3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (657+ words) Urban data centers deliver low-latency performance and rich interconnection for metro workloads. Learn when they make sense, key trade-offs, and how to find the right provider. Most data centers are large, standalone buildings surrounded by open space. But there’s another…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (271+ words) Insight and analysis on the data center space from industry thought leaders. Water stewardship claims and WUE scores don’t guarantee reliability under heatwaves or water shortages. A site-specific resilience assessment matters more. As data center capacity expands worldwide, water resilience…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (527+ words) Liquid cooling is a necessity for modern data centers, but the reality is that AI data center deployments for the foreseeable future will be hybrid. Sponsored by Schneider Electric From training massive language models to powering nonstop inference, AI is…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (385+ words) Insight and analysis on the data center space from industry thought leaders. The fundamental principles of fire protection have not changed, but the environments in which they are being applied are evolving rapidly. Fire protection designers must now account for…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (115+ words) AI is reshaping the construction lifecycle. At Ai4 20226, AEC leaders shared how firms are applying AI across design, logistics, safety, and operations, while tackling data standards, culture change, and scaling. AI is moving deeper into the construction lifecycle, from design and…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (639+ words) Insight and analysis on the data center space from industry thought leaders. AI’s explosive growth is forcing a fundamental reimagining of data center infrastructure. As artificial intelligence accelerates the transformation of industries, it is also reshaping the very infrastructure that…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (811+ words) Nvidia is opening its rack-scale AI systems to custom chips, giving hyperscalers more flexibility as they seek alternatives to off-the-shelf GPUs. Nvidia is opening its rack-scale AI infrastructure to custom accelerators from hyperscalers and other AI developers, expanding its NVLink…...

2+ week, 7+ hour ago   (382+ words) Solid-state transformers are gaining traction as a way to convert medium-voltage AC directly to 800 V DC in AI data centers. Still, questions remain about the technology’s maturity. “The move from AC to DC can be hastened by the introduction of…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (899+ words) As AI racks push past 100 kW, electrical engineering and resilience planning – not chip counts – are setting the cap. For decades, each new generation of hardware has packed more compute into less space. AI accelerated that trend to a pace data…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (452+ words) Data center buildouts are booming in 2026, but challenges like power, labor, and community concerns demand innovation and collaboration. Data center construction remains the defining infrastructure story of 2026. In a broader construction market showing signs of softness, digital infrastructure is a…...