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Restrictive zoning regulations have become the primary constraint on US data center development, leading to substantial financial impacts such as suppressed internal rates of return and escalating land acquisition costs.
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Read at Global Data Center Hub→
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Datacenter development strategies diverge based on operator type, with colocation providers favoring dense urban locations while hyperscalers prioritize remote sites offering lower costs for power, land, and construction.
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Read at The Register→
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Carrier-neutral colocation facilities offer businesses hosting infrastructure the advantage of flexible connectivity options within shared environments, according to Mike Hoy, CTO at Pulsant.
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Read at Data Center Knowledge→
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Do the connectivity benefits of carrier-neutral sites outweigh potential contract inflexibility?
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To ensure informed deployment choices and prevent service gaps, it is crucial to clearly delineate the responsibilities and services provided by colocation partners versus those remaining the client's obligation.
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Read at Data Center Knowledge→
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JLL's 2026 Global Data Center Outlook projects a $3 trillion data center infrastructure supercycle fueled by AI and cloud expansion, anticipating a doubling of capacity by 2030 despite confronting energy constraints.
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Read at Data Center Frontier  →
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Anticipated growth in the European data center asset-backed securities market, projected to include €3-€5 billion in planned securitizations, is being fueled by strong demand driven by AI workloads.
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Read at Data Center Knowledge→
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The sheer scale of North American AI and data center infrastructure is being fundamentally redefined by underlying forces encompassing capital availability, critical energy limitations, and broad market structural changes.
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Read at Global Data Center Hub→
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Due to ongoing geopolitical trade tensions, Nvidia may require prepayment for orders of its H200 GPUs destined for China, with sales potentially beginning this quarter for select approved customers.
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Read at The Register→
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Is demanding upfront payment for H200 GPUs to China a necessary response to geopolitical risk?
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Chinese regulatory bodies have indicated they will likely review Meta's proposed acquisition of the China-based artificial intelligence platform Manus, adding to a day of various international technology business developments.
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Read at The Register→
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US trade policy aimed at restricting China's access to advanced semiconductor technology over the past five years has inadvertently spurred the development of potent homegrown alternatives within China.
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Read at The Register→
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Despite some localized easing of hurdles in areas like permitting and procurement, maintaining fully compliant, resilient, and transparent data center operations is expected to become more challenging in 2026.
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Read at Data Center Knowledge→
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Data center failures throughout 2025, stemming from mechanical issues and large cloud region incidents, demonstrated how swiftly outages can cascade in an AI-intensive environment, emphasizing the critical need for robust physical resilience.
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Read at Data Center Frontier →
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“Microsoft Support, and the ridiculous way I hacked my way into my own tenant”
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After accidentally locking out the administrative team by enabling restrictive Conditional Access Policies, the poster bypassed the lockout by creating and running a Power Automate flow to modify the exclusion group, all while Microsoft support failed to call back for days.
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Read at r/sysadmin→
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“Windows Server 2025 DCs: Defender not starting, PDQ Inventory scans hanging, Splashtop failing”
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A critical boot-time regression on Windows Server 2025 Domain Controllers causes Microsoft Defender to fail initialization because it starts before the Group Policy hive is ready, a problem exacerbated by Splashtop, leaving servers potentially unprotected.
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Read at r/sysadmin→
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Should Microsoft prioritize fixing this boot-time Defender regression before the general 2025 release?
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“Looking for some career advice from you guys”
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A 24-year-old creative professional in Argentina, disillusioned with filmmaking, seeks earnest advice on pivoting to a Data Center Technician role, despite lacking formal IT qualifications and fearing sunk cost fallacy.
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Read at r/datacenter→
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