AI infrastructure company Nscale is aiming to raise a massive $2 billion in a pre-Series C round. This comes just days after closing its Series B funding, which was led by industrial investment giant Aker ASA.
Snowflake is making its largest acquisition ever, agreeing to buy observability platform Observe for around $1 billion. The deal, announced January 8th, aims to integrate monitoring tools directly into Snowflake’s data cloud as AI workloads explode.
Pax8 has named tech veteran Avery Moon as its new Chief Technology Officer. Moon, who has held leadership roles at LinkedIn, Indeed, and Wealthfront, will lead the company’s engineering strategy as it pushes deeper into agentic AI and managed intelligence for MSPs.
A new report from PJM’s independent market monitor reveals that forecasts for data center growth were responsible for 45% of the costs in the last three capacity auctions. This unprecedented uncertainty is forcing a major rethink of how the grid operator plans for and connects massive new loads.
NVIDIA is making its GeForce Now cloud gaming service more accessible with native clients for Linux and Amazon Fire TV. The premium RTX 5080 tier, which costs $19.99 per month, is also getting major new games like *Crimson Desert* and *007 First Light*.
A new remote access service called StarDesk is launching with a focus on low-latency performance for gaming and work. Its core pitch is a multi-layered security model with true end-to-end encryption. The service aims to connect any device while keeping session content private from the company itself
Britain’s long-troubled Emergency Services Network is exploring satellite links to ensure coverage everywhere. With the project now delayed until at least December 2029, officials are looking for any help they can get.
An environmental group has filed a lawsuit to uncover the projected electricity load for Meta’s planned AI data center in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. The state commission is withholding the data, reportedly at the request of Meta or a utility, claiming it’s a trade secret.
Cloud support is drowning in complexity, not a lack of staff. A new article proposes a three-layer AI framework to help engineers by handling knowledge retrieval, routing, and communication drafts, freeing them to solve harder problems.
SoftBank is making a huge move into digital infrastructure, agreeing to buy investment firm DigitalBridge for about $3 billion in cash. The deal, worth $4 billion including debt, is a direct play to capitalize on the AI boom’s insatiable need for data centers.
