A massive new data center campus is moving forward in Nevada. The Lyon County Board of Commissioners has approved rezoning 505 acres of agricultural land for the ‘Monarch Data Center’ project, spearheaded by developer Copia Power.
The electric grid is under unprecedented strain from AI, bitcoin, and industrial electrification. A new approach treats these massive power users not as problems, but as flexible assets that can be dialed up or down to keep the grid stable. It’s a fundamental shift in how we manage capacity.
The Bcachefs file system has just received its most substantial update in roughly two years. The new “reconcile” feature fundamentally changes how the system manages data replication and options, automating tasks that previously required manual commands.
A data breach at credit verification firm 700Credit exposed names, addresses, and Social Security numbers. The FTC has accepted a novel consolidated breach filing to spare thousands of dealerships, but state-level notification headaches remain.
SC Zeus Data Centers has broken ground on its first Japanese facility, Zeus OSA1, in Osaka. The 13,955 sqm campus will offer 70MW of IT load and support high-density liquid cooling. This marks the real estate firm’s major entry into the APAC data center market.
The Bolivian Attorney General’s Office has broken ground on a new data center to serve as the judicial system’s technological backbone. The project, partially funded by the EU, will be built in two phases targeting high-availability international standards.
Wholesale fiber operator Onivia is making a major move in Spain. It’s nearly doubling its fiber footprint and, for the first time, adding mobile services via Vodafone’s network to offer full convergence.
The explosive growth of AI is fueling a historic build-out of data centers, with their collective electricity demand projected to skyrocket. This surge is already causing regulatory headaches and could lead to higher power prices for everyone.
Equinix has been granted planning permission to turn the former AkzoNobel paint factory in Slough into a data center campus. The site was previously bought by the council for £38.5 million with plans for homes, but was sold due to high costs.
A new study shows political polarization on social media is a design flaw, not a given. A simple browser tool that downranks toxic posts made users feel warmer toward the other side and less angry. The code is public, putting power back in users’ hands.
