Do Son Google unveils a "thirstless" AI data center in Texas using Advanced Air-Cooling. Part of a $40B plan, it aims to prove AI can thrive without depleting aquifers.
Nvidia Blackwell
Alphabet acquires Intersect Power for $4.75B, securing gigawatts of clean energy to solve the "AI power gap" and bypass the aging U.S. electrical grid.
Linux Kernel 6.16-rc4 is out, focusing on filesystem fixes (bcachefs, SMB, Btrfs) and driver improvements. Final release expected in ~1 month, with Nvidia Blackwell/Hopper GPU support.