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Hi there. Tough couple days for our article discovery service. Sorry content was thin Monday and Tuesday - should be back in business today. I did ship some other improvements over the break, including a trending topics page. I'm interested in your feedback on the content we're featuring and how it's presented. Just reply to any issue to sound off. Thanks,
Eliot
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Texas's SB6 legislation establishes a precedent by shifting grid reliability costs and duties onto large power consumers, a model that may be adopted by other regions beyond the ERCOT territory.
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Read at Data Center Knowledge→
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DataBank CFO Kevin Ooley provided an extensive discussion on how disciplined development strategies, capital structure optimization, and sustained lender confidence are fundamentally guiding the company's growth trajectory within the rapidly expanding artificial intelligence market.
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Read at Data Center Frontier  →
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Prologis is proposing the development of a substantial 600-acre data center campus located in Indiana.
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Read at Bisnow→
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Should local governments fast-track approvals for massive 600-acre data center campuses?
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The European market for data center asset-backed securities is projected to expand significantly in 2026, fueled by AI demands and anticipated securitizations totaling between €3 and €5 billion.
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Read at Data Center Knowledge→
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Fredrik Forslund advises that as AI drives continuous growth in data center operations, facility managers must prioritize sustainability efforts across energy consumption, infrastructure, and electronic waste management.
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Read at Data Center Knowledge→
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Data center power strategies
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The massive electricity demand spurred by artificial intelligence is causing energy systems supporting data centers to decentralize, leading developers to embrace creative and unconventional power solutions, such as aeroderivative turbines, to guarantee reliable capacity.
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Read at Data Center Knowledge→
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The escalating AI infrastructure demands are driving major capacity expansions, evidenced by Google parent Alphabet acquiring the energy business Intersect and Elon Musk's xAI planning further development of its substantial Tennessee data center complex.
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Read at The Register→
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dram price spike
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Memory prices are projected to surge significantly in early 2026, with analysts predicting a high double-digit jump, as chip manufacturers continue to prioritize AI server production over fulfilling demand for consumer electronics and smartphones.
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Read at The Register→
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AI Infrastructure Backbone
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Interconnection services and colocation facilities serve as the essential foundational elements that enable the deployment of artificial intelligence-ready infrastructure.
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Read at Data Center POST→
More coverage at Data Center POST →
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Qualcomm showcased its next-generation Snapdragon X2 Plus chips at CES to challenge Intel and AMD in the laptop processor market, aiming to gain traction despite the slow enterprise adoption of Windows on Arm systems.
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Read at The Register→
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Intel officially launched its Panther Lake CPUs, branded as Intel Core Ultra Series 3, which are the first chips fabricated on the advanced 18A process, promising improved power efficiency for graphics and AI workloads.
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Read at The Register→
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“Fed up with the "False Positive" narrative and the reality of modern malware in pirated apps (esp in SMB)”
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A frustrated MSP contractor rails against the willful ignorance of small business owners who trust piracy forums over security warnings, ignoring sophisticated malware campaigns that rely on A/B testing and false positive narratives to compromise systems.
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Read at r/sysadmin→
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Should MSPs refuse service to small businesses knowingly using pirated software?
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“I interviewed for Level 3 DCT for Microsoft and was offered a Level 4 position. AMA about the interview.”
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A candidate who successfully navigated the interview process for a Microsoft Data Center Technician role received an unexpected offer for the next level up, prompting an open invitation for questions about the experience.
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Read at r/datacenter→
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“Cloudflare is down again. Two outages in two weeks. Anyone else concerned about the dependency chain here?”
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Following a second major outage in a fortnight, an IT professional questions the wisdom of centralizing critical infrastructure functions like SSO and AI platforms onto a single, frequently failing edge provider.
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Read at r/sysadmin→
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Should critical SSO services be diversified away from single edge providers like Cloudflare?
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CRE Stress Tests
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Anticipated significant stress tests are scheduled for the global commercial real estate sector in 2026, potentially impacting large loan maturities.
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Read at Bisnow→
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