2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (601+ words) Google has shared the design of a new cooling system that can run liquid-cooled servers without expensive retrofits of existing data centers. The Brazos cooling design is a sidecar rack that can cool an adjacent 60 k W rack inside existing…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago  (1033+ words) Three companies building next-generation power conversion technology have raised a combined $280 million in the past year, while another has been acquired by a major power vendor. These deals anticipate that the solid-state transformer (SST) will play a key role in…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago  (62+ words) Data Center Richness | Substack Each week I curate 5 links from the data center sector that I find particularly interesting, with my commentary on why they merit your attention. Sound interesting? Subscribe and get them every Saturday. If you found 5 Notable…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago  (804+ words) Can electric vehicles, solar panels and smart thermostats in homes help free up more grid power for data centers? The concept known as a virtual power plant or VPP. It's a collection of small energy sources that are brought together…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (535+ words) The smartest path to power is using electricity that already exists on the grid. That's the mission at AI startup Grid CARE, which continues to find success using its AI tools and software to unlock existing electricity for utilities. Grid…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (139+ words) Data Center Richness | Substack Each week I curate 5 links from the data center sector that I find particularly interesting, with my commentary on why they merit your attention. Sound interesting? Subscribe and get them every Saturday. SPOILER ALERT - One of…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (1037+ words) Here's an excerpt from the Data Center Richness podcast with Joe Kava, where we discuss the challenges in building at gigawatt scale, and whether the data center sector can adapt to the wave of community resistance to AI development. Rich…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (227+ words) Data center cooling specialist Cool IT Systems has developed a coldplate that can cool 15 kilowatts of heat in a single chip package, roughly 10 times more than today's top GPUs, the company said today. Cool IT says the new design demonstrates…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (543+ words) The largest players in digital infrastructure are looking for startups to help them innovate, providing societal benefits along the way. The DCII will invest $500, 000 to $5 million per project in up to 10 technology startups through 2027. The focus areas include: Energy storage…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (207+ words) 5 Notable Data Center Links, May 30 2026 Data Center Richness | Substack 5 Notable Data Center Links, May 30 2026 AWS Shares Network Design Breakthrough, Ohio Pauses Data Center Tax Incentives Each week I curate 5 links from the data center sector that I find particularly interesting,…...