AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, power and cooling — the announcements that matter, with the analysis and the unanswered questions the press releases leave out.

A Republican senator has introduced legislation that would give the federal government authority over how data centers connect to the U.S. power grid, according to NBC News. The…

Elemental Impact’s Data Center Innovation Initiative will provide up to $5 million for cooling technologies that cut energy and water use in data centers. We look at what…

Cummins natural gas generators will power large-scale data centers in West Texas as developers turn to on-site generation amid grid interconnection delays. The company disclosed no capacity, customer,…

An Oracle-linked cyber attack exposed data of higher-education clients, GovTech reported in June 2026, renewing scrutiny of third-party SaaS risk on campus. We assess what the report establishes,…

Tensordyne claims its logarithmic-math AI chips deliver order-of-magnitude efficiency gains over Nvidia GPUs for inference. We examine how log-number arithmetic works, why power is now the industry’s binding…

Bloom Energy’s new report argues AI data center growth depends on solving two problems at once: securing enough power and easing community concerns about siting. The findings frame…

Vertiv’s ThermoKey acquisition deepens its AI data center cooling portfolio by pulling heat-exchanger manufacturing in-house, even as its shares slipped on the news. We analyze why thermal supply…

A new National Security Memorandum signed by President Trump directs stronger cybersecurity for U.S. military and intelligence systems. We examine what the directive can require, why national security…

MS-ISAC, the cyber threat-sharing hub for US state and local governments, has lost its federal funding and thousands of member organizations. We examine what the shift to fee-based…