hyperscale infrastructure

Microsoft is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit filed July 1, 2026, in federal court in Wisconsin by residents near its Fairwater AI datacenter in Mount Pleasant, who allege the facility emits unreasonable, excessive, persistent noise that interferes with sleep, property use, and home...

The European Commission has opened a trio of market investigations into the cloud businesses run by Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure — a move that explicitly tests whether hyperscale cloud platforms should be treated as “gatekeepers” under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and whether...

The European Commission has formally opened a set of market investigations into Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), testing whether the world’s two largest cloud platforms should be treated as regulated “gatekeepers” and whether the DMA’s toolbox...

Microsoft’s cloud hardware playbook took a visible step off the x86 roadmap in 2017 when the company publicly embraced ARM-based server designs — demonstrating Qualcomm’s Centriq 2400 on Project Olympus motherboards at the Open Compute Project summit and confirming Azure had ported key server...

The world’s largest technology companies are rewriting the rules of economic scale, strategy, and competitive advantage by unleashing a tidal wave of investment in artificial intelligence and cloud infrastructure. Fueled by breakneck enterprise demand for AI-powered services and the rise of...

When cloud users place their trust in hyperscale providers, the expectation is one of robust reliability, seamless patch management, and minimal service interruptions—especially for mission-critical workloads. This social contract between enterprise and service provider is now under scrutiny...

Christian Klein, CEO of SAP, has emerged as a prominent advocate for Europe's strategic approach to cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI). At a recent investor conference, Klein addressed the growing discourse on data sovereignty and the proposition of Europe developing its own...

In a move that has sent ripples through both the cloud computing industry and the broader AI community, OpenAI’s recent agreement to utilize Google Cloud has become more than just another routine tech headline—it is a defining moment in the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence...

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s a cloud-borne data center, turbocharged to keep North America’s digital lifeblood pumping faster than ever. Behind this digital renaissance lies a race, part Silicon Valley sprint, part infrastructure Olympics, to build the vast computer fortresses powering...