a major digital infrastructure provider by securing hyperscale capacity deals, forging artificial intelligence partnerships, expanding private 5G networks, and strengthening ties with both hyperscalers and enterprise clients.
|
|
Read at Data Center Frontier →
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
For operators managing escalating power requirements driven by artificial intelligence workloads, rear-door heat exchangers offer immediate, practical efficiency improvements that defer major facility modernization projects.
|
|
Read at Data Center Knowledge→
|
|
|
|
|
This article analyzes the industry shift toward integrated cooling solutions designed to effectively address increasing power density demands in mid-market data centers.
|
|
Read at Data Center POST→
|
|
|
|
| |