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GPU Liquid Cooling Cuts Fans, Not Heat: Ventiva’s 1-2 CFM Bet on the Back of the Rack
Ventiva is qualifying a fanless ionic cooler for data center servers to cool the network, boot and memory cards left hot when liquid cooling removes fans. The 15%…
CISA’s Coming 72-Hour Rule Makes AI Data Center Incident Response a Contract Term
CISA expects to finalize the CIRCIA cyber incident reporting rule in September 2026, requiring 72-hour incident reports and 24-hour ransom payment reports. For data centers hosting AI and…
Fireworks’ $1.5B Round Shows AI Inference Is Now a Layer Above the GPU Clouds
Fireworks AI raised a $1.5 billion Series D for its open-model inference platform as it passes $1 billion in annual recurring revenue. The round funds inference as its…
Gold Eagle’s Four-Agency AI Bug Hunt Shows Why Patching Is the Grid’s Real Limit
The White House launched the Gold Eagle Initiative, an AI-driven vulnerability clearinghouse for U.S. critical infrastructure under Executive Order 14409. Faster AI discovery moves the pressure to patching,…
Michigan’s 2M-Gallon Water Cap Would Push Data Centers to Closed-Loop Cooling
Michigan data center bills would cap water use, require community benefit agreements and set energy and labor rules. Both chambers’ water bills point large sites toward closed-loop cooling,…
Japan’s 27,500-GPU National AI Factory Is Really a 140-Megawatt Power Project
NVIDIA and Noetra will build a 140-megawatt Vera Rubin AI factory in Japan with 27,500 Rubin GPUs, supported by METI’s FRONTia physical AI project. At that density the…
Amazon’s 280 Gas Generators Show AI Backup Power Now Runs on Air-Permit Limits
Pennsylvania regulators plan to let Amazon install 280 natural gas-fired backup generators at its Bucks County data center campus in Falls Township. A 25-ton annual emissions cap shows…
$19.2B North Carolina Withdrawal Shows County Zoning Is a Gate on AI Capacity
Energy Storage Solutions withdrew a $19.2 billion AI data center plan in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, as officials weigh a 24-month moratorium. The 300MW campus had already been…
Supermicro’s 120kW Rear Doors Shift the AI Retrofit Limit From Airflow to Heat Rejection
Supermicro expanded its DCBBS liquid cooling line with ten rear door heat exchanger models rated 10kW to 120kW per door. The doors ease AI retrofits in air-cooled halls,…