SLB’s $4.1B Kelvion Deal Expands AI Data Center Push
SLB’s acquisition of Kelvion for $4.1B broadens its data center operations to include thermal management due to increasing power densities and cooling…
Month: August 2026
Nvidia, MediaTek Bring Custom Chips to AI Racks
Nvidia is allowing hyperscalers and other AI developers to use custom accelerators with its rack-scale AI infrastructure, extending NVLink technology beyond Nvidia’s…
Solid-State Transformers Power Next-Gen AI Data Centers
The usage of solid-state transformers is increasing, which enables the direct conversion of medium-voltage AC into 800 V DC in AI data…
Trump Targets Foreign Grid Equipment as Data Centers Expand
President Trump has declared a national emergency concerning the US bulk power system, instructing the Energy Department to limit the import of…
DOE Retreat on Transmission Corridors Tests the Case for Building Ahead
Developers of data centers can obtain gigawatts of electricity even before the construction and authorization of a transmission line. The discrepancy is…
AI Rack Density’s Real Limits: Power, Cooling, Failure Risk
Over several years, every successive era of technology has incorporated greater computing power into smaller areas. The trend towards maximum performance in…
Data Center Backlash Reaches the Ballot Box
A review by Data Center Knowledge found that at least 18 current officeholders lost elections between August 2025 and August 2026 after…
QumulusAI Scales GPUs, but Powered Capacity Sets the Pace
QumulusAI increased its number of deployed GPUs by over three times in the second quarter, as it brought contracted computing capacity into…
‘Out of Hyperbole’: Nvidia’s AI Boom Tests Data Center Infrastructure Limits
“I’m running out of hyperbole and adjectives.”. That was analyst Steven Dickens, CEO and principal analyst at HyperFrame Research, reacting to Nvidia’s…
How Data Centers Are Using AI to Run Cooler and Smarter
Data center operators are racing to build capacity for AI workloads, and as they do, they are increasingly deploying AI to run…