Cloudflare experienced a major outage Tuesday morning that disrupted internet traffic globally. The company blamed “unusual traffic” spikes that began around 6:20 AM ET, affecting millions of websites that rely on its security and performance services.
A massive $14.5 billion data center development called “Project Marvel” could be coming to Bessemer, Alabama. The city council is set to vote on November 18 despite fierce opposition from residents concerned about environmental impact and the anonymous end user.
ABB is supplying power equipment to VoltaGrid for multiple US data center projects supporting AI workloads. The deal includes 27 synchronous condensers with flywheels designed to provide grid stability. VoltaGrid will pair this equipment with its natural gas microgrid systems.
YouTube and Vumatel have launched a pilot programme to equip 2,000 fibre-connected households with free Google TV streaming dongles. The initiative targets previously disadvantaged areas like Alexandra Township in Johannesburg to advance digital inclusion.
Residential electricity bills jumped 6% nationwide in August compared to last year, but states with heavy data center concentration saw much higher increases. Virginia, Illinois, and Ohio experienced price surges between 12-16% as AI data centers consume massive power equivalent to entire cities.
Applied Digital is expanding its partnership with ABB to power a new 300MW AI data center campus in North Dakota. The Polaris Forge 2 facility will use ABB’s HiPerGuard UPS systems and is scheduled to come online in phases between 2026 and 2027. This marks the company’s second major AI campus projec
DataVita has filed plans to develop a new three-story data center facility on 1.8 hectares in Chapelhall, North Lanarkshire. This comes as Scotland sees multiple gigawatt-scale data center proposals after historically minimal market development despite abundant renewable power.
Tech giants are racing to build energy-intensive AI infrastructure despite environmental and economic concerns. New data centers in Texas, New York, and Georgia will require enormous power resources. The projects highlight the growing tension between AI advancement and practical limitations.
Google has launched Private AI Compute, its answer to concerns about AI data privacy. The system uses secure enclaves and hardened TPUs to isolate sensitive data. But security researchers point out vulnerabilities in the underlying technology.
Data centers have surpassed oil exploration as the world’s biggest infrastructure investment. The International Energy Agency projects $580 billion will flow into data centers this year, while AI’s electricity consumption is set to quintuple by 2030. This shift highlights how digital infrastructure
