At the 2026 Open Compute Project summit, Meta detailed the networking hardware behind its Muse Wonder and Muse Spark models and its gigawatt-scale Prometheus cluster. Highlights include IcePack and IceCube, its first liquid-cooled network rack, with 102.4T switch blades in Broadcom Tomahawk 6C and NVIDIA Spectrum-6 versions.
Eight years ago, chipmaker Marvell Technology chose to jump ahead to more advanced process nodes. SiliconANGLE reports that the bet has kept the company on a rising path as demand for AI chips grows.
Gary Smith, who has led optical networking firm Ciena since May 2001 and steered it through the telecom crash, told The Wall Street Journal that today's AI build-out is a different kind of cycle.
Investigators told Ars Technica how thieves on highways used GPS spoofing to steal shipments headed for data centers. The losses in data center equipment add up to $100 million.
Modders have lifted a restriction that stops some GeForce RTX cards from using their full AI compute power, doubling theoretical throughput on an RTX 4090. Real-world gains are smaller, and the tweak carries risks.
NextDC, Australia's largest datacentre operator, suffered a setback in its plan to double its M3 site in west Melbourne. Powering the expansion meant replacing timber poles on suburban streets with taller concrete ones for higher-voltage lines, which residents opposed.