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How Kubernetes Teams Can Gain Secure Visibility into GPU Metrics Without Exposing Tenant Data

Two Adobe engineers present an open-source architecture that gives every team in a multi-tenant Kubernetes cluster self-service, isolated access to its metrics, while reducing stored series volume by approximately 97% in the typical case. The approach relies on Prometheus, kube-rbac-proxy, prom-label-proxy, and custom Kubernetes resources rather than creating a new monitoring platform.

2026-09-09

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

Google to Invest €13 Billion in AI Infrastructure in Finland

Google announced an investment of €13 billion in Finland over the next two years to expand digital infrastructure, clean energy projects, and local partnerships, marking the company’s largest single investment in Europe. The company says the construction phase will support more than 37,000 jobs, alongside training programs and energy and community projects.

2026-09-09

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

Partnership in Egypt to Establish a Data Center with a Target Capacity of 200 Megawatts and Investments of Up to $1 Billion

Vodafone Business, Elsewedy Electric and Cassava Technologies announced the establishment of Africa Data Centres Egypt, with an initial capacity of 20 megawatts expandable to 200 megawatts and targeted total investments of up to $1 billion. The partnership also includes establishing Egypt’s first sovereign artificial intelligence data center and making GPU-as-a-Service available locally.

2026-09-08

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

Report: 1.75 Million Cloud-Native Developers in China as AI Moves to Production Inference

A joint report by CNCF and SlashData found that China has approximately 1.75 million cloud-native developers, including 400,000 AI developers, with Chinese IIoT developers outpacing the global average in adoption. The report links the maturity of AI workloads to growing reliance on Kubernetes, service meshes, and multicluster management.

2026-09-07

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

AWS Showcases Claude Fable 5.1, Amazon Linux 2027, and Updates to Cloud Infrastructure and Certifications

AWS showcased a group of announcements that included the availability of Claude Fable 5.1, the public preview of Amazon Linux 2027, enhancements to EC2, Lambda, and Redshift, and the launch of the beta version of the AWS Certified AI Business Strategist certification.

2026-09-07

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

AI Makes Kubernetes Complex Again Despite the Platform’s Maturity

Andy Suderman argues that the spread of AI workloads makes Kubernetes seem new and intimidating again—not because creating a cluster is difficult, but because managing GPUs, scaling, and security in production environments is challenging. The article concludes that the real challenge is operating and owning the platform, not launching it for the first time.

2026-09-04

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

AI Funding Leads the Biggest Startup Rounds This Week

Crusoe raised $3 billion and Fluidstack $1.5 billion, putting the two AI infrastructure companies at the top of the 10 largest announced funding rounds for U.S. companies between August 29 and September 4, 2026. The list also included companies in cybersecurity, robotics, payments and healthcare.

2026-09-04

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

Electricity May Determine the Destination of $31.6 Trillion in Data Center Investments

PwC expects global data center investments to reach $31.6 trillion between 2026 and 2050, driven by demand for artificial intelligence. The report indicates that the availability of reliable, low-carbon electricity and the transmission networks needed to deliver it could become the decisive factor in determining where these investments are located.

2026-09-03

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

How to Migrate a Kubernetes Service from the default Namespace Without Downtime

George Sims presents a practical approach for moving a sensitive authentication service from the default namespace to a new namespace without immediately coordinating with all consumers or causing downtime. The approach relies on ExternalName to redirect internal connections and on a temporary overlap window to address Ingress rule conflicts.

2026-09-03

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

Reliance Jio Opens JioPC to All Internet Users in India to Extend the Life of Old Computers

Reliance Jio has expanded its JioPC service to make it available through a standalone subscription to any internet user in India, streaming a virtual computer from the cloud to an existing computer. Prices start at about $11 for two months, but the service remains dependent on a stable internet connection and does not disclose whether dedicated AI accelerators are present.

2026-09-02

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

Platform Engineering Maturity Is Not Measured by Its Existence but by the Degree of Self-Service It Provides

Atulpriya Sharma of CNCF explains why many organizations stop at the standardized-tools stage despite having a developer portal and ready-made paths. He proposes assessing platform interface maturity across four stages, from custom procedures to integrated services that disappear into development tools.

2026-09-01

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

Cloudflare Tests Cache Content Compression to Expand Effective Capacity Using Zstandard and Pingora

Cloudflare tested a prototype that compresses compressible text files inside the cache using Zstandard, reducing the size of eligible assets to about one-third in tests. The trade-off is limited additional CPU consumption, with promised savings in storage capacity at the petabyte scale and reduced data transfer between data centers.

2026-09-01

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

From Metrics to Understanding Failures: How Observability Is Built in Kubernetes

A CNCF article explains that Kubernetes monitoring should not stop at dashboards and alerts; it should connect metrics with logs, traces, and profiling data to understand the cause and path of a failure. It presents a set of practical practices for improving signal quality, reducing alert noise, and accelerating incident investigation.

2026-08-31

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

Humain and DataVolt Begin Developing a 100-Megawatt AI Data Center in Oxagon

Humain and DataVolt have begun construction of an AI-ready data center in Oxagon, NEOM, with the first 100 megawatts expected to enter service during 2028. The project represents the first phase of a planned complex with total capacity of up to 1.5 gigawatts.

2026-08-31

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

Microsoft to Make the Saudi Arabia East Cloud Region Available in November 2026

Microsoft intends to make the Saudi Arabia East data center region available to customers in Saudi Arabia starting in November 2026, with three availability zones to support the hosting of eligible workloads locally. The company links the move to the expanding use of cloud computing and artificial intelligence, alongside programs to develop skills and build a local technology ecosystem.

2026-08-31

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

AWS Prepares to Launch Its First Cloud Region in Saudi Arabia by December 2026

AWS announced that its first cloud infrastructure region in Saudi Arabia is on schedule for launch in December 2026, with a planned investment exceeding $5.3 billion. In cooperation with HUMAIN, the company will also provide up to 50 megawatts of computing capacity in the Kingdom’s first artificial intelligence region by 2028.

2026-08-31

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

AWS Plans to Acquire DuckLabs and Announces Updates to ECS, Lambda, and SageMaker

AWS has entered a definitive agreement to acquire DuckLabs, the Dutch company behind the open-source DuckDB analytical database, while committing to keep the project under its independent foundation and MIT license. The report also reviews updates to ECS, Lambda, IoT Core, GameLift, and SageMaker HyperPod, along with the open Agentic Resource Discovery specification.

2026-08-31

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

AWS Launches EC2 R9g and R9gd Instances with Graviton5 Processors for General Availability

AWS announced the general availability of Amazon EC2 R9g and R9gd instances, delivering up to a 25% increase in compute performance per vCPU compared with R8g instances powered by Graviton4 processors. The two offerings target databases, caches, and real-time analytics, with R9gd adding local NVMe storage.

2026-08-31