KKR and Singtel are reportedly close to taking full control of STT GDC. The deal would value the data center operator at over $3.9 billion. This continues a massive consolidation trend in the data center industry.
Fermi America has received preliminary approval for 6GW of natural gas power generation for its massive Texas data center project. The company plans to eventually power the 11GW campus with a mix of gas, renewables, and nuclear reactors. Despite significant funding, questions remain about the projec
The AI revolution is sparking a data center construction frenzy across Asia-Pacific. Billionaires like Mukesh Ambani and Masayoshi Son are leading the charge with multi-billion dollar investments. But questions remain about power demands and potential overcapacity.
Google is planning to launch AI data centers into space to overcome Earth’s power and cooling limitations. The company’s Project Suncatcher will test prototype satellites in early 2027 with partner Planet. This could enable terawatt-class orbital computing clusters using laser-linked satellite swarm
Google is working on a major upgrade to Gemini’s Deep Research feature that would let users pull source material directly from connected apps. The change was discovered in the latest Android app build and would add a “Sources” button for selecting Gmail, Drive, Chat, or Search. This would eliminate
In a major industry shakeup, Microsoft’s vice president of worldwide channel sales David Smith has defected to Google. The executive managed over $100 billion in partner-driven revenue during his nearly three-decade Microsoft career and was among CRN’s 2025 Channel Chiefs.
Cisco is centralizing its customer experience operations around a new AI platform called Cisco IQ. The move aims to fix what the company admits has been a fragmented, inefficient service delivery model that’s plagued customers and partners.
Microsoft’s long-awaited Azure HBv5 virtual machines are now generally available, featuring custom AMD EPYC 9V64H processors with HBM3 memory. These VMs offer up to 368 cores and nearly 7TB/s of memory bandwidth, targeting memory-intensive HPC applications. Independent benchmarks from Phoronix show
OpenAI just inked a $38 billion, seven-year partnership with AWS to access massive compute resources. The deal comes right after the company restructured and confirmed its $500 billion valuation. This gives OpenAI access to “hundreds of thousands” of Nvidia GPUs for training next-gen models.
Amazon has filed a complaint against Berkshire Hathaway-owned utility PacifiCorp, alleging it failed to meet power obligations dating back to 2021. The cloud giant says one AWS campus has insufficient power, another has none, and PacifiCorp won’t complete contracting for two more sites.
