33+ min ago   (575+ words) Densifying existing data centers is often faster and cheaper than building new ones, but it requires careful management of power, cooling, access, and regulatory constraints. Building new data centers is becoming increasingly difficult due to siting challenges, longer approval timelines,…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (657+ words) Urban data centers deliver low-latency performance and rich interconnection for metro workloads. Learn when they make sense, key trade-offs, and how to find the right provider. Most data centers are large, standalone buildings surrounded by open space. But there’s another…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (264+ words) Insight and analysis on the data center space from industry thought leaders. Property tax is a major, often-overlooked cost in AI data center ownership that should be strategically managed from design through operation, not treated as a yearly accounting task....

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (347+ words) Data centers provide the environments where compute runs; telcos deliver the networks that connect them. Here’s how the two ecosystems diverge and overlap. A data center is a facility purpose-built to house IT equipment. Facilities range from hyperscale campuses with…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (271+ words) Insight and analysis on the data center space from industry thought leaders. Water stewardship claims and WUE scores don’t guarantee reliability under heatwaves or water shortages. A site-specific resilience assessment matters more. As data center capacity expands worldwide, water resilience…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (883+ words) With US data center electricity use surging, developers must prove they can secure scalable, reliable power before breaking ground. US data center used an estimated 312.6 TWh of electricity in 2025, a 25.5% year-over-year increase – nearly eight times the growth rate of overall…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (719+ words) Insight and analysis on the data center space from industry thought leaders. AI data center growth demands continuous safety oversight beyond onboarding, using real-time worker qualification tracking and leading indicators to prevent incidents. AI data center construction is entering a…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago   (527+ words) Liquid cooling is a necessity for modern data centers, but the reality is that AI data center deployments for the foreseeable future will be hybrid. Sponsored by Schneider Electric From training massive language models to powering nonstop inference, AI is…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (851+ words) Flex’s $4.4B EPC Power deal adds 800V DC and grid-forming technology as AI data center rack densities rise and operators rethink power delivery. Flex will acquire power-conversion company EPC Power for $4.4 billion, adding 800V DC, grid-forming and other power technologies to its data…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (324+ words) Recursive self-improvement is touted as AI’s next major milestone. If it’s ever achieved, the impact will be felt across the data center industry and far beyond. Related:The Corrosion Blind Spot in the AI Buildout If AI can repeatedly build…...