European investment firm Asterion is entering the Portuguese data center market by acquiring the unique Covilhã campus from Altice Portugal. The €120 million deal for the Tier III facility, which features a cooling moat and massive expansion potential, is set to close in early 2026.
A new report highlights the silent threat of Shadow AI, where employees use tools like ChatGPT without oversight. Cybersecurity expert Etay Maor breaks down how this leaks data and accelerates cybercrime.
Amazon Music has launched its 2025 Delivered year-end recap feature. It’s the latest platform to offer a Spotify Wrapped-style experience, with unique Alexa stats and shareable cards.
TikTok’s ambitions to build a major data center in Australia have reportedly hit a snag. The company is waiting on approval from the country’s Foreign Investment Review Board, a key hurdle for its data localization efforts.
A cooling system failure at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange halted futures and options trading, spotlighting data center vulnerabilities. These facilities power everything from financial markets to AI development. The incident shows how critical hidden infrastructure has become to daily life.
Brewing giant Asahi has disclosed that nearly 2 million individuals had personal data exposed in a major September 2025 cyber-attack. The incident caused widespread operational disruptions and forced temporary shutdowns across the company’s systems.
The Genesis Mission will combine government data with private sector AI capabilities to solve engineering and national security challenges. The initiative comes as AI’s massive energy consumption raises environmental concerns.
A massive 500MW data center campus is being planned near Leipzig, Germany. The development by AM:PM Grund Group could see €4-6 billion invested across 44 hectares. Project timelines suggest a potential 2030 launch following extensive permitting processes.
Financial infrastructure provider Options Technology is deploying its private cloud platform at atNorth’s ICE02 data center in Iceland. The move addresses growing demand from financial services firms for high-density compute to support AI trading strategies. The Iceland facility offers up to 100kW l
Power companies are warning that AI data centers could triple electricity demand within years. The problem? Nobody knows if these forecasts are based on real projects or speculative ventures that might never get built.
