The chairman of Texas’s grid operator, ERCOT, says large power users like AI data centers and crypto miners are cooperating during strain. This comes as their massive electricity demand complicates long-term planning for the state’s famously independent power grid.
AI search startup Perplexity has signed a major three-year agreement with Microsoft worth $750 million to use its Azure cloud services. The deal gives Perplexity access to frontier AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Elon Musk’s xAI through Microsoft’s Foundry program.
Open Cosmos has entered the telecom market with the launch of its first two satellites. The move comes just a week after securing a high-priority Ka-band license from Liechtenstein.
Penta Infra has acquired a data center in Munich, Germany. The company plans to modernize and expand it into a 20MW colocation facility, with operations slated to begin in 2028.
A new report from Moody’s Ratings predicts a staggering $3 trillion will flow into global data center construction over the next five years. Hyperscale cloud companies are driving the boom, but skyrocketing costs and resource constraints are changing how these massive projects get financed and built
At its Perform event, Dynatrace launched Dynatrace Intelligence, a platform combining deterministic and agentic AI. The announcement coincides with a major strategic shift, as the company now sees 80% of new sales bookings come through its partner ecosystem.
TikTok is blaming a power outage at a U.S. data center for widespread app glitches over the weekend. The timing, right after the creation of a new U.S.-controlled joint venture and during protests in Minneapolis, has fueled user suspicion and censorship fears.
Nvidia is doubling down on its AI infrastructure bets with a massive $2 billion investment in CoreWeave. The move sent CoreWeave’s stock soaring and highlights the frantic race to build out AI data center capacity. But is this just a strategic stock purchase, or something more?
The AI race is showing two wildly different playbooks. OpenAI is launching a flurry of consumer products, while Anthropic remains fixated on a single, monumental goal. Which approach will win?
Google is rolling out a massive AI update to Gmail, powered by Gemini. The changes include free features like AI Overviews for summarizing threads, but lock advanced tools behind a new paid subscription tier. It’s a fundamental shift for the inbox used by three billion people.
