A new partnership aims to link a renewable-powered data center in Hokkaido with facilities in Singapore and Indonesia. The goal is to attract Southeast Asian AI compute demand to Japan using a low-latency network.
Aker Nscale is developing a 96MW data center in Skien, Norway, aimed at AI workloads. This follows Google’s 240MW campus in the same town, highlighting Norway’s growing appeal for major compute projects.
In a major shift, the new CFTC chairman is withdrawing a 2024 proposed rule that would have banned trading on sports and politics. The move provides immediate relief to prediction market platforms currently fighting legal battles in multiple states.
Apple is marking Data Privacy Week with warnings about how data brokers can assemble detailed personal profiles from anonymized location data. This echoes a critical research report from five years ago and Tim Cook’s own blistering 2018 speech on the “weaponization” of personal information.
Wholesale electricity prices in Virginia surged to over $1,800 per megawatt-hour as a deep freeze hit the U.S. The spike was driven by higher-than-forecast demand from the world’s largest cluster of data centers, straining the grid.
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.
HSBC is set to fully acquire Hang Seng Bank after minority shareholders overwhelmingly backed the $14 billion buyout offer. The deal, a 30% premium, is a big wager on Hong Kong’s economic resurgence.
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.
According to a major MIT report, 95% of businesses are getting zero return on their AI investments. The real barrier isn’t the AI models themselves, but the ungoverned, chaotic data they’re built upon. Fixing this data foundation is the only path to real value.
The adtech industry is facing a pivotal year in 2026, forced to adapt as AI chatbots drain website traffic and Google faces a potential court-ordered breakup. Executives at CES are plotting moves into streaming TV and “agentic” AI advertising to survive. The future of independent players like The Tr
