AI Data stories
As AI drives explosive data centre growth, success hinges on power-ready sites, faster build-out and cultivating cross-functional talent.
Salience Labs unveils a 32-port all-optical switch for AI data centres, promising big latency and power cuts as rack densities surge.
Cohesity debuts sovereign cloud tie-ups, AI-driven threat tools and midsize bundle to harden data protection as enterprises scale AI.
Denodo Platform 9.4 targets production AI with unified governed data access, vector and MCP integration, plus a faster lakehouse engine.
VDURA and WD certify Ultrastar hybrid arrays with VDURA Data Platform, targeting cheaper petabyte-scale AI and HPC storage.
CData upgrades Connect AI with managed MCP tools, tightening data access, identity controls and live connectivity for enterprise agents.
Lyten buys Northvolt's Swedish battery assets in a USD $5bn deal, planning a Skellefteå hub fusing cell plants with vast AI data centres.
Crestchic unveils a 600kW liquid-cooled load bank to help high-density, AI-led data centres commission power and cooling with precision.
RecordPoint launches an MCP Server to give AI tools secure, auditable access to governed enterprise data via a standardised interface.
Vertiv launches OneCore digital twin to speed AI data centre builds, promising up to 50% faster deployment and 25% lower ownership costs.
Vertiv launches a double-stack PowerBar Track busway to boost AI data centre power density, preserving white space and enabling live changes.
Vertiv launches a double-stack busway to boost power capacity and save white space in AI-driven colocation and hyperscale data centres.
Seagate begins volume shipments of Mozaic 4+ 44TB HAMR drives to hyperscalers, targeting exploding AI data storage and efficiency demands.
AI and hyperscale build-outs will propel data centre networking spend from USD $55.64 billion in 2025 to USD $139.08 billion by 2031.
Lightstorm and Arrcus team up to deliver AI-ready, policy-driven networking for distributed training and inference across Asia-Pacific.
VAST and CrowdStrike join forces to secure enterprise AI data pipelines and multi-tenant environments across the Asia-Pacific region.
AI is boosting jobs and returns for many firms, but poor data readiness, governance gaps and shadow tools threaten to stall progress.
NextStar opens a vast Windsor battery plant, Canada's first large-scale facility, anchoring jobs and EV supply chains in Ontario.
UK firms are funnelling most AI budgets into data infrastructure and storage, as hybrid cloud, security gaps and soaring fees reshape spending.
Verne has named Wayne Louw COO to scale its Northern Europe data centres, targeting AI-driven, high-density, renewable-powered growth.