Amazon is planning a new “rush” pickup service that would let customers collect online orders from its physical stores within an hour. The move is a direct play to catch up in the booming click-and-collect market, where Walmart currently leads.
Arista is tackling big campus networks with VESPA, a system designed to support over 500,000 wireless clients. It’s also adding new LLM-powered reasoning to its AVA AI assistant for deeper network insights and problem prevention.
A proposed $10 billion, 1GW data center campus in Lacy Lakeview, Texas, has received initial approval. The project promises huge tax revenue but faces resident concerns over being used as a “resource.”
A 150MW data center campus has been proposed for a 42-acre site in Baltimore County’s Woodlawn area. Construction is slated to begin in mid-2026, but details are sparse and local officials are demanding transparency.
Lumen Technologies has named Jim Fowler as its new chief technology and product officer, replacing Dave Ward. Fowler, who was already on Lumen’s board, faces the tough job of returning the struggling telecom to revenue growth.
A coalition of more than 350 environmental groups from all 50 states is urging Congress to stop new AI data center construction. They warn of skyrocketing electricity costs and unsustainable water use driven by the industry’s explosive growth.
Amazon just revealed its Trainium3 UltraServer racks, and they’re a dead ringer for Nvidia’s GB200 systems. This isn’t an accident. The entire AI infrastructure stack is rapidly standardizing, from the rack shape down to the compute blade layout.
Saudi Arabia’s Humain is making a major move into the US AI infrastructure race. The state-backed venture is partnering with Global AI to deploy in a 32MW, liquid-cooled facility in Endicott, New York, with plans to eventually scale to 100MW. This is the first step in Humain’s decade-long goal to de
WebAssembly is moving from the browser to the server, tackling container pain points like slow cold starts and bloated images. Real-world use in edge AI and secure plugins shows it’s moving beyond hype into production.
Microsoft is raising prices for its business Office productivity suites starting July 1, 2026. The company cites over 1,100 new features, including its AI tool Copilot, as the reason for the increase, which could be as high as 33%.
