The UK outsourcer Capita has had to seek Microsoft’s support after the launch of a critical pension portal for 1.7 million civil servants failed spectacularly. Users faced broken links, untested pages with dummy text, and an inability to enter vital information like pension beneficiaries.
A widespread Cloudflare outage is causing problems for sites like LinkedIn and Coinbase. Interestingly, Epic Games’ status page shows Fortnite servers as fully functional despite the reports.
Brazil’s national development bank is moving to create a new investment vehicle focused on digital infrastructure. The fund is expected to launch in early 2026 with an initial size of up to R$1 billion.
The battle over the massive Stargate data center in Michigan is entering a new phase. After local approval, the fight now centers on the utility contract that would power the 1.4GW facility, with state politicians getting involved.
Vantage Data Centers has launched the fourth and final building at its Cyberjaya campus outside Kuala Lumpur. The 16MW facility is fully leased, marking the completion of the 31MW, four-building site.
The Adani Group is making a huge bet on India’s data center future. Its joint venture will help build what’s planned to be the country’s largest Google data center campus.
Snowflake is deepening its AI push with a $200 million, multi-year partnership with Anthropic to bring Claude models natively to its platform. The data cloud giant also expanded its alliance with Accenture and revealed its AWS Marketplace sales have already topped $2 billion this year. Despite beati
Alberta is proposing a bill to fast-track data centers that bring their own electricity. The move aims to protect the provincial grid from AI-driven demand while chasing a $100 billion data center market. It’s a major shift in how power-hungry tech gets built.
Meta has hired Gary Demasi, a veteran of Google’s data center operations, to lead its data center development and strategy. This comes as the company races to build infrastructure for what it calls “Superintelligent AI.” Demasi spent nearly 19 years at Google before a short six-month role at the UAE
Google’s Gemini Enterprise aims to become the central AI platform for businesses, connecting across Microsoft 365, Salesforce and legacy systems. The platform costs up to $30 per user monthly and targets enterprise workflow automation. Early adopters include Gap, Mercedes-Benz and Klarna.
