Microsoft’s roadmap details several workflow-focused upgrades coming to Teams and Outlook in early 2026. The changes aim to reduce friction for users juggling multiple accounts and improve security.
According to a Forbes analysis, OpenAI’s staggering $1.4 trillion infrastructure ambition is on a collision course with financial reality. The company’s $20 billion in revenue can’t support the buildout, and by 2026, market pressure will likely force a major scale-back.
Neocloud Fluidstack is reportedly in talks for a massive $700 million funding round that would value the AI infrastructure company at $7 billion. The firm is also shifting its global headquarters from London to New York City, signaling a major strategic pivot towards the U.S. market.
Cloudflare experienced another major outage, disrupting access to LinkedIn, Zoom, Shopify, and many other sites. The issue was resolved within about 16 minutes, but it highlights a critical vulnerability.
Actis is launching a major new data center platform focused on Latin America. The new unit, Terranova, plans to invest $1.5 billion over three years, starting with campuses in Mexico, Brazil, and Chile.
France’s Voltalia is looking to partner with ByteDance and Brookfield for a massive data center venture in Brazil. The project, which could reach 1GW, is a direct play to offload surplus renewable energy in a region with an oversupply.
Verkada, a provider of cloud-based physical security systems, has raised new funding at a $5.8 billion valuation. The round was led by Alphabet’s venture arm, CapitalG, signaling major interest in applying AI to security hardware.
Microsoft is rolling out a new feature for Teams that can automatically update a user’s location when they connect to corporate Wi-Fi. The update, planned for January 2026, is optional for admins but raises major surveillance questions. It’s the latest flashpoint in the ongoing battle over return-to
Microsoft Graph Explorer is an interactive sandbox for the Microsoft Graph API. It lets developers query live data from Outlook, Teams, and more before writing a single line of app code.
In a major shift, AWS and Google Cloud have partnered on a managed networking solution to connect their clouds in minutes, not months. They plan to launch a similar link with Microsoft Azure in 2026. This comes amid outages and EU antitrust scrutiny of the cloud giants.
