Infrastructure & Cloud
Cloud strategy, data centers, connectivity and infrastructure trends relevant to Algeria.
Infrastructure & Cloud
Texas vs. Virginia: The Data Center Capital of the World Is Shifting
Texas is set to overtake Northern Virginia as the world's largest data center market by 2030, with 6.5 GW under construction driven by AI demand.
Infrastructure & Cloud
Silicon Valley’s Shadow Power Grid: Big Tech Builds Its Own Off-Grid Energy Empire
At least 46 behind-the-meter data centers totaling 56 GW bypass public grids. Natural gas dominates as hyperscalers race to power AI.
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Liquid Cooling Goes Mainstream: The Race to Cool AI’s Insatiable Heat
AI GPUs now draw 1,000-1,400W each. Air cooling cannot cope. The liquid cooling market is projected to exceed $29B by 2033, led by immersion systems.
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Google’s 100-Hour Battery: Iron-Air Storage Rewrites Data Center Energy Rules
Google and Xcel Energy will deploy 300 MW of Form Energy iron-air storage in Minnesota. 100-hour discharge at 1/10th lithium-ion cost for data centers.
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Data Centers Are Draining Aquifers: The Water War Big Tech Doesn’t Want You to See
Data centers consumed 49 billion gallons of water in Texas alone in 2025, projected to reach 399 billion by 2030. Most states lack water reporting.
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Confidential Computing: Closing the Last Encryption Gap
Over 70% of enterprise AI workloads involve sensitive data. AMD SEV-SNP, Intel TDX, and NVIDIA GPU TEEs now encrypt data during processing.
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Cloud Regions Race Into Emerging Markets: Middle East and Southeast Asia Surge
Hyperscalers pour billions into UAE, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, and Indonesia as AI capex nears $700B. A two-speed global cloud map is forming fast.
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GPU-Free Inference: ASIC Startups Challenge Nvidia’s Data Center Dominance
Taalas HC1, SambaNova SN50, and hyperscaler custom silicon target Nvidia inference monopoly. ASIC shipments growing 44.6% vs 16.1% for GPUs.
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Agentic AI for Cloud Ops: When AI Agents Run Your Infrastructure
Azure Copilot, AWS DevOps Agent, and Dynatrace are racing to deploy agentic AI for cloud ops. 72% use it in ITOps, but half of projects remain stuck in pilots.
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LLMOps in Production: What Running AI at Scale Actually Requires
Deploying a large language model into production is nothing like deploying a traditional software service. The code ships.
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Securing the Software Supply Chain: Sigstore, SLSA, and the New Container Trust Model
The SolarWinds attack of 2020 was a turning point. Attackers did not breach the target organizations directly.
