The rapidly growing energy demand of data centers, driven by the rise of AI, has become a persistent constraint on the pace of their expansion.

The most basic starting point would be a cabinet housing a monolithic UPS. However, as the infrastructure expands, issues such as flexibility, scalability, and maintenance become apparent. Therefore, scalability necessitates a different approach based on modularity.

In modern data center power architectures, a quarter-brick (QB) solution plays a critical role by converting intermediate bus voltages into regulated outputs that power advanced processors. To meet stringent performance and reliability requirements, integrating a digital power system manager (PSM) has become essential.

The growing demand for infrastructure for artificial intelligence, high-performance computing (HPC), and cloud services is accelerating the evolution of data centers toward faster, more scalable, and more efficient models. In this context, Vertiv has introduced Vertiv OneCore, a hybrid prefabricated data center solution designed for deployments between 10 MW and 250 MW or more, geared toward meeting the speed, flexibility, and power density needs of next-generation AI applications.

Vertiv has announced the successful modernization of the cooling infrastructure at Acciona's corporate headquarters data center in Madrid. Acciona reported that the project achieved an approximately 70% reduction in cooling-related energy consumption, with a projected return on investment in approximately three years, while maintaining full operational continuity.

Tier 1 and Tier 2 testing have become critical for ensuring the performance and reliability of modern, AI-driven data centers. While Tier 1 testing validates basic parameters such as optical loss, length, and polarity, Tier 2 testing using OTDRs identifies hidden events, splices, and faults in the fiber infrastructure.

By 2026, artificial intelligence is no longer a technological promise: it's an industrial engine with a direct impact on the global electrical infrastructure. Every generative model, every massive training system, and every AI-based service exponentially increases the need for computing power.

Tier IV data centers represent the highest standard in availability, resilience, and fault tolerance within the industry. Defined by the Uptime Institute, these centers are designed to offer 99.995% availability, meaning a maximum annual downtime of just a few minutes.

Today, we are making the llm-d project available to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) as a Sandbox project.

This is not just a code release. It's a commitment to making the delivery of high-performance AI services a core, portable capability of the cloud-native stack.

Data centers, communications networks, and cloud platforms are now an essential part of the European production system, yet they are beginning to face challenges due to an increasingly relevant issue: the energy impact of digitalization. Aware of this problem, the European Union has decided to address it with a regulatory approach that combines efficiency, transparency, and energy responsibility.

Modern data center operators are under constant pressure to deliver performance, reliability, and security at scale, as the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing continues to increase rapidly.

Amphenol Network Solutions introduces nrgILS™, a next-generation DC power panel that brings intelligence, automation, and circuit-level visibility to modern network infrastructure. Designed for telecom operators, data centers, edge, and hyperscalers, nrgILS™ helps teams reduce downtime, minimize technician travel, and operate more efficiently.

AI data centers require battery technologies to manage volatile loads and provide uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) to prevent data loss or corruption. However, the lithium-ion technologies used are subject to degradation, and recent battery-related data center fires have highlighted their safety risks in commercial environments.

Vertiv has announced the expansion of the Vertiv™ PowerBar Track busway family with the introduction of a compact, double-height, high-capacity design that allows for greater power density while optimizing valuable IT room space.

Keysight Technologies, Inc. has introduced a new portfolio of scaling validation solutions designed to help AI data center operators address growing bandwidth, latency, and interoperability bottlenecks as compute clusters become denser and more complex.

The US data center market is expanding at a rate few other infrastructure sectors can match. With more than 5,000 data centers projected for early 2025^,demand continues to rise as cloud services and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) become commonplace for businesses of all sizes, enterprise IT environments become more complex, and everyday activities generate ever-increasing volumes of data.

Accelerated computing platforms and cloud services are driving energy systems with an increasingly complex challenge. These facilities must offer unwavering reliability, support growing energy demand, and reduce environmental impact. At the same time, these demands are placing significant strain on power grids and reshaping how data center operators, hyperscalers, and enterprises approach energy management, making innovation and environmental responsibility critical priorities for the future.

Netskope has just launched Netskope One Data Lineage, which provides visibility and analytics to help organizations track and assess the origin of their data wherever it resides, is in transit, or is used. As part of the ongoing evolution of the Netskope One platform, organizations can use Netskope One Data Lineage to confidently advance their AI-related work plans, with the assurance of a verifiable footprint for regulatory compliance and data policy enforcement.

Schneider Electric's Motivair has introduced a new 2.5 MW Coolant Distribution Unit (CDU) designed for reliable, large-scale cooling of high-density data centers.
The MCDU-70 is Motivair's highest-capacity CDU and offers a scalable solution to meet the demands of next-generation GPUs and gigawatt-scale AI factories.

Vertiv has announced the launch of Vertiv™ Next Predict, an AI-powered managed service that fundamentally transforms data center maintenance. By moving beyond traditional time-based and reactive models, the service industrializes operations by analyzing asset behavior before risks materialize.