The Future of the Datacenter
The Register embarks on a deep technical exploration into the next generation of datacenter design and infrastructure as the massive AI-driven buildout gets underway. We'll dig into the technicalities of photonic computing, liquid cooling systems, and the implementation of advanced neural network processors within datacenter environments. We'll also look at the energy necessary to power the buildout, including advances in clean energy and concerns about the grid.
AI is rewriting how power flows through the datacenter
Rising rack densities are driving changes from grid connection to chip-level delivery
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All aglow about DCs, investors launch $300M at microreactor startup
Startup expects its first Kaleidos reactor to power on at Idaho National Lab next year
The Future of the Datacenter17 Dec 2025 |12
Why do bit barns keep bumping up our bills, Senators ask DC operators
Amazon, meanwhile, claims its datacenters are helping ratepayers despite tons of evidence to the contrary
The Future of the Datacenter16 Dec 2025 |21
From Georgia to Essex, AI datacenters are testing public goodwill
Communities on both sides of the Atlantic push back against rapid build-outs
The Future of the Datacenter16 Dec 2025 |24
Building the AI factory datacenter
Practical lessons on power, modular build, networking and AIOps from HPE's Dave Strong
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Delays? What delays? Oracle insists its $300B cloud contract with OpenAI is on track
And don't sweat the debt either, we've got plenty of capital at our disposal
The Future of the Datacenter15 Dec 2025 |7
Hyperscalers fuel $112B server spending spree in Q3
IDC's latest tracker numbers were brought to you by the letters A and I
The Future of the Datacenter15 Dec 2025 |6
Building the future-ready datacentre
Tomorrow’s datacentre won’t be like yesterday’s. Here’s why.
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AI datacenter boom could end badly, Goldman Sachs warns
Bank sketches four scenarios in which monetization falters or demand swamps supply by 2030
The Future of the Datacenter12 Dec 2025 |32
Qualcomm takes RISC on Arm alternative with Ventana acquisition
California chipset giant says it’ll develop Arm and RISC-V CPU cores in parallel
The Future of the Datacenter10 Dec 2025 |4
Galactic Brain space datacenter coming in 2027, pledges startup Aetherflux
Getting inferencing infrastructure into orbit may soon be cheaper than building it down here
The Future of the Datacenter10 Dec 2025 |27
Activist groups urge Congress to pause US datacenter buildouts
Bad for consumers, bad for the environment, 230+ groups say
The Future of the Datacenter09 Dec 2025 |9
AI mania to swell datacenter capex to $1.6T by 2030 – if the bubble doesn't pop first
Analysts say demand keeps rising despite constraints, shaky returns, and mounting investor nerves
The Future of the Datacenter09 Dec 2025 |10
Bezos-backed Unconventional AI aims to make datacenter power problems go away
Interview Startup wagers the path to sustainable AI might be found in nature’s most amazing design - the brain
The Future of the Datacenter08 Dec 2025 |27
Meta and Google turn to NextEra to feed insatiable datacenter power hunger
The Chocolate Factory will also put its AI to work inside one of America’s biggest utilities
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Datacenters are hoarding grid power just in case, says Uptime Institute
Warning that over-reserved capacity is blocking new connections
The Future of the Datacenter08 Dec 2025 |31
Amazon’s Trainium3 is the latest to conform to Nvidia’s mold
From Amazon to AMD, everything looks like an NVL72 now
The Future of the Datacenter07 Dec 2025 |8
Palantir wants to set the juice loose with new AI power initiative
Nvidia is along for the ride with chips to offer, naturally
The Future of the Datacenter04 Dec 2025 |8
Datacenters planned for Scotland could end up draining a loch of power
3 GW is roughly three quarters of the country's peak demand, says Foxglove
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Datacenters that don't have their own power supplies will fail
It's time to ask your bit barn provider how they'll keep the lights on, and what their plans mean for prices
The Future of the Datacenter04 Dec 2025 |9
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Four completely non-AI-related trends that will shape the future
Zuck buys Chinese AI company Manus that claims it deals in actions, not words
UPDATED ‘General agents’ to infuse Meta’s products real soon now
Crims disconnect Wired subscribers from their privacy, publish deets online
Extortion group Lovely claims to have stolen 40 million pieces of info from publisher Conde Nast
Korean telco failed at femtocell security, exposed customers to snooping and fraud
One cert, in plaintext, on thousands of devices, led to what looks like years of crime
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Bork!Bork!Bork! Now replace the autopilot with Copilot
Sam Altman is willing to pay somebody $555,000 a year to keep ChatGPT in line
There’s a big salary up for grabs if you can handle a high-stress role with a track record of turnover
STORIES
HPE backs AMD's Helios AI rack with Juniper's scale-up switch
Hardware bundle ties next-gen accelerators to an Ethernet fabric arriving in 2026
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London grid crunch delays new housing amid datacenter boom
Assembly report urges clearer planning as soaring AI power demands strain capital's network
The Future of the Datacenter02 Dec 2025 |32
Britain plots atomic reboot as datacenter demand surges
Taskforce calls UK the priciest place on Earth to build nuclear projects and urges radical regulatory reset
The Future of the Datacenter25 Nov 2025 |28
Open Compute Project figuring out how to get quantum computers into classical datacenters
It’s an ethereal and weighty problem, not a powerful conundrum
The Future of the Datacenter21 Nov 2025 |10
AMD taking AI fight to Nvidia with Helios rack-scale system
CEO Lisa Su says next-gen MI400 GPUs and architecture gaining traction with hyperscalers
The Future of the Datacenter05 Nov 2025 |4
Nvidia pitches Omniverse DSX as model for gigawatt-scale AI factories
GPU giant teams with partners to create digital twin blueprint for next-gen datacenters
The Future of the Datacenter29 Oct 2025 |1
Qualcomm announces AI accelerators and mysterious racks they’ll run in
House of the Snapdragon promises – without much detail – this kit will enable coolly efficient inferencing
The Future of the Datacenter28 Oct 2025 |1
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