The Netherlands could lose its position as Europe’s data center hub if government doesn’t address grid congestion and energy constraints. Amsterdam has effectively halted new data center permits until 2035, while other European cities expand aggressively. ING warns this threatens economic growth and
A massive Cloudflare outage has brought down significant portions of the internet, affecting services from Spotify to ChatGPT. The incident began around 06:45 EST on November 18, 2025, with recovery efforts showing partial success by 07:20 EST. This marks the second major infrastructure failure in r
Tech billionaires are racing to build data centers in orbit to power AI systems. Jeff Bezos says space data centers will beat Earth costs within decades, while Elon Musk claims Starlink could generate 100 gigawatts of solar power. But orbital space is already dangerously crowded with satellites.
Investment firms GI Partners and Legacy Investing are transforming the iconic Chicago Board Options Exchange building into a major data center. The 300,500 square foot property at 400 S. LaSalle Street will deliver 33MW of capacity with exceptional fiber density. The conversion represents a signific
The French Development Agency and Inter-American Development Bank are partnering on a $324 million digital infrastructure project for Brazil’s Amazon region. The investment includes submarine fiber optic cables and a new data center that will connect remote communities to global internet networks. A
ConnectWise is investing $100 million to complete its AI-powered Asio platform by 2026. The company’s aggressive acquisition strategy has brought nine companies into the fold since 2015, creating a unified system for MSPs. CEO Manny Rivelo says they’re moving toward “self-improving, human-aware syst
Caylent’s CTO Randall Hunt says AWS is beating Microsoft and Google in AI model flexibility and fine-tuning capabilities. The AWS partner also sees massive opportunity in VMware customer migrations to AWS, with 73% actively seeking alternatives.
Google’s productivity tools including Drive, Sheets, and Docs went down for thousands of users Wednesday afternoon. The company confirmed it was investigating access issues that began around noon EST. Downdetector showed over 2,800 problem reports at the peak.
French oil giant TotalEnergies has locked in a major 15-year renewable power agreement with Google. The deal will supply 1.5 terawatt hours of solar electricity from Ohio to power Google’s data center operations. It’s part of TotalEnergies’ broader shift toward electricity investments.
Microsoft is pouring $10 billion into a new AI data hub in Sines, Portugal, deploying over 12,600 next-gen NVIDIA GPUs. The project partners with Start Campus and aims to make Portugal a European AI benchmark. This comes as Microsoft asserts it can pursue AGI independently from OpenAI.
