Hedge funds have long used alternative data to trade public stocks. Now, AI systems are applying the same logic to private M&A, spotting companies ready for a deal up to 18 months in advance. The game is shifting from who you know to what the data says.
The independent monitor for the nation’s largest power grid has filed a formal complaint, arguing that PJM is approving data centers it can’t reliably serve. This could force blackouts for either the new data centers or existing customers.
RadiusDC has acquired the 21-story 55 Marietta carrier hotel in Atlanta from a European family office. The deal gives the firm a connectivity-rich hub with plans to add 8MW of power, boosting total site capacity to 18MW.
Online shoppers in New York are now seeing warnings that prices are set by algorithms using their personal data. This is due to a new state law targeting “surveillance pricing,” and it could become a model for other states.
A new global database called VIRE has cataloged 1.7 million viral genomes from over 100,000 environmental samples. This massive resource aims to unlock the secrets of viral diversity, especially for bacteriophages that can’t be grown in a lab. It’s a huge leap for understanding how viruses shape eve
A major cyber-attack has hit the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, with evidence showing resident data was copied and stolen. The breach, discovered on Monday, November 25th, is causing at least two more weeks of service disruption and may also impact two other London councils.
Despite numerous competitors launching since Elon Musk bought Twitter, X continues to dominate the real-time text social media space. Threads and Bluesky have only managed to capture single-digit percentages of U.S. adults compared to X’s 21% usage rate.
AI’s insatiable appetite for real-world data is fueling explosive growth in web data infrastructure. The market hit $209 billion in 2024, with specialized players like Bright Data leading the charge. This invisible layer has become one of tech’s most strategic battlegrounds.
Princeton Digital Group has begun construction on a massive 120MW data center campus in Jakarta. The $1 billion project will support Indonesia’s rapidly growing digital economy and AI workloads. First phase is scheduled to go live by late 2026.
After years of phased rollout, Swift’s legacy MT messaging standard for cross-border payments officially retires on Saturday, November 22. The complete shift to ISO 20022 represents one of the most significant data migrations in modern financial infrastructure. This transition forces CFOs to navigat
