Modern Data & Knowledge Platforms: The Foundation Every AI Strategy Actually Runs On: SD Times 100

Part of the SD Times 100 2026 series. See the full SD Times 100 2026 list for every category and honoree. Every conversation ...
Barron's

Inflation Report: Core Index Decelerates for the First Since April

The Bureau of Economic Analysis released its personal consumption expenditures price index data for September earlier today. Here is the report, at a glance: Core YoY: 2.8% increase, in line with ...
Fox Business

SpaceX makes historic debut; Musk solidifies status as world’s first trillionaire

Elon Musk's SpaceX began trading at $150 a share on Friday, above its listing price of $135 a share, making him the world's first-ever trillionaire following the IPO. The rocket and satellite company ...
Wired

China Opens World’s First Wind-Powered Underwater Data Center

China has become the first country in the world to operate an underwater data center, or UDC, powered by wind. Located off the coast of Shanghai, the complex represents a significant advance in the ...
Wall Street Journal

Google’s Unique Approach to Getting Data Centers Built

This is an edition of the WSJ Technology newsletter, a weekly digest of tech columns, big stories and personal tech advice. If you’re not subscribed, sign up here. Google is spending big on data ...
CNN

Elon Musk just became the world’s first trillionaire. But how much money is $1 trillion?

Elon Musk just became the world’s first trillionaire after SpaceX, his rocket and AI company, went public on Friday. It’s a staggering amount of wealth never seen before in the history of human ...
Wired

Jeff Bezos Is Funding a Wild Hunt for the Brain’s ‘Core Algorithm’

Rob Williams knows how to pitch Jeff Bezos: You write a press release as if your product has already been built. Bezos reads it and gives a thumbs up or down. Williams went through this process a lot ...
Bloomberg L.P.

US Construction Spending on Data Centers Eclipses $50 Billion

Spending on data-center construction in the US eclipsed $50 billion in April for the first time, according to Census Bureau figures published Monday. Data centers now account for 2.3% of all US ...
New Atlas

World's first underwater data center powered by wind is now online

Just over seven months from completing phase one of this mega-project, Chinese engineers have finished the build and switched on the world's first underwater data center (UDC) powered by offshore wind ...
CNBC

Core inflation hit an annual rate of 3.3% in April, as expected, Fed’s preferred gauge shows

Core PCE prices in April rose 0.2% for the month and 3.3% for the year, against estimates of 0.3% and 3.3%, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. While the annual rates were in line with ...
NBC Washington

Data center impasse could lead to Virginia's first-ever partial state government shutdown

Virginia's Democratic majority is at a state budget impasse, and if a deal isn't struck by the end of June, the commonwealth could see its first-ever partial state government shutdown. "Virginia will ...
News 8000

Holmen grabs sole possession of first place in MVC title race with 7-3 victory

A four-run road win for the Vikings over Central plus a Tomah victory over Aquinas has put the Vikings in the driver's seat for a conference crown. The visitors scratched across a run in the first ...