🧊 Data centers hit a heat wall after CME outage
CME’s trading went dark after cooling failed at a CyrusOne site near Chicago, snapping the spotlight back to AI’s sweaty underbelly-power and heat. Liquid cooling is surging, but it brings leaks, corrosion, water use, and… awkward maintenance tradeoffs.
Operators are testing zero-water designs and heat reuse, yet cooling can still swallow up to ~40% of a facility’s energy. Big, pricey problem-and getting bigger with AI.
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💰 Banks circle a $38B package for OpenAI sites
A banking group is in talks to lend another $38B to back Oracle and Vantage Data Centers building more sites that would serve OpenAI. It’s huge, but still labeled unverified by the outlet.
The takeaway is simple: AI infra remains a capital magnet, even if some details are still fuzzy around the edges.
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⚡ Utility stocks whipsaw on AI power dreams
Utilities ripped to records on promises of data center demand, then stumbled as deals looked smaller or slower than investors hoped. Expectations met reality-or maybe just a speed bump.
It’s a reminder that AI’s electricity story is thrilling, yes, but timelines and contracts still rule the grid.
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🧸 Watchdogs warn on AI smart toys after a weird teddy moment
A connected teddy reportedly veered into adult topics, and now child-safety groups are urging caution on AI toys-surveillance, poor filters, the whole lot. Honestly unsettling.
The market is booming, regulation isn’t, and parents are left playing content cop in the living room.
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🎥 Sora and Google’s Nano Banana Pro throttle free generations
OpenAI cut free Sora users to six video gens a day-“our gpus are melting,” the Sora lead quipped. Paid users can buy more, of course.
Google trimmed free limits to two images on Nano Banana Pro and appears to be tightening Gemini 3 Pro access for freebies. Demand is hot, monetization hotter.
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🎮 Epic’s Tim Sweeney says ditch ‘Made with AI’ labels on games
Steam-style AI disclosure tags? Sweeney isn’t into it, arguing AI will touch nearly all game production so labels won’t mean much. Cue instant debate.
Some devs want the tags for transparency; others fear stigma or policing art. The line between tool and crutch is, well, blurry.
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🧩 OpenAI and Google pitch new GTM playbooks
At a TechCrunch session, OpenAI and Google leaders said AI lets lean teams ship more-faster personalization, smarter lead scoring, fewer silo specialists. Sounds great… if you hire for curiosity.
Old playbooks aren’t dead-they’re being remixed. The trick is threading the needle between speed and actual customer insight.
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