Tech Briefs: Generative AI’s content thirst, entrepreneur center opens in Blacksburg, state to fund EV charging infrastructure

Tech Briefs: Generative AI’s content thirst, entrepreneur center opens in Blacksburg, state to fund EV charging infrastructure

Hi Cardinal readers, and thanks for scoping the latest edition of Tech Briefs, a weekly batch of items covering the digital and life sciences landscapes. The roundup goes live on Wednesdays. Got tips and/or questions? Reach out to me via tad@cardinalnews.org. Hackers’ work stealing, exploiting images is cheaper, simpler in generative AI era  There is…

AI Demand Is Forcing a Rethink of Data Center Power, Cooling

AI Demand Is Forcing a Rethink of Data Center Power, Cooling

Image: Generated via Google’s Nano Banana AI’s infrastructure boom is pushing data centers to their limits, forcing operators to rethink power, cooling, and construction all at once. At this week’s Data Center World (DCW) Conference in Washington, DC, speakers from research firm Omdia, Aligned Data Centers, and Vertiv laid out the various ways in which…

12 Best AI Data Center Stocks to Buy Right Now

12 Best AI Data Center Stocks to Buy Right Now

When Jeff Bezos said that one breakthrough technology would shape Amazon’s destiny, even Wall Street’s biggest analysts were caught off guard. Fast forward a year and Amazon’s new CEO Andy Jassy described generative AI as a “once-in-a-lifetime” technology that is already being used across Amazon to reinvent customer experiences. At the 8th Future Investment Initiative…

Global Data Center Market Enters High-Growth Era Driven by Artificial Intelligence

Global Data Center Market Enters High-Growth Era Driven by Artificial Intelligence

SAN FRANCISCO, March 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Rapid adoption of artificial intelligence workloads, hyperscale infrastructure investments, and distributed computing ecosystems accelerates global demand for advanced data center facilities. The global Data Center Market is experiencing strong growth as organizations expand digital infrastructure to support artificial intelligence workloads, cloud computing platforms, and real-time analytics. According to…

Amdocs Collaborates with Google Cloud to Accelerate AI Adoption and Power the Agentic Telco Contact Center

Amdocs Collaborates with Google Cloud to Accelerate AI Adoption and Power the Agentic Telco Contact Center

The solution combines Google Cloud’s Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience and Amdocs’ Cognitive Core with telco-specific intelligence to deliver an end-to-end, generative Agentic Telco Contact Center JERSEY CITY, NJ / ACCESS Newswire / February 27, 2026 / Amdocs (NASDAQ:DOX), a leading provider of software and services to communications and media companies, today announced a collaboration…

Data Center Demand Shatters Multiple Records in 2025 Amid AI Boom

Data Center Demand Shatters Multiple Records in 2025 Amid AI Boom

Email Sign Up For Our Free Weekly Newsletter North America’s data center market surged to unprecedented levels in 2025, driven by hyperscale cloud operators and AI workloads that pushed absorption and lease rates to historic highs, according to CBRE. Across the eight primary markets, tenants took nearly 2,500 megawatts (MW) of space last year —…

Automation Alley’s Project DIAMOnD Expands Digital Transformation Center Access, Opening Industrial 3D Printing to More Businesses

Automation Alley’s Project DIAMOnD Expands Digital Transformation Center Access, Opening Industrial 3D Printing to More Businesses

New fee-for-service offering provides industrial 3D printing capacity to manufacturers statewide and beyond AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Feb. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Project DIAMOnD, a 3D printing initiative led by Automation Alley, announced today that its Digital Transformation Center (DTC) is now available for print orders from businesses outside of the Project DIAMOnD membership network. This new…