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Google to spend $40B on data center infrastructure in Texas

Maria Deutscher — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 00:39:54 +0000

Google LLC today announced plans to spend $40 billion through 2027 on a network of data centers in Texas. The company will build three new facilities as part of the project. One will be located in Armstrong County, the other two in Haskell County. The latter locale is about an hour’s drive from the city […]

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All aboard: Top US regulators sound more bullish than ever about moving ahead with crypto initiatives

Mark Albertson — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 23:58:35 +0000

The heads of several powerful financial regulators in the U.S. signaled this week that they were getting on board the fast-moving digital currency train. Paul Atkins, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, said his agency is working on a framework for allowing the offer of crypto assets tied to investment contracts. Speaking at the […]

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From credit ratings to AI in the cloud: Experian’s quiet reinvention

Paul Gillin — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 23:29:39 +0000

It began as a note stuck to the wall during a 2018 brainstorming session at Experian plc’s consumer business unit. The two-word idea — “score boost” — was one of a hundred that came up that day, but it was the one that helped save the company’s $2 billion consumer services business. Experian’s consumer division […]

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Co-designed data centers take shape as Vertiv joins Nvidia’s future roadmap

Devony Hof — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 23:10:00 +0000

Nvidia Corp.’s vision for the future of data centers is co-designed infrastructure, based on its network of partnerships. Vertiv Group Corp., which specializes in physical infrastructure and thermal management for data centers, is one of those partners. The company recently announced new reference architectures for Nvidia’s Omniverse, a 3D graphics collaboration platform. “Omniverse is extremely […]

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Actionizing the AI factory: Dell and H2O.ai chart the enterprise playbook for specialized agents

Victor Dabrinze — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 22:50:22 +0000

The AI revolution is entering a new phase — one defined not by hype cycles or abstract promises, but by practical deployments, measurable ROI and a rapidly maturing agentic layer. AI factories — purpose-built systems capable of massive token generation — are becoming a foundational pillar for modern enterprises. This shift is being driven by […]

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Increased testing of models and agentic AI leads Dynatrace to reshape observability in the enterprise

Mark Albertson — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 22:30:21 +0000

Dynatrace Inc. built its place in the technology world by providing observability and security for traditional workloads. That mission has now come to include support for artificial intelligence workloads with AI-powered observability, which has given the company a prime position from which to observe the latest trends. “We see a change in how people are building […]

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OpenShift adoption drives faster delivery, stronger compliance at Banco do Brasil

Mark Albertson — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 22:10:45 +0000

As Latin America’s largest bank, Banco do Brasil was looking to reduce overhead while expanding its hybrid cloud strategy. It turned to Red Hat Inc.’s OpenShift to triple the number of managed applications. The platform also helped the bank meet regulatory compliance without increasing staff, according to Gustavo Fiuza (pictured, center), DevOps engineer at Banco […]

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Dell–Intel collaboration advances energy-savvy private cloud infrastructure for AI workloads

Devony Hof — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 21:51:26 +0000

In an industry driven by artificial intelligence, Dell Technologies Inc. and Intel Corp. are prioritizing private cloud and power-efficient workloads. The unpredictable costs and storage requirements of AI have thrown many companies for a loop. An estimated 70% report backing up less than half of AI-generated data, according to theCUBE Research, while 80% of enterprise […]

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AI infrastructure startup Firmus raises $327M to build data centers in Australia

Maria Deutscher — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 21:01:29 +0000

Firmus Technologies Pty Ltd., a startup that plans to build a network of artificial intelligence centers in Australia, has raised $327 million from investors. The company announced the funding round today. Reuters reported that the investment included contributions from Nvidia Corp. and Sydney-based fund Ellerston Capital. Firmus is now valued at $3.9 billion. The cash […]

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On-prem gen AI gains momentum as enterprises shift from POC to production

Brian Njuguna — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 19:25:21 +0000

Organizations are rethinking their AI strategies as the limits of cloud-only approaches come into focus. On-prem gen AI is emerging as a pragmatic counterweight — delivering advanced models with the control, security and high-performance computing needed for production-grade work, all without relying on external cloud dependencies. Dell is leaning into that shift. Its AI Factory […]

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Dell facilitates rise of AI-driven, accelerated computing

Devony Hof — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 19:16:57 +0000

Enterprise technology is experiencing a “Cambrian explosion” of infrastructure, spurred by the growth of artificial intelligence. The need for on-premises and hybrid solutions for AI has made infrastructure cool again, according to Kyle Leciejewski (pictured), senior vice president of North America sales and customer operations at Dell Technologies Inc. Dell is taking advantage of the […]

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How QAD Redzone puts frontline workers at the center of manufacturing change

Ryan Stevens — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 18:20:19 +0000

For decades, manufacturing leaders have pushed continuous improvement programs — with mixed results. As it turns out, the key to a successful digital manufacturing transformation may not be the technology itself, but how it empowers frontline workers. This shift from top-down mandates to a “connected workforce” is changing how industry giants like The Hershey Company […]

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The new AI stack: How Fabrix.ai aims to tame enterprise complexity

Ryan Stevens — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 18:00:33 +0000

No single company can operationalize artificial intelligence alone. It takes a collaborative agentic AI ecosystem to integrate networking, observability and governance to bring enterprise-grade AI to life. Yet most organizations are still juggling siloed tools, ad hoc pilots and mounting risk. Therefore, a deep, cross-platform integration should be designed to accelerate adoption and provide credibility […]

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GKE hackathon’s first-time winner cooks up a novel application using agentic AI

Mark Albertson — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 17:50:20 +0000

It was Amie Wei’s first hackathon, and she thought her idea to build a “cart to kitchen” AI shopping assistant would at least help her decide what to make for her parents when they came to visit, regardless of whether she won or not. The intelligent helper that Wei (pictured, center) built was part of […]

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Amazingly, AI companies are still short of data centers — but not money to build them

Robert Hof — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 16:59:33 +0000

Data centers must be the most boring buildings in the world to look at, but it’s hard to keep our eyes off them these days. Anthropic said this week it’s going to spend $50 billion on data centers just in the U.S. Meta just did a $3 billion deal with Nebius — and the only […]

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Exowatt has a rock-solid plan to provide cheap, abundant energy for AI data centers

Mike Wheatley — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 02:32:44 +0000

Exowatt Inc., a solar-thermal energy startup backed by OpenAI Group PBC Chief Executive Sam Altman and other high-profile investors, wants to solve the artificial intelligence energy crisis with millions of hot rocks. To do that, it has raised millions of dollars – $50 million in fact, led by MVP Ventures and 8090 Industries. Today’s round […]

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Google DeepMind’s SIMA 2 agent learns to think and act inside virtual worlds

Mike Wheatley — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 01:25:39 +0000

Google LLC’s artificial intelligence research lab DeepMind has introduced a new, video game-playing agent called SIMA 2 that can navigate through 3D virtual worlds it has never encountered before and solve all kinds of problems. It’s a key step toward the creation of general-purpose agents that will ultimately power real-world robots, the research outfit said. Announced […]

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Quantum software startup Classiq raises new funding from AMD, Qualcomm

Maria Deutscher — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:22:24 +0000

Classiq Technologies Ltd., a maker of quantum software development tools, today announced that it has raised “tens of millions of dollars” in new funding. The capital was provided as an extension to a Series C round the company first closed in May. The initial $110 million funding tranche marked the largest-ever raise for a quantum […]

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TrojAI launches Defend for MCP to secure agentic AI workflows

Duncan Riley — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 23:36:51 +0000

Artificial intelligence security platform company TrojAI Inc. today announced the launch of TrojAI Defend for MCP, a new AI runtime defense solution for agentic AI workflows. TrojAI Defend for MCP has been built to monitor traffic to and from Model Context Protocol servers to provide unified visibility, policy analysis and runtime enforcement across agents and […]

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Applied Materials beats forecasts and predicts higher AI chip demand in 2026, but stock falls anyway

Mike Wheatley — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 23:32:10 +0000

Semiconductor industry giant Applied Materials Inc. beat expectations for its latest financial results and forecast higher sales in the coming year thanks to artificial intelligence demand, but its stock moved lower in late trading. The company reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings before certain costs such as stock compensation of $2.17 per share, easily clearing Wall Street’s target […]

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Google expands its security ecosystem with new Unified Security Recommended program

Duncan Riley — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 23:11:33 +0000

Google Cloud today announced the launch of Google Unified Security Recommended, a new program designed to consolidate its expanding security ecosystem and provide enterprises with validated, interoperable partner solutions that work with Google’s identity, threat detection and cloud security platforms. The program launches with three inaugural partners — CrowdStrike Holdings Inc., Fortinet Inc. and Wiz […]

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Anthropic reveals first reported ‘AI-orchestrated cyber espionage’ campaign using Claude

Duncan Riley — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 22:51:04 +0000

Artificial intelligence company Anthropic PBC today provided details of what it says is the first reported “AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign.” The campaign involved alleged Chinese state-sponsored hackers using Anthropic’s Claude model to automate major portions of a cyber espionage campaign targeting dozens of global organizations. The company says the attackers orchestrated reconnaissance, exploit development and data […]

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Nvidia, Google back $2.3B round for AI code editor startup Cursor

Maria Deutscher — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 22:51:03 +0000

Cursor, the developer of a widely used artificial intelligence code editor, has closed a $2.3 billion later-stage investment at a $29.3 billion valuation. Accel and Coatue led the Series D round. They were joined by Google LLC, Nvidia Corp., Thrive, Andreessen Horowitz and DST. Cursor disclosed in its funding announcement today that its annualized revenue […]

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AI is becoming a critical force multiplier for human capability in manufacturing

Emile Louw — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 21:40:51 +0000

With tightening labor markets and ongoing supply chain volatility, manufacturers are adopting artificial intelligence to enhance the capacity of their existing workforce rather than reduce headcount. The new standard for AI in manufacturing is clear: automate routine tasks, elevate human judgment and redesign systems to support decision-making instead of data entry. In this vision for […]

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Salesforce acquires AI search startup Doti

Maria Deutscher — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 20:52:01 +0000

Salesforce Inc. today announced plans to acquire Doti Ltd., a startup with an artificial intelligence search platform for enterprises. CTech estimated the value of the deal for Israel-based Doti at $100 million, but Salesforce declined to provide information on how much the acquisition was for. The company previously raised $7 million in funding. Doti provides an […]

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Representation takes center stage as Merge Forward amplifies underrepresented voices in open-source communities

Victoria Gayton — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 20:43:50 +0000

Open-source communities have spent years building powerful technology platforms, but tech community accessibility extends far beyond code. Creating truly inclusive spaces means addressing the full spectrum of human experience — from neurodiversity to communication needs — and ensuring that underrepresented voices shape the solutions designed to support them. Merge Forward, a new coalition launched two […]

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As generative AI accelerates, Google tightens Kubernetes guardrails with Agent Sandbox

Devony Hof — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 20:00:55 +0000

Generative artificial intelligence is accelerating fast enough to demand real guardrails — not just philosophical ones, but practical controls that keep autonomous systems from overrunning the very infrastructure they’re meant to support. That urgency is pushing Google LLC to rethink how agents interact with Kubernetes clusters, not as free-roaming copilots but as tightly scoped operators […]

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AI-driven operations take center stage as enterprises shift to proactive intelligence

Ryan Stevens — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 19:40:54 +0000

Organizations are shifting from reactive workflows to using artificial intelligence proactively. That means that as AI-driven operations become part of daily work, it’s reshaping the very core of decision-making. In this new environment, full-stack agentic platforms have emerged with the goal to achieve better business outcomes — be that more consistent, more measurable or more […]

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Why AI pilots fail — and how agentic operations aim to bridge the enterprise gap

Ryan Stevens — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 19:20:53 +0000

Many companies are still struggling to turn artificial intelligence pilots into real results, largely because scaling AI and moving toward agentic AI operations depends on solid foundations. At the same time, AI is following a familiar path seen in past tech waves, with early experimentation happening now, and broader impact as the right use cases […]

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Agentic AI hits the factory floor: theCUBE’s QAD Champions of Manufacturing keynote analysis

Emile Louw — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 19:00:27 +0000

If artificial intelligence has ever felt abstract, its latest proving ground is anything but conceptual. AI-powered factory operations has emerged as more than just a tool – it signals a structural shift in how manufacturers create value. The industry is at an inflection point as digital labor, agentic systems and adaptive architectures converge to break […]

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