Infrastructure & Cloud
Cloud strategy, data centers, connectivity and infrastructure trends relevant to Algeria.
Infrastructure & Cloud
Virginia’s Data Center Power Tax: The First US Per-Kilowatt Levy on Cloud Compute
Virginia now taxes data centers $0.011 per kWh from July 2026 — the first US state levy on cloud compute power, projected to raise $600M yearly.
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Meta Compute: A Fourth Hyperscaler Takes On AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud
⚡ Key Takeaways Meta is building a commercial cloud business called Meta Compute to sell excess AI infrastructure — API...
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Data Centers Under the Sea: Offshore Wind and Ocean Cooling Go Live in 2026
⚡ Key Takeaways China’s HiCloud Technology brought a 24-megawatt underwater data center off Shanghai’s Lin-gang coast into full commercial operation...
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The Flexibility Bargain: How Data Centers Trade Curtailment for Faster Power
⚡ Key Takeaways FERC issued six show-cause orders on June 18, 2026, forcing CAISO, ISO-NE, MISO, NYISO, PJM, and SPP...
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AWS Sovereign Cloud Expands: New EU Local Zones Redraw Data-Residency Borders
⚡ Key Takeaways AWS launched its European Sovereign Cloud on January 14, 2026, backed by a €7.8 billion investment and...
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The Memory Tax: How DRAM’s 90% Price Surge Is Hitting Cloud Bills
⚡ Key Takeaways DRAM contract prices jumped roughly 90% quarter-over-quarter in early 2026 — the steepest single-quarter increase on record...
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Liquid Cooling in AI Data Centers: Why Direct-to-Chip Is the New Default
⚡ Key Takeaways Average data center rack power density has doubled from 8 kW to 17 kW in two years...
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Marvell Teralynx T100: The 102 Tbps Switch Rewiring AI Data Centers
⚡ Key Takeaways Marvell’s Teralynx T100 is the industry’s first 102.4 Tbps switch silicon, built on a 3nm process node...
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SoftBank’s €75B France Bet: When the Compute Race Becomes a Power Contest
⚡ Key Takeaways SoftBank commits up to €75B for 5GW of AI data centers in France with EDF and Schneider...
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The Data Center Power Bill: Who Pays as AI Drives a 76% Grid Price Surge
⚡ Key Takeaways PJM wholesale electricity prices surged nearly 76% year-over-year in Q1 2026, driven by AI data center demand,...
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AWS Graviton5 Lands: 192-Core Arm Silicon Powers New M9g Cloud Instances
⚡ Key Takeaways AWS launched Graviton5-powered M9g and M9gd instances on June 10, 2026, delivering 192 Arm cores, DDR5, a...
