Meta just inked a colossal 2.5 gigawatt clean energy deal with NextEra Energy. It’s a huge bet on solar and battery storage to power its data centers, but the timeline and grid realities are the real story.
NextEra Energy, the largest U.S. renewable developer, is making a massive bet on powering the AI boom. The company announced a plan to build 15 gigawatts of new generation for data center hubs by 2035, calling the target “fairly conservative.”
A sourcing expert and a NASA lead make the case that space-based data centers are an economic, not just technical, problem. They argue that solar power, radiative cooling, and smart procurement could make orbital platforms viable within 10-15 years. But significant hurdles around latency, regulation
The UK government is planning a series of whole-government tech deals, starting with cloud services, following its £9 billion agreement with Microsoft. Officials admit past approaches led to vendor lock-in and poor negotiating power, and are now trying to use centralized buying power to drive down p
Cloudflare, which powers about 20% of all websites, suffered a significant outage early Friday. The issue, caused by a system update, was fixed within 25 minutes but impacted major services like LinkedIn and Zoom. This marks the company’s second major outage in recent weeks.
The death of the beloved read-it-later app Pocket left a void. According to XDA-Developers, the unexpected hero for many wasn’t another bookmark manager, but Google’s AI tool, NotebookLM. Its limitations, like a 50-source cap, actually solved a core behavioral problem with digital hoarding.
Cloudflare experienced a global outage Friday morning after a security update went wrong. The issue, linked to a fix for a React Server Components vulnerability, was resolved within 10 minutes but caused widespread errors.
For the second time in weeks, a Cloudflare system failure caused widespread internet disruptions. The outage, which began around 09:00 UTC on December 5, highlights the fragility of our centralized digital infrastructure.
AWS CEO Matt Garman once thought Amazon needed a million developers to meet demand. Now, with AI, he believes the constraint has flipped from labor to ideas. He also disclosed that the Bedrock service is already a multi-billion dollar business.
Magnora is launching a major 100MW data center project in Kristiansund, Norway. The renewables investor is partnering with the owners of Averøy Industripark, who have prior experience selling a data park. This marks a significant expansion for Magnora into the high-density computing market.
