- A new executive order pauses certain permits for new data centers above 50 MW as New York develops rules for grid costs, water use, and host communities.
- IBM said customers shifted spending to secure supply-constrained infrastructure, delaying software deals and driving shares down 23%.
- Data center network redundancy ensures reliable connectivity by minimizing downtime risks with backup connections and equipment.
- Meta’s Louisiana AI campus grows to 5 GW, a scale analysts say could influence generation, transmission, and utility planning across the region.
- Innovations like laser spectroscopy are simplifying data center emissions monitoring, cutting maintenance burdens for IT-focused engineering teams.
- We explore the latest data center hardware and infrastructure developments from the last month, spanning networking, memory, CPUs, orchestration software, and chip design.
- North Carolina repealed the sales tax exemption on data center electricity while preserving equipment incentives as AI power demand reshapes policy.
- New serverless fine-tuning and inference services target the full AI model lifecycle – from model customization through production deployment.
- Supercomputing is splitting into two tracks: publicly funded exascale systems ranked by TOP500/HPL FLOPS and hyperscaler-built AI campuses measured by megawatt–gigawatt capacity.
- Meta’s 1 GW Alberta campus reveals how hyperscalers now secure power and transmission years before announcing AI campuses.


