The Ultimate Guide to Data centers
A curated American edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for Data centers (DC).
What to know about Data centers
Data centers serve as the backbone of our digital world, housing the critical infrastructure that powers the internet, cloud services, and enterprise IT operations. They are pivotal in managing the ever-expanding volume of data generated across industries and consumers globally.
This collection of stories highlights the dynamic growth and technological innovations shaping data centers today. From expansions into emerging markets like Indonesia and Malaysia to the creation of AI-ready and sustainable campuses, data centers are evolving to meet increasing demands for performance, scalability, and environmental responsibility.
Readers will find insights into advancements in cooling technologies, energy efficiency, and the incorporation of renewable energy sources aimed at reducing carbon footprints. Moreover, the integration of AI and edge computing within data center architectures demonstrates how the industry adapts to modern workloads and latency-sensitive applications.
Security remains a critical theme, as data centers bolster defenses against cyber threats while ensuring compliance with emerging regulations. Partnerships between global tech firms and local providers underscore the importance of connectivity, interconnection, and hybrid cloud strategies in today’s data ecosystem.
Exploring these stories offers a comprehensive view of how data centers underpin digital transformation, drive innovation, and face challenges in sustainability, infrastructure expansion, and operational excellence.
American Data centers News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
Virtana launches AI observability for Dell factories
Many US enterprises still cannot trace AI failures across infrastructure, leaving costly GPU bottlenecks and hidden risks unresolved.
DE-CIX revenue rises as US exchanges gain ground
Its US exchanges now rank first or second in their markets, as North American capacity jumped 40% and revenue edged up 3.3%.
Rackspace and AMD unveil enterprise AI cloud tie-up
Regulated businesses could gain a governed private AI stack as Rackspace plans to add AMD chips to its managed cloud offering.
Six Myriad360, Advizex executives named to CRN list
Recognition for the combined group underscores its growing influence in the IT channel, as six executives make CRN's 2026 Women of the Channel list.
DE-CIX upgrades New York metro network across Hudson
The overhaul improves redundancy for customers linking New York and New Jersey as demand rises for higher-capacity, lower-latency traffic routes.
Cornelis adds federal partners for AI & HPC networking
Federal buyers of AI and HPC systems will gain wider access to Cornelis’s CN5000 platform through new partners ASI Corp, CTG Federal and TVAR Solutions.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to Data centers
HPE launches scale-up server for SAP HANA workloads
Tessell names McDonough & Carter to executive team
Check Point tops Miercom hybrid mesh security benchmark
Data centre market set to hit USD $1.08 trillion by 2034
Tenable launches OT discovery tool for exposure management
Featured News
Affirmo: Could AI make a reality of IoT dreams?
AI could help unlock the long-promised value of IoT, as Singapore-based Affirmo pushes real-time tracking into manufacturing and logistics.
The hidden data costs threatening enterprise AI plans
Hidden cloud data, egress fees and GPU 'double bubble' bills are quietly turning many enterprise AI ambitions into costly, slow ordeals.
Beyond silicon: AMD evolves AI processor performance, makes play for investment trillions
AMD shifts its AI pitch from raw silicon to open software and cloud access as it targets developers and a share of looming trillions.
Expert Columns
The Death of the Firewall
Energy for AI, AI for energy: designing AI-ready data centres
Cyber sovereignty - Do we need to wrestle back control from the tech titans?
Why fibre connectivity must be a front-end consideration in data centre site selection
Why AI-powered security needs network telemetry across the hybrid cloud
Agent computers: The PC era, amplified
Bridging the sustainability gap: how data centers can balance growth with environmental responsibility
Balancing AI's gold rush with rest, humanity & pace
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Celebrating the value of diverse perspectives on International Women's Day
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The transformation of leadership: Building what's next in construction
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the network
Affirmo: Could AI make a reality of IoT dreams?
The hidden data costs threatening enterprise AI plans
Beyond silicon: AMD evolves AI processor performance, makes play for investment trillions
Exclusive: VyOS Networks on why enterprise networks need a unified OS layer
Exclusive: Dell's Satish Iyer on AI innovation, startup partnerships and what comes next
Recent Data centers News
Amazon & Veolia to use reclaimed water in Mississippi
The Mississippi site is set to become Amazon's first data centre in the state to cool operations with treated wastewater, easing pressure on local water supplies.
Edged tops out 42MW Atlanta data centre built for AI
Demand for AI-ready capacity is driving a third 42MW building at Edged's Atlanta campus, with waterless cooling and all three sites leased.
Google Cloud expands AI deal with Thinking Machines Lab
Access to Google Cloud’s newest Blackwell hardware should speed training for Thinking Machines Lab as AI rivals battle for scarce compute.
NYIIX marks 30 years with Astron 400G platform launch
The upgrade aims to ease growing bandwidth pressures from cloud, streaming and AI traffic as the exchange enters its fourth decade.
AutoZone completes Google Cloud migration, eyes AI
The retailer says the shift will improve system performance and set up its next phase of AI tools for operations and internal workflows.
Blancco, ERI & Start Campus tout greener IT
Rising e-waste and AI demand are pushing firms to pair secure device reuse with lower-impact data centre engineering.
Oracle & AWS expand multicloud link with private connection
Enterprises will be able to move data and run workloads privately between Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and AWS without using the public internet.
Vertiv buys BMarko to boost AI data centre capacity
The deal gives Vertiv more in-house fabrication as AI-driven data centre demand forces suppliers to speed up delivery and expand capacity.
Lincoln & Metrobloks plan Kansas City data centre campus
The 568,000-square-foot first phase could ease capacity shortages for hyperscale and AI users in Kansas City, where power and fibre are tight.
Orbital plans 2027 test for AI data centres in orbit
Backed by a16z Speedrun, the start-up aims to ease AI's power crunch by proving servers can run continuously in orbit from 2027.
Atomic-6 launches orbital data centre marketplace for AI
AI developers and agencies could cut years off deployment as Atomic-6 opens orbital computing capacity to contracts and pricing.
SambaNova & Intel unveil hybrid AI inference design
Enterprises could avoid new data centres as the firms say a mixed-chip setup can run coding agents and other AI tasks in existing sites.
Enterprise SSD prices jump 24% amid flash volatility
Storage buyers face sharply higher bills, as a 25PB all-flash deployment could cost nearly USD $48.17 million over three years.
Anthropic signs biggest compute deal with Google, Broadcom
The pact secures 3.5 gigawatts of next-generation chip capacity from 2027 as enterprise demand for Claude surges past USD $30 billion a year.
Edged US opens waterless AI data centre in Mesa, Arizona
Arizona’s water-stressed data centre market gets a new 36 MW AI site in Mesa that uses zero water for cooling and aims to save 138 million gallons a year.
Mphasis completes Flagstar Bank data centre overhaul
Hundreds of critical banking apps moved without disruption as the US lender cut six data centres to two and boosted resilience.
VDURA adds RDMA & AI-focused context-aware tiering
VDURA adds RDMA and unveils context-aware tiering to cut CPU bottlenecks and speed AI training and inference across its data platform.
Horizon3.ai opens Iranian cyber threat intel to all
Horizon3.ai opens Iranian cyber threat intel to all NodeZero users as Western organisations brace for state-backed digital retaliation.
DE-CIX boosts Dallas-Mexico backbone as traffic surges
DE-CIX is boosting Dallas-Mexico backbone capacity as its Mexico exchange nears 200 Gbps and surging cross-border traffic fuels demand.
Xscape Photonics raises $37m, debuts FalconX laser
Xscape Photonics raises $37m to double valuation and launch FalconX, an eight-wavelength redundant laser for AI data centre networks.
