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AI Data-Centre Spending Turns Energy Costs Into an Inflation Test
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AI Data-Centre Spending Turns Energy Costs Into an Inflation Test

AI infrastructure spending is pushing data-centre power demand, construction costs and debt issuance into the inflation debate. Pew Research Centre counted more than 3,000 operational US data centres and about 1,500 more under construction or in early development. The practical test is whether productivity gains arrive before power, construction and financing costs spread further through the economy.

June 7, 2026Read More →
Google Compute Lease Turns SpaceX Data Centers Into an AI Capacity Test
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Google Compute Lease Turns SpaceX Data Centers Into an AI Capacity Test

SpaceX lined up a Google compute agreement that gives Google access to about 110,000 NVIDIA GPUs and related components. The filing-based terms call for $920 million a month from October 2026 through June 2029, with delivery protections if GPU access is not ready by September 30, 2026. The next signal is whether SpaceX can turn AI data-center capacity into reliable third-party infrastructure before Google's bridge-capacity need changes.

June 6, 2026Read More →
AI Infrastructure Borrowing Pushes Big Tech Deeper Into Global Bond Markets
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AI Infrastructure Borrowing Pushes Big Tech Deeper Into Global Bond Markets

Alphabet and Amazon are using non-U.S. corporate bond markets to broaden funding for AI infrastructure and data center investment. Amazon raised 14.5 billion euros in March, while Morgan Stanley expects about 50 billion euros of hyperscaler euro debt this year. The practical test is whether international bond markets can absorb more AI-linked technology issuance without taking on greater sector volatility.

June 3, 2026Read More →
Lenovo opens Japan liquid cooling lab as AI data centers face power pressure
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Lenovo opens Japan liquid cooling lab as AI data centers face power pressure

Lenovo Japan opened Neptune Lab for liquid cooled AI infrastructure testing inside MC Digital Realty NRT12 data center in Chiba. The project targets rising AI power density and cooling constraints as Japan AI investment and data center electricity demand grow. The lab lets customers test servers, coolant distribution, racks, networking and monitoring before production deployments.

May 31, 2026Read More →
CAS Star’s Photonics Bet Turns Into an AI Infrastructure Test
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CAS Star’s Photonics Bet Turns Into an AI Infrastructure Test

CAS Star founder Mi Lei says the AI boom has validated a decade-long investment thesis around photonics and other hard-tech fields. The firm has more than 200 photonics-related companies among roughly 600 portfolio companies, spanning sensing, communications, computing, storage and display. The next test is whether optical links, laser chips and photonic computing companies can turn AI data-centre demand into durable commercial scale.

May 31, 2026Read More →
NTT Docomo, Accenture and AWS deepen work on AI governance infrastructure
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NTT Docomo, Accenture and AWS deepen work on AI governance infrastructure

NTT Docomo Global widened its collaboration with Accenture and AWS around enterprise agentic AI infrastructure centered on governance and trust. The work focuses on further development of Universal Wallet Infrastructure, which manages identity, credentials, money and documents across apps, wallets and services. NEXT: NTT will supply the trust layer, Accenture will handle strategy and engineering support, and AWS will provide cloud and AI services.

May 31, 2026Read More →
A niche data-center game becomes a window into real infrastructure bottlenecks
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A niche data-center game becomes a window into real infrastructure bottlenecks

An ITmedia feature examined the indie Steam game "Data Center" by having a data-center company executive play it and critique its realism from an operator’s perspective. The review found the game captures some core workflows of server deployment, but simplifies or omits major realities including layered security, redundant connectivity, cooling design, patch-panel operations, and automation. The episode matters as a signal of rising public and industry curiosity around data-center operations at a time when AI demand is pushing infrastructure into the mainstream technology conversation.

May 30, 2026Read More →
Cisco study says AI is set to become a leading driver of Internet traffic growth
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Cisco study says AI is set to become a leading driver of Internet traffic growth

Cisco says consumer AI traffic is still a small share of Internet traffic today, but could become a major growth driver by the mid-2030s. Its WAN-focused study projects a 6.6x rise in consumer-driven network traffic from AI and agentic AI, with inference traffic reaching 25% of total network traffic by 2035. The report says AI traffic differs from typical web use by creating longer flows, more upstream demand and greater sensitivity to latency.

May 30, 2026Read More →