Automattic and WP Engine have reignited one of the WordPress ecosystem’s most divisive debates as their long-running feud takes another turn. They first clashed over trademarks and community values, but the dispute has now escalated into a bitter legal battle that could redefine how the platform manages its identity. Read all
Crusoe raised $1.4 billion in fresh funding led by Mubadala Capital and Valor Equity Partners, pushing the data center developer’s valuation to $10 billion, according to the Financial Times. CEO Chase Lochmiller said demand for compute infrastructure is growing faster than ever. The company is expanding aggressively, building massive campuses in Texas, Wyoming, and Alberta as its development pipeline climbs to 45GW. Read all
SAP’s cloud revenue rose 22% in Q3 2025, marking its fifth straight quarter of double-digit growth despite global trade uncertainty. Total revenue reached $10.5 billion, up 7% year over year. CEO Christian Klein said SAP’s next growth phase will lean on AI-driven tools like its developing “AI assistants,” designed to optimize supply chains and operations. The company’s cloud backlog also climbed 23%, reaching an estimated $21.8 billion. Read all
NairaHost, one of the fast-rising web hosting companies in Nigeria, has decided to a bold step to deepen Africa’s digital skills supply chain via its new Digital Education and Cloud Innovation Program. Read all
IBM’s third-quarter revenue rose 9% to $16.3 billion, beating forecasts and driven by a surge in AI-related demand that pushed its AI business to $9.5 billion. Yet, investor sentiment cooled as growth in its Red Hat cloud unit eased to 14% from 16%. Mainframe sales soared 61%, lifting infrastructure revenue, but slowing software momentum sent IBM shares sliding nearly 7% in pre-market trading. Read all
Alphabet’s Google will provide Anthropic with up to one million of its custom-built AI chips in a groundbreaking agreement that could significantly change the competitive landscape of AI infrastructure. The multibillion-dollar deal enormously deepens Anthropic’s compute capacity and, at the same time, makes its relationship with one of its biggest investors and technology partners even more cozier. Read all
Microsoft’s October 2025 Windows update has left users frustrated after intentionally breaking smart card authentication in a security overhaul tied to CVE-2024-30098. The change forces RSA certificates to rely on Key Storage Providers instead of the older CSP method, causing failures in apps that depend on certificate logins. A registry tweak offers temporary relief—but only until April 2026, when Microsoft plans to remove the workaround entirely. Read all
HostArmada has rolled out its new Self-Managed VPS Hosting lineup, targeting developers and system admins who prefer full control over their hosting environments. Built on enterprise-grade KVM infrastructure, the plans start at $3.69 per month and scale up to eight CPU cores. The launch also restructures HostArmada’s portfolio, separating managed Cloud Servers from its new unmanaged VPS tier — a move aimed at giving users clearer options and flexibility. Read all
Crusoe, a company recognized for merging high-performance computing with sustainable energy, has taken an extraordinary step toward redefining the future of cloud infrastructure. In a partnership with Starcloud, the first company developing AI data centers in orbit, Crusoe plans to become the first public cloud provider to operate workloads in space. Read all
Vertiv’s stock hit an all-time high after posting a 29% year-over-year revenue jump to $2.6 billion in Q3 2025. Fueled by booming data center demand, organic orders surged 60%, pushing the backlog to $9.5 billion. Operating profit climbed 39% to $517 million. While Americas and APAC led growth, Vertiv is reshaping its EMEA operations ahead of a leadership shift as Paul Ryan prepares to replace Karsten Winther in 2026. Read all
DynamoDB performance issues during AWS’s most recent outage disrupted the online platforms used by several high-profile entities, developers, and end-users. The company later declared that the problem was due to changes in their internal operations, thus, it was a very complex situation to maintain uptime at such a large scale. The timing, however, couldn’t have been more striking: the rollout came just days after a widespread AWS outage disrupted millions of customers worldwide. Read all
Alibaba Cloud introduced Aegaeon, a new GPU pooling system built with Peking University to transform AI workload management. The system scales models dynamically at the token level, running up to seven models on a single GPU. In testing, the team cut GPU usage from 1,192 to 213—an 82% drop. By tackling idle capacity from rarely used models, Aegaeon aims to make large-scale AI deployment far more efficient. Read all
OpenAI will build a massive Stargate data center cluster in Port Washington, Wisconsin, expanding its U.S. infrastructure for AI development. Partnering with Oracle and Vantage Data Centers, the company plans to power nearly a gigawatt of capacity while creating over 4,000 construction jobs. Scheduled for completion in 2028, the Lighthouse project integrates renewable energy and biodiversity efforts to support sustainable, large-scale computing growth. Read all
