Xbox Cloud Gaming Hours Jump 45% As Streaming Takes Off
Xbox Cloud Gaming hours from Game Pass subscribers have increased by 45% compared to last year. The growth is largely driven by console players and recent expansion into markets like India.
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Pure DC expands across Europe with Madrid and Finland projects
Pure Data Centres has secured final planning approvals for its €400 million Madrid data center campus, with Phase I starting this month. The company is also developing a massive 500MW facility in Finland, signaling aggressive European expansion focused on AI-ready infrastructure.
Alibaba’s AI Bet Pays Off With 34% Cloud Growth
Alibaba’s cloud computing division saw revenue surge 34% year-over-year to 39.8 billion yuan, accelerating from previous quarters. The company’s AI-related products achieved triple-digit growth for the ninth straight quarter as it ramps up infrastructure spending.
AWS Leases Massive 45MW Data Center in Virginia’s Cloud Alley
Real estate developer Penzance has landed Amazon Web Services as the tenant for a massive new data center in Fairfax County. The 45MW facility represents AWS’s continued expansion across Northern Virginia’s cloud corridor. Construction is underway with completion expected in early 2027.
Meta’s massive $1.7B India data center play with Sify
Meta is reportedly teaming up with Sify Technologies for a massive 500MW data center in Andhra Pradesh, India. The $1.7 billion project represents one of Meta’s largest international infrastructure investments to date. This comes as India’s data center market heats up with multiple tech giants expan
Data Centers Are Finally Growing Up – And It’s About Time
Data centers are transforming into critical infrastructure that actively engages with communities through heat reuse and sustainability initiatives. With global data projected to hit 175ZB by 2025 and AI driving massive economic growth, these facilities can no longer operate in isolation. The shift
Google and Westinghouse Bet Big on AI for Nuclear Construction
Westinghouse and Google Cloud have detailed their AI platform for nuclear power plant construction that’s showing dramatic results in early testing. The system combines 75 years of nuclear engineering data with Google’s optimization engines to tackle construction delays and costs. Early pilots have
Crusoe’s $1.375B funding fuels AI data center arms race
Crusoe has secured $1.375 billion in Series E funding, pushing its valuation past $10 billion. The oversubscribed round was co-led by Valor Equity Partners and Mubadala Capital with participation from more than 20 firms including Nvidia and Salesforce Ventures. The company is building massive AI dat
Microsoft’s Cobalt 200 CPU Packs 132 Arm Cores for Azure
Microsoft has announced its Cobalt 200 CPU featuring 132 Arm Neoverse-V3 cores with individual per-core power scaling. The custom silicon leverages TSMC’s 3nm process for maximum efficiency in Azure data centers. This represents Microsoft’s latest move in the escalating cloud hardware arms race.
Cloudflare outage takes down X, OpenAI and thousands of sites
Cloudflare is experiencing a major outage affecting thousands of websites including X, OpenAI and Spotify. The content delivery network acknowledged the “internal service degradation” starting around 11:30am today.