Alternative investment giant Ares Management is making a major move into the US data center market. Its Ada Infrastructure platform just acquired a huge 314-acre site in Virginia for a new campus and bought two fully leased facilities nearby.
A 1970s-era newspaper office in Hamilton could get a very 21st-century makeover. McMaster University is considering a proposal to transform the building into a sustainable AI data center and innovation hub.
Google is finally streamlining the messy process of moving from the old Nest app to Google Home. A new one-tap transfer feature is rolling out, but only to users in the Public Preview program for now.
Organizations are slashing networking costs by up to 50% using open-source software like SONiC on commodity hardware. Foundations like the Linux Foundation Networking (LFN) and CNCF are hosting critical projects that deliver AI and 5G capabilities faster than traditional vendors.
Broadcom’s financials are soaring, with infrastructure software sales including VMware jumping 39% to $6.9B last quarter. But 2025 also saw a startling brain drain, as key leaders from sales presidents to VMware’s research co-founder left for competitors.
Data streaming firm Redpanda has formed a strategic alliance with Akamai, joining its Qualified Compute Partner Program. The deal aims to provide enterprises with a cloud-to-edge data platform for building agentic AI applications.
A new report highlights a core problem in cloud and internet management: critical infrastructure is run by separate, siloed teams. This complexity makes outages harder to prevent and diagnose, even with unified tools. The proposed solution isn’t more consolidation, but better templates and simulatio
A wave of opposition is stalling datacenter construction needed for AI. Residents are fighting projects over land use and power demands, forcing tech giants to confront a growing “not in my backyard” movement.
DataMasque, a small data security and AI startup, is landing Fortune 100 customers without a physical presence in their countries. Their secret weapon? The AWS Marketplace, which handles global sales, compliance, and payments, allowing them to grow customers first and teams later.
Sean Farney’s day job is Vice President of Data Center Strategy for the Americas, overseeing more than 900 facilities. Off the clock, he lives a hyper-local lifestyle, hunting and growing most of his food.
