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Industry Trends — AI, power, and sustainability in the data center

The forces reshaping enterprise infrastructure — AI rack density, grid constraints, vendor licensing shakeups, and the sustainability case for running hardware longer.

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AI Rack Density Is Rewriting Data Center Power and Cooling Math

GPU clusters are pushing racks from 8kW to 60kW and beyond. What that means for the rest of your data center — and why extending the life of your existing infrastructure just became a power strategy.

July 6, 2026
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The VMware/Broadcom Fallout, Two Years On: What Perpetual License Holders Can Still Do

Subscription-only licensing, bundle-based pricing, and audit letters — how the Broadcom era has reshaped VMware economics, and why third-party support has become the pressure-release valve.

June 18, 2026
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