In this week’s top data center news roundup, Amazon gets $1 billion in data center tax breaks, ransomware threats evolve, and the EU eyes a new cybersecurity plan.

In this week’s top data center news stories, layoffs at Amazon and Dropbox, AT&T joins forces with BlackRock, and a flood at Google’s Paris data center.

In this week’s top data center news stories, we look at recent data center regulation efforts, the ethics of a Microsoft data center build in Saudi Arabia, and cloud migration trends.

DCK contributor Steven Hill responds to the recent Arkansas Data Center Act of 2023 and the broader implications of grouping small-scale mining operations with large data center environments.

After years of grappling with the threat of social media, lawmakers are anxiously eying a recent boom in artificial intelligence.

In this week’s top data center news stories, Amazon takes on Oregon, ChatGPT takes on Google, and “spray cooling” takes on hot server racks.

New Zealand's largest telco, Spark, sees growth from data center demand and convergence as it unveils its latest three-year strategy. Spark believes local data center capacity will grow at more than 40% CAGR by 2026.

Amazon and Microsoft’s cloud services could face an antitrust probe in the UK after Ofcom said it has found evidence of practices that make it more difficult for people to switch and use multiple cloud suppliers.

From rightsizing resources to renegotiating cloud service contracts, we break down the most (and least) effective cloud cost optimization strategies.

In this week’s top data center news stories, Data Center World announces its 2023 keynote speakers, Vodafone plans to cut 1,300 jobs, and experts predict the future of AI in the data center.