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AWS said objects hit one of its data centers in the United Arab Emirates, affecting its mec1-az2 availability zone, and that restoring connectivity would take several hours (Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 2, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: The design process is dead. Here’s what replaces it. | Jenny Wen (design manager at Claude)…

Technology

How tech companies including Meta and OpenAI are building data centers with their own private power plants, a risky bet that will increase carbon emissions (Evan Halper/Washington Post)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 20, 2026

Featured Podcasts Access: Notion CEO Ivan Zhao questions whether AI is really killing software companies A show about the inside…

Technology

Anthropic says it will modernize power grid infrastructure, generate new energy and cover consumer price increases to minimize effects on its data centers (Jared Perlo/NBC News)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 11, 2026

Jared Perlo / NBC News: Anthropic says it will modernize power grid infrastructure, generate new energy and cover consumer price…

Technology

more than 97 GW of gas-fired electricity in the US pipeline was explicitly reserved for data centers in 2025, compared to just 4 GW in 2024 (Molly Taft/Wired)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 31, 2026

Featured Podcasts Access: Where will we go when the robots take over, with Sari Azout from Sublime A show about…

Business & Money

Nike to lay off 775 employees at its US distribution centers

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 26, 2026

A shopper carries a Nike bag in the Union Square neighborhood of San Francisco on January 21, 2026.David Paul Morris…

Technology

Data centers will use more than 70% of the high-end memory chips that all manufacturers will produce in 2026, with little new manufacturing capacity until 2027 (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 17, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Are Google’s Geminis winning?, Drama of thinking machines, The potential of Claude Cowork The Big…

Technology

Grid operator PJM plans to require large data centers to bring in their own power generation or reduce their power consumption to avoid a large-scale outage (Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 17, 2026

Reuters: Grid operator PJM plans to require large data centers to bring in their own power generation or reduce their…

Technology

Local governments across China are funding dozens of “robot training centers,” where human trainers imitate movements, like folding clothes, to teach robots (Rest of the world)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 8, 2026

Featured Podcasts Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith: Ed Policy: How technology is changing the game in Green Bay Microsoft…

Technology

A look at the divide within the Democratic Party on AI and data centers, as pro-business Democrats oppose the progressive wing’s fiery, anti-AI policies (Calder McHugh/Politico)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 29, 2025

Calder McHugh / Policy: A look at the divide within the Democratic Party over AI and data centers, as pro-business…

Technology

Analysis: Oracle removed $66 billion in debt from its balance sheet related to building AI data centers using SPVs; Meta moved $30 billion, xAI moved $20 billion, and CoreWeave moved $2.6 billion (Tabby Kinder/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 24, 2025

Tiger children / Financial Times: Analysis: Oracle removed $66 billion in debt from its balance sheet related to building AI…

Award-winning Burmese journalist Shin Daewe released from prison – Radio Free Asia

RFA welcomes release of Shin Daewe, RFA contributor in Myanmar – Radio Free Asia

Soft power ‘wins’ Beijing as Chinese medical ship treats 5,400 people in PNG for free – Radio Free Asia

US to establish fuel depot in Philippines to support operations in South China Sea – Radio Free Asia

Japan’s combat role in Philippine war drills signals shift in regional strategy – Radio Free Asia

Local car dealerships grow, die amid rise of auto mega-retailers

Netflix has long been “a builder, not a buyer.” Are those times over?

Some grocers are using AI to reduce food waste and increase profit margins

Trump names Erica Schwartz director of CDC

RFK Jr.’s Peptide Policy Could Boost Hims & Hers as Its GLP-1 Business Scales

Troops warned they would be prosecuted for war crimes if they followed Trump’s illegal orders

Inflation and Cost of Living Are Expected to End Trump’s Presidency

Completely irrelevant, Trump doesn’t even know where JD Vance is

Cognitively declining Trump wants praise for ability to sign his name

Jared Kushner under investigation for potential violations of federal bribery and foreign agent laws

SK hynix announces that it has started mass production of the 192 GB SOCAMM2, a next-generation low-power LPDDR5X DRAM module designed specifically for Nvidia’s Vera Rubin (The Korea Herald)

A profile of Maria Davidson, who leads California Renewal, a pro-business policy group backed by Silicon Valley power players, seeking to raise $100 million in 2026 (Emily Shugerman/The San Francisco Standard)

Fermi CEO Toby Neugebauer is leaving the company as the data center developer faces problems finding an anchor tenant and construction delays (Amy Harder/Axios)

Vercel says it detected unauthorized access to its internal systems after a hacker using the handle ShinyHunters claimed a breach on BreachForums (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer)

Palantir publishes 22-point summary of Alex Karp’s book, advocating hard power, AI weapons and deterrence, and denouncing pluralism and “regressive” cultures (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch)

Browsing: centers

AWS said objects hit one of its data centers in the United Arab Emirates, affecting its mec1-az2 availability zone, and that restoring connectivity would take several hours (Reuters)

How tech companies including Meta and OpenAI are building data centers with their own private power plants, a risky bet that will increase carbon emissions (Evan Halper/Washington Post)

Anthropic says it will modernize power grid infrastructure, generate new energy and cover consumer price increases to minimize effects on its data centers (Jared Perlo/NBC News)

more than 97 GW of gas-fired electricity in the US pipeline was explicitly reserved for data centers in 2025, compared to just 4 GW in 2024 (Molly Taft/Wired)

Nike to lay off 775 employees at its US distribution centers

Data centers will use more than 70% of the high-end memory chips that all manufacturers will produce in 2026, with little new manufacturing capacity until 2027 (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal)

Grid operator PJM plans to require large data centers to bring in their own power generation or reduce their power consumption to avoid a large-scale outage (Reuters)

Local governments across China are funding dozens of “robot training centers,” where human trainers imitate movements, like folding clothes, to teach robots (Rest of the world)

A look at the divide within the Democratic Party on AI and data centers, as pro-business Democrats oppose the progressive wing’s fiery, anti-AI policies (Calder McHugh/Politico)

Analysis: Oracle removed $66 billion in debt from its balance sheet related to building AI data centers using SPVs; Meta moved $30 billion, xAI moved $20 billion, and CoreWeave moved $2.6 billion (Tabby Kinder/Financial Times)