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

Riot Platforms is deepening its pivot from bitcoin mining to AI data centers with a reported wider AMD deal, per May 2026 Yahoo Finance coverage. We examine what…

New MOVEit file-transfer vulnerabilities have triggered urgent patch warnings, reviving memories of 2023’s mass exploitation. We examine why managed file transfer software remains a prime target, what the…

NERC, the body that sets US grid reliability standards, warns that surging data-center electricity demand risks overtaxing the power system. We examine what the alert covers, why the…

Trump declared a grid national emergency and moved to block some foreign-made equipment from the U.S. power grid. Here is what a transformer and inverter supply-chain lockdown could…

CrowdStrike’s CTO is leaving to launch an AI-cybersecurity investment fund, Axios reports — a signal of where security capital is heading. We examine what the report substantiates, why…

Zayo has closed its $4.25 billion acquisition of Crown Castle’s fiber business, one of the largest US connectivity deals in years. The purchase folds a metro-dense fiber footprint…

Salt Typhoon, the China-linked group behind major U.S. telecom intrusions, has reportedly breached an IBM subsidiary in Italy, per Security Affairs. We examine what the report does and…

Google’s deal with Anthropic pre-sells gigawatt-scale AI data-center capacity before much of it is built, reshaping how the industry finances growth. We break down what pre-sold capacity means…

A proposed Fort Bliss data center could draw more power than all of El Paso, El Paso Matters reports, putting a city-scale load on one Army post. We…