Everyone’s talking about Nvidia and cloud providers in the AI race. But a new report highlights the massive, hidden industry that has to build the stage before the AI show can even start. The real money and logistical nightmares are in the trenches of construction and infrastructure.
Kohler’s new $599 Dekoda toilet camera uses AI to analyze your poop for gut health. The company claims data is “end-to-end encrypted,” but a security researcher found that’s not the full story, and Kohler can access and decrypt the information.
Google and Japanese memory maker Kioxia have signed a deal to buy clean electricity from a retrofitted hydropower facility in Japan’s Chubu region. The project, owned by Chubu Electric Power, aims to boost output from existing dams. Kioxia says it will get 160GWh per year, helping it toward a 2040 r
Europe’s telecom giant and its largest retailer are joining forces on a major AI infrastructure play. They’re reportedly seeking EU funding to build a data center packed with 100,000 next-gen AI chips. This is a direct bid for European AI sovereignty.
Data center developer GTR is expanding into Switzerland with a new 24MW facility in Zurich. The three-story CH One data center will feature solar power and waste heat recovery when it launches in 2028. This marks GTR’s continued European expansion backed by KKR’s $1 billion commitment.
SAP has launched its EU AI Cloud offering focused on data sovereignty for European customers. The platform can be deployed in SAP data centers, trusted European infrastructure, or as managed on-premise solutions with partners including Cohere and Mistral AI.
A Mirai-based botnet named ShadowV2 took advantage of last October’s AWS outage to infect IoT devices across 28 countries. The malware targeted multiple industries including technology, retail, and government sectors. Security researchers believe this was likely a “test run” for future attacks.
A new $2.3 billion joint venture between energy giant Iberdrola and data center developer Echelon is building massive hyperscale facilities in Spain. Their first project near Madrid will deliver 144 MW of processing capacity. This marks Europe’s biggest convergence between clean energy and AI infras
Microsoft is teaming up with energy platform Powertrust to deploy 270 megawatts of solar capacity in Mexico and Brazil over four years. The tech giant will receive Renewable Energy Credits from the projects while aiming to deliver community benefits in underserved areas.
The US Department of Defense awarded HPE a massive 10-year, $931 million contract for private cloud infrastructure. The deal will bring cloud-like management to the military’s most sensitive datacenters while keeping data on-premises. This represents a significant shift in how the Pentagon approache
