Rack Power Density Is Doubling Fast, and Data Centers Need to Catch Up
Average rack power draw jumped from 12 kW to 26 kW in just two years as AI workloads push facilities toward new limits on power delivery, cooling, and structural design.
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Zombie Workloads Are Quietly Draining Data Center Budgets and Power
Abandoned cloud instances, orphaned volumes, and idle GPU jobs are costing companies more than ever, and the rise of AI workloads is making them harder to find and kill.
DOE Passes on Three Transmission Corridors Even as It Warns of Data Center Demand Growth
The Department of Energy declined to designate three proposed National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors, even though its own draft study flags data centers as a major driver of future transmission needs, reviving debate over building grid capacity ahead of demand.
Why IPv6 Is Becoming Non-Negotiable for AI-Driven Networks
Despite years of awareness about IPv4 exhaustion, most operators still lean on CGNAT and dual-stack workarounds. A new industry analysis argues that agentic AI, edge computing, and cloud-native workloads are turning IPv6 from a nice-to-have into a strategic requirement.
August 2026 Data Center Roundup: Hyperscalers Chase Speed as States Push Back
From Meta's 5 GW Louisiana supercluster to new state restrictions in New York and Nebraska, August's data center news shows AI infrastructure racing ahead even as regulators start applying brakes.
Fujitsu Sells Five Australian Datacenters to Private Equity Firm Next Capital
Fujitsu is exiting datacenter ownership in Australia to focus on AI, cyber resilience, and quantum computing services, offloading five facilities to private equity firm Next Capital for a reported AUD$200 million.
Qualcomm Pushes Into AI Data Centers With Meta CPU Deal and New Platform
Qualcomm unveiled a multigenerational CPU agreement with Meta and a new AI inference architecture, part of a broader push to build a $15 billion data center business by fiscal 2029.
Grid Bottlenecks, Not Power Shortages, Threaten AI Data Center Growth
A new ICF report finds US electricity demand could jump 39% by 2035, but the sharper constraint is whether transmission networks can actually deliver that power to fast-growing data center hubs.
Stargate at 18 Months: OpenAI’s Gigawatt Buildout Meets Real-World Limits
The $500 billion Stargate initiative has expanded across the US and abroad, but energy constraints, financing structure, and local policy pushback are testing how fast the AI infrastructure project can actually scale.