data centers

Microsoft and Abu Dhabi’s G42 have committed to a 200-megawatt expansion of data‑center capacity in the United Arab Emirates — to be built and operated through G42’s Khazna Data Centers subsidiary — a move the partners say will come online in phases beginning before the end of 2026 and that sits...

Microsoft and Abu Dhabi’s G42 today announced a coordinated expansion that will add 200 megawatts (MW) of new data‑centre capacity in the United Arab Emirates through Khazna Data Centers, a G42 subsidiary — a project the partners say will be online before the end of 2026 and is explicitly framed...

Microsoft confirmed plans for a second in‑country Azure cloud region in Malaysia — branded Southeast Asia 3 and set for Johor Bahru — a move the company says will expand capacity for AI workloads, tie into Azure’s global backbone, and extend a US$2.2 billion Malaysia investment that began in...

India’s data‑centre landscape has shifted from nascent to monumental over the past two years: global hyperscalers and domestic champions are committing tens of billions of dollars to build AI‑ready, gigawatt‑scale campuses, and that capital is already reshaping power, fibre and skills planning...

AI is no longer an optional layer on top of enterprise systems — it is actively remaking the architecture, behavior, and business case for modern ERP, turning what used to be a passive transaction ledger into a continuous, predictive decision engine that can automate work, reduce cost, and...

Microsoft, OpenAI and the hyperscale investors that bankroll them turned a single week of headlines into a clear picture of where the AI industry is headed: assistants that behave like companions, commerce that happens inside chat windows, and a rush to build the physical infrastructure those...

Alphabet’s spending plans have just rewritten the map of the AI datacenter race: Google’s parent Alphabet said it will push capital expenditures to roughly $91–$93 billion in 2025, with management warning of a significant increase again in 2026 as cloud and AI demand outstrips capacity...

Microsoft is doubling down on the physical work of AI—ramping GPU capacity, signing multi‑billion dollar infrastructure deals, and building “AI‑first” datacenters—because analysts now expect that Azure’s revenue growth will re‑accelerate as those investments come online. Background Microsoft’s...

Microsoft’s latest push turns Edge into an AI-first browsing surface: Copilot Mode brings conversational voice controls, multi‑tab “agentic” actions, resumable Journeys, and explicit opt‑in privacy controls — all designed to let an assistant do the web for you rather than just summarize it...

Andhra Pradesh’s government has moved from ambitious pitch to structured execution by constituting a dedicated Data Centre Advisory Council tasked with delivering a roadmap to 6,000 MW of data‑centre capacity by 2030, positioning Visakhapatnam as the state’s flagship AI‑era infrastructure hub...

Microsoft Edge’s newest update folds a thinking, acting assistant into the browser window: Copilot Mode turns tabs and history into usable context, introduces agentic automations that can perform multi‑step web tasks, and adds a memory layer called Journeys — all delivered with visible consent...

Artificial intelligence’s surge from lab curiosity to everyday utility has created a parallel surge in physical infrastructure: enormous, power‑dense data centres that swallow electricity, water and silicon to deliver the responses users now take for granted. The Oman Observer piece on “The...

Slack’s long‑running in‑app helper has been reborn as a workspace AI that drafts messages, schedules interviews, and fetches context from Slack conversations and connected apps — even as institutional investors pour tens of billions into the physical infrastructure that makes modern generative...

The internet you use every day — from messaging apps and streaming services to online banking and government portals — runs on racks of servers, miles of fibre and a handful of companies that operate vast, power-hungry data centres: the cloud is the invisible engine of the web. Recent reporting...

On a sun‑baked day in Nanaimo, B.C., neighbours and lifelong residents found themselves facing a new kind of local infrastructure fight — not over a factory or a freeway, but over an incoming hyperscale data centre whose thirst could, opponents warn, strain municipal water supplies already...

Microsoft’s internal forecasts now paint a longer, rockier road for its cloud operations: the data‑center capacity squeeze that rattled markets in 2025 is likely to extend well into 2026, constraining new Azure subscriptions in key U.S. hubs and forcing tougher tradeoffs between rapid AI growth...

Brisbane’s radio dial is quietly reshaping itself — and not just because of familiar faces like Laurel Edwards and Loretta Ryan, but because corporate decisions, regulatory pressure and shifting audience demographics are forcing program directors to make high-stakes choices that will determine...

Microsoft’s public roadmap for AI hardware just shifted from “partner-first” pragmatism toward a clear, long-term bet on in‑house silicon — and that matters for every Windows admin, Azure customer, and datacenter architect who pays the GPU bill. At Italian Tech Week, Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott...

Microsoft’s executive reshuffle this week — elevating Judson Althoff to lead the company’s commercial business while Satya Nadella steps back into what he called “founder‑mode” to focus on datacenter build‑out, systems architecture and AI science — is more than a personnel move; it’s a strategic...

Linux’s network stack just picked up a small, surgical change that can materially reduce CPU overhead during busy network periods — and for data centers that operate thousands of Linux hosts, those micro‑optimizations add up to real energy and cost savings. Kernel 6.13 introduces an IRQ...