Google has an answer to some of the electricity supply problems that data center construction is causing: It has signed an agreement with energy supplier Voltus to build what it’s calling a 1-gigawatt virtual power plant, expanding on an earlier 100 megawatt deal the two signed earlier this year. ThisContinue Reading
Hyperscalers are getting decidedly twitchy about citizens’ reactions to their secretive data center construction plans, and are looking for ways to de-escalate some of the conflicts. Earlier this month, Amazon announced its Data Center Commitment which, among other things, would disclose more information about energy and water use and considerContinue Reading
The cost of building out the infrastructure needed to satisfy booming demand for artificial intelligence is changing the way major companies allocate resources. That can mean an end to some jobs once done by humans. Yet in many cases it means repurposing money once spent on workers so that moreContinue Reading
The U.S. designated helium as a critical material on Friday because it’s indispensable for making semiconductors that are essential to energy generation, and the global supply is at risk of disruption, according to the Energy Department. The designation by the Energy Department means that more federal financing will be availableContinue Reading
Emirates has spent 22 years fighting for permission to fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER), but the Dubai-based airline has unexpectedly put its plans on ice. Despite Germany’s September decision to permit a fifth UAE airline destination, President Sir Tim Clark says unresolved conditions mean Emirates will not launch theContinue Reading
Despite being the superior platform on paper, the Airbus A321 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion program has struggled to break the market stranglehold of the Boeing 737-800 Converted Freighter (BCF). Due to the poor sales debut, this has left Airbus with many idle airframes waiting for buyers. The barrier to the A321Continue Reading
Indian electric powertrain developer Ferrstron Powertrains has road-tested a prototype 150 kW, 400 Nm powertrain in a 2.3-ton multi-utility vehicle. The powertrain’s motor uses ferrite magnets instead of rare earth magnets. Ferrstron is developing electric powertrains for heavy-duty trucks and buses, high-speed trains and marine vessels, plus generators for direct-driveContinue Reading
EV charging provider Plugit has conducted what it calls Finland’s first public Megawatt Charging System (MCS) charging session. MCS is a charging standard developed for heavy-duty vehicles. It enables electric trucks’ large batteries to be charged during a driver’s scheduled break. Plugit charged a Volvo FH Aero Electric truck atContinue Reading
Epic Games has confirmed that Fortnite is coming to Linux, and the launcher it will arrive through is available to try in preview on Ubuntu – a vibe-coded wonder that’s been royally roasted on the internet. The gaming company has also announced a rebuilt version of its anti-cheat tech forContinue Reading
SAP professionals can now renew their certifications through AI-based roleplays. The new service builds on SAP’s revamp of its certification program last year, shifting the focus from rote learning of facts towards real-world use cases. “The evolution of Stay Certified reflects a broader shift already taking place across SAP Certification:Continue Reading
Indian digital trust company eMudhra has announced that it is exiting the global SSL/TLS certificate business and is offering customers certificates issued by Sectigo as an alternative, following the compromise of private keys behind eight of its intermediate certificate authorities. The company’s board decided “to voluntarily withdraw from the globalContinue Reading
Steam’s Linux client is going 64-bit and containerized. Running the client inside Steam Runtime containers, like its games already do, should make it behave more consistently across different distros. Ubuntu 26.10 is out now. This interim release completes the rustification of core utilities, adds Sequoia PGP to the main archive,Continue Reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department proposed a rule Thursday to crack down on American high-tech investments such as supercomputing and artificial intelligence in China, Russia, North Korea and other “countries of concern.” The U.S. government has been working for years to deny China and other adversaries investments thatContinue Reading