Houston-based vCompute is eyeing $350 million in growth funding to scale its high-performance compute and colocation footprint, tapping into soaring AI and scientific workloads. Quietly profitable for two decades, the firm now plans to expand beyond its two fully owned, debt-free facilities. With investor interest rising in regional data center plays, vCompute’s low-risk model offers a rare look at disciplined infrastructure growth far from Silicon Valley spotlight. Read all
Oracle’s latest cloud maneuver has more layers than it first appears. While headlines focus on its deepening partnership with hyperscalers like Amazon and Microsoft, what’s happening behind the scenes speaks volumes about how the company intends to hold onto its most valuable revenue stream—support tied to perpetual licenses. Read all
A sweeping outage quietly knocked out access to key Google services—Search, Docs, Gmail, and even Gemini—without so much as a dashboard warning. Cloud-dependent apps like Zoom and Pokémon Go also staggered. Strangely, Google’s official status pages showed no signs of trouble. As users scrambled, the silence from Google’s systems added a layer of confusion to an already disruptive day across the web. Read all
Amazon Web Services has started cutting jobs across multiple teams, just weeks after CEO Andy Jassy warned that generative AI would eventually shrink the company’s workforce. While Amazon hasn’t disclosed exact figures, sources say hundreds of employees lost their roles this week. Read all
Broadcom’s new Tomahawk Ultra Ethernet switch is rewriting the rules for AI and high-performance computing. Designed from scratch, it slashes latency to 250ns at full 51.2 Tbps throughput while ensuring lossless data flow—crucial for large-scale AI training. With in-switch collective operations and a drastic cut in header overhead, it’s not just a faster chip—it’s a strategic blueprint for Ethernet’s evolving role in the AI arms race. Read all
A quiet misconfiguration from June detonated weeks later, leaving millions offline on July 14 as Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1 DNS resolver vanished. What began as a harmless topology tweak for a future service morphed into a global blackout when the system unknowingly pulled production DNS routes. Cloudflare confirmed it wasn’t an attack—but for many, the internet simply ceased to exist for nearly an hour. Read all
Broadcom is back in the headlines, not for innovation but for another seismic shift in the VMware ecosystem—one that’s quietly pushing smaller partners out the door. Effective July 15, 2025, VMware will end its current VCSP channel program, and it will exclude any partner it does not formally invite back. For the hundreds of mid-tier providers that once powered local IT infrastructure across the globe, this is the final blow. Read all
The Woodland Cree First Nation is transforming a scrapped Shell oil sands project into a 650MW data center near Cadotte Lake, Alberta. Backed by Mihta Askiy Datacenter and powered by natural gas, the facility marks a rare indigenous-led push into digital infrastructure. Siemens turbines are already secured, with generation expected in 2027. The site sits near carbon storage, fiber, and gas—underscoring Alberta’s fast-growing role in data center development. Read all
WP Engine, usually recognized as a backbone for WordPress developers and digital teams, has quietly rolled out an AI toolkit. No dramatic launch, no wild marketing blitz. Instead, we’re seeing a methodical expansion into the AI space, which suggests they’re approaching this with some real intent, not just jumping on the generative AI bandwagon like everyone else. Instead, it’s a deliberate response to what many site owners and developers have long needed: AI tools that are actually usable without turning their workflow upside down. Read all
Rai Way has integrated Cubbit’s geo-distributed DS3 Composer storage across five Edge data centers in Italy, enabling five petabytes of encrypted, resilient storage. The system fragments data into secure shards spread across nodes, protecting files even during outages. Backed by its proprietary fiber network, Rai Way aims to support national data sovereignty while expanding its footprint in Edge infrastructure for media, enterprise, and public sector use. Read all
Most people don’t realize it, but every scroll, search, and stream quietly consumes something far more limited than bandwidth: fresh water. One Google search uses about half a milliliter. ChatGPT, when prompted repeatedly, can drain as much as 500 milliliters. Multiply that across billions of daily interactions—and throw in streaming, cloud storage, and video calls—and the numbers become staggering. Today, data centers are using more water each year than many mid-sized cities. Read all
CoreWeave will invest up to $6 billion to build a massive AI-focused data center in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The facility, co-developed with Chirisa and Machine Investment Group, will start with 100MW and scale to 300MW. The project will create 600 construction jobs and 175 long-term roles. CoreWeave is expanding aggressively across the U.S. as it races to meet surging demand for high-performance infrastructure powering AI workloads. Read all
Oracle is doubling down on Europe’s AI ambitions, committing $3 billion over the next five years to expand its cloud and AI infrastructure in Germany and the Netherlands. The split: $2 billion for Germany, $1 billion for the Netherlands. But beyond the headline figures, the timing—and the subtext—deserve closer attention. Read all
