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Jun 23, 2026

 
Sovereign and regional AI clouds

Centuria Capital Group has secured AU$300 million in equity for its ResetData AI cloud business to support the establishment of AI factories.

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Policloud has secured a €580 million deal with CloudGrid Energy to deploy a European sovereign artificial intelligence cloud across 16 sites.

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Is a sovereign AI cloud essential for European data security and independence?

Reliance's AI strategy integrates Jio CallAgent within the network and ties India-scale ambitions to Jamnagar compute, local language services, and enterprise compliance.

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Google is redefining database capabilities by emphasizing inexact queries and integrating artificial intelligence into all aspects of its offerings.

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Scaling AI data center operations

Data center infrastructure management (DCIM) is becoming crucial for optimizing artificial intelligence inference through real-time visibility, capacity planning, and resilient operations in distributed data centers.

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In the era of artificial intelligence, cooling, power, and sustainability are inextricably linked in fueling performance at the edge and within data centers.

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Facing a growing shortage of skilled personnel, data center operators are initiating their own training programs, apprenticeships, and collaborations with educational institutions to meet the demands of the AI era.

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Flexential's CEO, Ryan Mallory, discusses the company's growth strategies in the AI era and its commitment to being a responsible neighbor while expanding its data center operations.

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Nvidia is focusing its efforts on advancing supercomputing capabilities specifically for scientific research applications, adopting an agentic approach.

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Securing power as primary asset

Meta strategically bought power capacity instead of building, utilizing offtake agreements and a joint venture to secure resources, prioritizing power availability in its site selection.

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The institutionalization of the crypto-to-AI trade signifies a shift towards acquiring energized megawatts directly, as grid-connected power becomes the scarcest asset in AI infrastructure development.

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In data center development, power deliverability and entitlement value now precede land as primary considerations, influencing site selection sequences that account for zoning moratoria and the critical factor of power availability.

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Should power availability now be the primary factor in data center site selection?

 
AI and infrastructure security threats

Intelligence agencies from Five Eyes nations have issued a warning that artificial intelligence could escalate information security incidents into severe operational and financial crises, highlighting the critical need for robust infosec strategies in the digital infrastructure.

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Do Five Eyes warnings about AI escalating infosec crises demand immediate action?

Hundreds of organizations, including security firms, have been identified as victims of a hack targeting Klue.

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Are even security companies vulnerable to AI-related cyberattacks like the Klue hack?

 
Chatter
The view from Reddit
“I don't even know what to do anymore”

A sysadmin with a strong foundation in internal IT work expresses deep dissatisfaction with their current SRE role in big tech, feeling underqualified for desired roles and longing to return to hands-on IT work despite the lower pay.

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“For those who have gotten out from under tremendous technical debt and grew into a stable environment, how long did it take you and how did you do it? Sucks”

After nine years at a global enterprise, an IT professional still battles massive technical debt, including outdated server OSs and infrastructure, feeling trapped on a treadmill of constant firefighting and project juggling with little hope of reaching a stable environment.

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“Current and Former Google Techs advice”

A senior data center technician is evaluating a potential move to a Google Data Center Technician L2 role in Amarillo, Texas, seeking insights on career growth, skill development, work-life balance, and reasons for high retention within the company.

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Sustainable real estate investment strategies

A new deadline mandates that £600 billion of property must undergo energy upgrades by 2031.

Read at Bisnow→

Pimco is focusing its latest commercial real estate investment strategy on rehabilitating older assets, with a particular emphasis on incorporating climate-resilient features and sustainable practices.

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