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Galaxy’s Helios Phase I Delivers 133 MW of AI Capacity to CoreWeave
Galaxy completed Phase I of its Helios data center campus in West Texas, delivering 133 MW of critical IT load to AI cloud provider CoreWeave. The milestone marks…
JadePuffer: What the First Fully LLM-Driven Ransomware Attack Signals
JadePuffer is being described as the first complete LLM-driven ransomware attack, per Dark Reading. We examine what an AI-run extortion campaign changes for defenders, what the report substantiates…
Two Ransomware Crews Reportedly Team Up in Joint Campaign
Cybersecurity researchers flagged an unprecedented joint ransomware campaign involving two extortion groups. Reported by IT Pro on 4 July 2026, the alert points to closer operational ties between…
Heat Wave and Data Center Demand Push PJM Grid to the Brink in Northern Virginia
PJM’s regional power grid strained under a July 2026 heat wave as Northern Virginia’s surging data center demand collided with peak cooling load, the Prince William Times reports.…
China Switches On the First Commercial Underwater Data Center
China has switched on the first commercial underwater data center, using seawater to cool servers and cut the energy that cooling consumes. We assess the engineering, the economics…
DOE Orders Data Centers to Backup Power to Free Grid for AC
The U.S. Department of Energy directed data centers to shift to backup generators during a July 2026 heat wave, freeing grid capacity for residential air conditioning. The order…
WSJ: AI Data Centers’ Water Use Far Exceeds What Tech Giants Disclose
AI data center water use far exceeds what tech giants publicly disclose, according to a Wall Street Journal investigation. We break down how data center water accounting works,…
Texas Tops the Nation in Proposed Gas Plants for Data Centers
Texas leads the nation in proposed gas-fired power plants for data centers, according to Texas Tribune reporting from July 2026. The buildout would add large greenhouse gas emissions…
New Jersey Sends Data Center Tariff Bill to the Governor’s Desk
New Jersey lawmakers have sent a data center tariff bill to the governor, moving to make large data centers pay the grid costs their demand creates. We examine…