#Infrastructure

Can AI Save Rural Economies? Rayville's Bet on Tech

Tech giants are eyeing rural areas for AI data centers, and Rayville, Louisiana, is a focal point. The town faces economic challenges, with Meta planning a massive AI hub, sparking both hope and concern among residents.

Pinterest Bets $4B on AWS for AI

Pinterest inks a $4 billion, multi-year deal with AWS to power its AI-driven visual discovery features for over 600 million users.

Companies Rethink AI Spending Amidst Soaring Costs

Major companies are reconsidering AI costs as infrastructure demands soar. Gautam Mukunda discusses the parallels with past tech booms and the importance of physical infrastructure.

Cisco Rides AI Boom as Stock Surges Higher

Cisco's President and Chief Product Officer, Jeetu Patel, discusses how the company is leveraging the AI boom, with its stock surging due to increased demand for advanced networking solutions.

Kevin O'Leary Addresses Utah Data Center Backlash

Kevin O'Leary addresses backlash over a massive Utah data center, refuting claims of excessive water use and highlighting job creation and clean energy plans.

Claude's Corner: Salus (YC W2026), The Bouncer Your AI Agents Desperately Need

AI agents are confidently doing the wrong thing at scale. Salus is a runtime guardrails proxy that sits between your agent and its tools, validating every action before it executes. Here's what they built, how it works, and whether you could clone it.

LinkedIn's Generative Recommender Speed-Up

LinkedIn engineers drastically improved Generative Recommender training efficiency, cutting GPU hours by up to 65% through system-level optimizations.

AWS Uses Graph Theory for Data Centers

AWS is applying random graph theory to design more efficient and resilient data center networks, aiming to optimize performance and scale.

Palantir Co-Founder on AI Data Centers & Future Tech

Palantir Co-Founder discusses the massive infrastructure needs for AI, the race for technological dominance, and the symbiotic future of humans and AI.

Data Centers Accelerate in 2026

Data centers are accelerating in 2026, driven by AI and edge demand. Key trends include faster construction, new power and cooling tech, and quantum readiness.

Cloud Commitments: The 5 Critical Layers

A layered, analytical approach to hyperscale cloud commitments is essential for engineering success and cost efficiency.

REPS raises $23.6M for road energy tech

Austrian startup REPS raises $23.6M to turn vehicle traffic on roads into clean electricity using its patented Road Energy Production System.

LinkedIn Overhauls Log Storage

LinkedIn replaces its Kafka log storage with Northguard and Xinfra for improved scalability and operability to handle over 1.2 billion members.

LinkedIn Sales Navigator Search Speed Boost

LinkedIn engineers drastically cut Sales Navigator's search data processing time by optimizing its Spark pipeline, enabling faster results for users.

Jake Cooper on Railway's "Agent-Native Cloud"

Jake Cooper of Railway discusses the "agent-native cloud," focusing on efficient infrastructure, scalable systems, and the future of AI development.

Stitch Secures $25 Million Series A Led by Andreessen Horowitz

Saudi-Arabia-based fintech Stitch has raised $25 million in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz, the firm's first investment in the Gulf Cooperation Council, with Arbor Ventures, COTU Ventures, Raed Ventures, and SVC participating. The round brings Stitch's total funding to $35 million.

NVIDIA Touts Codex GPT-5.5 Gains

NVIDIA is integrating OpenAI's Codex, powered by GPT-5.5 and running on its own hardware, to accelerate complex engineering and research tasks.

Jassy: Amazon's AI Bets Require Big Infrastructure

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy explains the company's large-scale AI infrastructure investments as a necessary bet on transformative technology, citing AWS's historical success.

CPUs Stage AI Comeback

CPUs like AWS Graviton are becoming critical for agentic AI, which requires continuous processing and real-time decision-making.

Shared GPUs, Zero Conflict

Together AI's multi-tenant GPU clusters offer a path to cost-effective, scalable AI compute without sacrificing team isolation.

AI Agents: The Next Application Layer?

Vercel CTO Malte Ubl discusses the rise of AI agents as the next application layer, exploring their impact on software development, infrastructure, and the future of AI innovation.

GitHub's eBPF Safety Net

GitHub uses eBPF to create a safety net, preventing deployment scripts from creating critical circular dependencies and ensuring system stability.

Cloud Databases: The New Infrastructure

Cloud-based database management systems offer scalability and efficiency by leveraging cloud infrastructure, but require careful consideration of costs and vendor lock-in.

Rep. Subramanyam on AI Data Centers and Power

Rep. Suhas Subramanyam discusses the challenges of AI data center expansion, advocating for distributed development and greater corporate responsibility for energy infrastructure.

Palantir CTO on AI in Warfare, Boring Co. Tunnels

Bloomberg Money Minute reports on Palantir CTO's views on AI in war, Boring Company's tunnel wins, FCC router ban, and McDonald's Netflix K-Pop meals.

AI Coding Benchmark Scores Skewed by Infrastructure

Infrastructure configuration, not just AI model prowess, can significantly skew benchmark results, complicating deployment decisions.

Softbank's AI Data Center Plans in Ohio

Softbank is planning a record-breaking AI data center in Ohio, to be powered by natural gas, signaling a major investment in US artificial intelligence capacity.

Meta's $27B AI Infrastructure Push

Ed Ludlow of Bloomberg Tech reports on Meta's significant $27 billion investment in AI infrastructure, highlighting the company's diversified strategy of purchasing chips and developing custom AI hardware.

AI Search & The Future of Databases

Simon Eskildsen of TurboPuffer discusses the critical role of databases in AI search, the rise of vector databases, and the challenges of scaling data infrastructure.

a16z backs Unlimited Industries funding to build AI construction

AI's Hidden Bottleneck: The Industrial Giants Powering Data Centers

AI Power Demand Challenges U.S. Infrastructure

Nvidia\'s $100 billion investment in AI and OpenAI, particularly for data center construction, raises a critical question: can the U.S.

AI’s Insatiable Appetite: A 10 Gigawatt Challenge

AI Power Demand Challenges U.S. Infrastructure

Nvidia\'s $100 billion investment in AI and OpenAI, particularly for data center construction, raises a critical question: can the U.S.

Sovereign AI: The Next Frontier in Infrastructure 

Powering the AI Revolution: Rick Perry on Nuclear Energy's Indispensable Role

Nano Nuclear, a company Perry is closely associated with, stands at the forefront of this energy paradigm shift, developing portable nuclear microreactors.

Eutelsat Secures €1.35 Billion in Funding

The round was led by the French government, which contributed €717 million.

Eutelsat Secures €1.35 Billion in Funding

Eutelsat SA, a French satellite operator providing satellite-based communication services, announced a €1.35 billion funding round.