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Seagate just unleashed 44TB hard drives

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2026/03/seagate-mozaic-4-plus-44tb-hamr-hard-drives/

Fresh article about the Signal65 #AIIFD4 presentation. #PeterWelcher #CCIE1773 #AI #Signal65 #Research #AIDataCenter #AIDataPrep #AIStorage #LiquidCooling https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/aiifd4-signal65-ai-lab-testing-peter-welcher-x9kpe/

PacketPushers podcast with me and Scott Robohn now posted. Fun discussion, thanks Scott! We discuss data center network operations and issues. Topics include: how latency and AI are driving data center network design, why the most persistent issues can be non-technical, and the criticality of in-house expertise to manage complex network platforms.
#CCIE1773 #DatacenterNetwork #DatacenterOps #AIDatacenter

https://packetpushers.net/podcasts/total-network-operations/tno056-a-culture-of-precise-work-data-center-netops/

Meanwhile, in #Maine...

As #dataCenters look to rural #NewEngland, Maine considers a moratorium

The bill’s advocates want answers about how data centers will affect energy costs in the region, which already has some of the country’s highest electricity prices.

By: Julia Tilton, The Daily Yonder - February 23, 2026

"Maine legislators are currently considering #LD307, a resolution bill that would establish a data center coordination council to provide input and evaluate policy options for data center development in the state. The bill comes after a series of data center proposals have been met with local pushback.

"Shortly after #WiscassetME voted to pause its data center conversations in November of 2025, residents in #LewistonME, lobbied their city councilors to reject a $300 million #AIDataCenter on December 16, 2025. There, community members organized over a weekend to change city councilors’ minds from supporting the idea when it was first made public on December 11, 2025, to voting unanimously to reject it the following week.

" 'It really speaks to the importance of adequate public participation and notice,
said Dana Colihan, the co-executive director of Slingshot, an environmental health and justice organization in New England. Colihan is based in Maine and helped residents of Wiscasset and Lewiston organize. 'When community members do find out about these projects, they have really serious concerns around the impacts to their local environment and wellbeing.'

"Richard Davis was among the residents in Wiscasset and neighboring #WestportIsland who, in November of 2025, pushed Wiscasset’s town selectboard, which functions like a city council, to pause conversations about developing a $5 billion data center on a town-owned parcel of land along the Back River, which empties into Maine’s #CascoBay.

"Davis, who lives along the Back River about a mile and a half from the proposed development, said little information about the facility’s end user, utility usage, or power source was provided after it was first made public on September 16, 2025.

"This caused him and others to worry about how the site would affect the town’s resources, including the grid. Along with his neighbors, Davis started #ProtectWiscasset, a grassroots campaign opposing the data center."

#MainePol #MaineResists #ResistDatacenters #NoEnergyForAI #AISucks #ResistanceIsFertile

xAI spent $7M building wall that barely muffles annoying power plant noise https://arstechni.ca/86nw #EnvironmentalProtectionAgency #aidatacenter #airpollution #powerplant #Policy #xAI #AI

Blue Owl Faces Lending Hurdles for CoreWeave Data Center Project

Blue Owl faces problems getting loans for a new CoreWeave AI data center in Lancaster. This could mean Blue Owl pays more itself. Find out why.

#BlueOwl, #CoreWeave, #AIDataCenter, #Financing, #Lancaster

https://newsletter.tf/blue-owl-struggles-get-loans-coreweave-ai-data-center-lancaster/

Blue Owl is having trouble getting loans for a new AI data center for CoreWeave. This is happening even though other data center projects are getting money, showing some lenders are worried about AI projects.

#BlueOwl, #CoreWeave, #AIDataCenter, #Financing, #Lancaster

https://newsletter.tf/blue-owl-struggles-get-loans-coreweave-ai-data-center-lancaster/

Hyundai Motor Group will invest trillions of won in Saemangeum to establish a major hub for AI, hydrogen, and robotics, advancing its future growth strategy.
#YonhapInfomax #HyundaiMotorGroup #Saemangeum #AIDatacenter #GreenHydrogen #RoboticsManufacturing #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=106292

South Korean construction stocks surged, led by Daewoo E&C, as analysts turn bullish on the sector amid AI infrastructure and nuclear power plant projects, with the sector outperforming the KOSPI by 10 percentage points year-to-date.
#YonhapInfomax #DaewooEngineeringConstruction #ConstructionSector #KOSPI #AIDatacenter #NuclearPowerPlant #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=104772

Morgan Stanley has upgraded Cipher Mining and TeraWulf to 'Overweight', forecasting their shares could more than double as both pivot from Bitcoin mining to AI data center operations amid surging demand for computing power.
#YonhapInfomax #MorganStanley #CipherMining #TeraWulf #AIDatacenter #BitcoinMining #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=104705

Broadcom and Nvidia surged in after-hours trading after Alphabet announced plans to nearly double its annual capital expenditures to as much as $185 billion, fueling expectations for increased semiconductor demand driven by AI infrastructure expansion.
#YonhapInfomax #Alphabet #Broadcom #Nvidia #CapitalExpenditure #AIDatacenter #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=103965

Intel Corp. announces entry into the GPU market with a key executive hire, aiming to challenge Nvidia and TSMC's dominance in AI chip manufacturing.
#YonhapInfomax #Intel #GPUMarket #AIDatacenter #TSMC #Nvidia #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=103679

New simplicity-focused, scalable space-based data center concept saves weight, energy.

https://cleantechnica.com/2026/01/29/data-centers-in-space-could-make-the-earth-look-like-a-porcupine-with-solar-panels/

#solar #solarenergy #spacesolar #datacenters #aidatacenter #aiqueries #aitraining #outerspace #space #datacenterenergy #waterconservation #energyconservation #energyefficient #satellites #orbitingdatacenters #renewablenergy #gravity #orbiting #solarpower #pv #sunlight

New simplicity-focused, scalable space-based data center concept saves weight, energy.

https://cleantechnica.com/2026/01/29/data-centers-in-space-could-make-the-earth-look-like-a-porcupine-with-solar-panels/

#solar #solarenergy #spacesolar #datacenters #aidatacenter #aiqueries #aitraining #outerspace #space #datacenterenergy #waterconservation #energyconservation #energyefficient #satellites #orbitingdatacenters #renewablenergy #gravity #orbiting #solarpower #pv #sunlight

Synopsys CEO Sassine Ghazi predicts the memory chip shortage and price surge, fueled by AI data center demand, will persist through next year, with major manufacturers unable to quickly expand supply.
#YonhapInfomax #Synopsys #MemoryChipShortage #AIDatacenter #SamsungElectronics #SKHynix #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=102173

AMD unveiled its Helios AI data center platform at CES 2026, aiming to rival Nvidia with next-gen GPU and CPU integration and promising a 1,000-fold AI performance boost.
#YonhapInfomax #AMD #Helios #AIDatacenter #CES2026 #MI500Series #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=98623

Samsung SDS will invest 427.3 billion won ($328 million) to build a new AI data center in Gumi, aiming to expand AI services for both Samsung affiliates and external clients, with operations set to begin in March 2029.
#YonhapInfomax #SamsungSDS #AIDatacenter #Gumi #Investment #4273BillionWon #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=98169

Shreveport city council disrupted over secretive AI data center proposal

Shreveport, LA – On December 18, community members packed a Shreveport city council meeting Thursday afternoon at 3 p.m. to oppose a proposed artificial intelligence data center being introduced through a special use permit. The meeting became a flashpoint for public anger over secrecy, environmental harm and corporate control of local government.

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https://fightbacknews.org/articles/shreveport-city-council-disrupted-over-secretive-ai-data-center-proposal