Cloud computing, data centers, and infrastructure developments
ESTROLABS launches as a self-funded bare metal technology lab focused on rebuilding computing stacks from scratch. The venture rejects cloud infrastructure, traditional open source licensing, and third-party integrations - betting that modern layered architectures are fundamentally fragile.
TikTok restored service February 1 after a seven-day outage triggered by a winter storm at an Oracle data center. The incident affected 220 million U.S. users and generated 585,000 outage reports, highlighting single-vendor infrastructure risks during the platform's ownership transition.
NBCUniversal is streaming every 2026 Winter Olympics event exclusively through Peacock Premium ($11/month, $18 ad-free), marking the network's most aggressive streaming push yet. While select events air on NBC, CNBC, and USA Network, cord-cutters need a subscription. The strategy doubles as a test of NBCUniversal's connected TV infrastructure during a major live event.
Oracle is raising up to $50B in 2026 through a mix of debt and equity to expand OCI data centers, banking on contracts with Meta, OpenAI, NVIDIA, and xAI. The move signals hyperscaler demand is outpacing existing cloud capacity - and that Oracle sees an opening against AWS and Azure in AI infrastructure.
ESTROLABS launches as a self-funded bare metal technology lab focused on rebuilding computing stacks from scratch. The venture rejects cloud infrastructure, traditional open source licensing, and third-party integrations - betting that modern layered architectures are fundamentally fragile.
TikTok restored service February 1 after a seven-day outage triggered by a winter storm at an Oracle data center. The incident affected 220 million U.S. users and generated 585,000 outage reports, highlighting single-vendor infrastructure risks during the platform's ownership transition.
NBCUniversal is streaming every 2026 Winter Olympics event exclusively through Peacock Premium ($11/month, $18 ad-free), marking the network's most aggressive streaming push yet. While select events air on NBC, CNBC, and USA Network, cord-cutters need a subscription. The strategy doubles as a test of NBCUniversal's connected TV infrastructure during a major live event.
Oracle is raising up to $50B in 2026 through a mix of debt and equity to expand OCI data centers, banking on contracts with Meta, OpenAI, NVIDIA, and xAI. The move signals hyperscaler demand is outpacing existing cloud capacity - and that Oracle sees an opening against AWS and Azure in AI infrastructure.
TikTok's 220 million U.S. users lost service for a week after a snowstorm knocked out Oracle-operated data centers. The timing - during TikTok's handover to new U.S. owners - raises questions about infrastructure resilience and single points of failure at scale.
A consortium led by KKR is in advanced talks to acquire a majority stake in ST Telemedia Global Data Centres, valuing the Singapore operator at over US$10 billion including debt. The deal, which would include Singtel, GIC, and Mubadala as minority investors, reflects the AI-driven surge in Asia-Pacific data center demand.
A developer built Drinky, a personal water intake tracker, using Cloudflare's serverless stack and grammY framework. The project demonstrates practical state management with Durable Objects - though enterprise teams should note the free tier masks real costs at scale.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's 2026 budget includes zero taxes until 2047 for foreign cloud providers using Indian infrastructure to serve non-Indian customers. The catch: services must route through local resellers, and domestic sales are excluded entirely.
Oracle announced plans to raise $45-50 billion in 2026 to expand OCI capacity, splitting the raise evenly between debt and equity. The move comes as Big Red chases a $455 billion cloud services backlog, but investors are questioning the risk profile - especially after bondholder lawsuits and a 50% stock decline since September.
A technician's metal wedding ring accidentally shorted a server during maintenance, triggering a temporary outage. The incident resolved after a power cycle, but highlights why enterprise datacenters enforce jewelry-free policies and anti-static protocols.
macOS 26 Tahoe's Neural Engine validation failure is bricking M3 Ultra Mac Studios mid-upgrade. One user recovered a $3,700 machine via DFU restore, but the issue remains unpatched. If you're running M3 Ultra hardware, stay on macOS 15.7.