Data Center

The end of predictable storage economics and what that means for infrastructure planning

The days of cheap, predictable SSD prices are over thanks to AI demand. To save your budget, you’ll need to mix fast flash with reliable hard drives again.

By Ken Claffey

Apr 3, 20264 mins

Data CenterEnterprise StorageFlash Storage

IBM, Arm team up to bring Arm software to IBM Z mainframes

By Gyana Swain

Apr 2, 20265 mins

Data CenterIBMServers

Sam Altman is right about the ‘fake’ AI water usage claims — but CIOs still have a massive sustainability problem

By Chitra Sundaram

Mar 31, 20267 mins

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AISustainable IT

Amazon waives entire month's AWS charges after Iranian drone attack

By John E. Dunn

Mar 30, 20264 mins

Amazon Web ServicesCloud ComputingIaaS

The data center is becoming a security enforcement layer

By Joan Goodchild

Mar 30, 20268 mins

Data CenterData and Information SecuritySecurity

Why is infrastructure strategy becoming the ultimate enterprise intelligence decision?

By Rajjie Sarmey

Mar 26, 20269 mins

Data Center DesignData Center ManagementDigital Transformation

Articles

IBM proposes unified architecture for hybrid quantum-classical computing

The new architecture shows how quantum processors could work alongside classical HPC, creating hybrid environments to tackle scientific problems neither can solve alone.

By Taryn Plumb

Mar 12, 2026 6 mins

High-Performance ComputingIBMQuantum Computing

Why the modern data center is no longer a facility — it’s a control system

Data centers aren't just buildings anymore; they are complex systems that need constant, real-time steering to keep AI and cloud apps from drifting off course.

By Varun Raj

Mar 9, 2026 9 mins

Data CenterData Center DesignData Center Management

Data center new builds diminish even as demand rises

A CBRE report reveals that delays in obtaining permits, zoning approvals, and power are putting a major dent in overall new construction activity across NA.

By Paul Barker

Mar 5, 2026 7 mins

Artificial IntelligenceData CenterIT Strategy

AI data centers are becoming fortresses — and that’s the point

AI data centers aren’t just getting faster — they’re getting attacked, which means modernization now depends as much on security as on compute power.

By Frankie Shuai

Mar 5, 2026 9 mins

Access ControlData Center DesignZero Trust

Data centres: Building opportunities on solid foundations

Why collaboration, sustainable energy, and resilient data centre infrastructure are critical to supporting cloud, AI, and long‑term economic growth.

By Datacom

Apr 2, 2026 3 mins

Data Center

How a morning in Spain changed the way I view data centers

A Málaga hotel’s elegant architecture illustrates that data centers are modern palaces: Essential, structured infrastructure behaving as stable, long-term bonds.

By Alec Scott

Mar 4, 2026 13 mins

Data CenterData Center DesignEnterprise Architecture

AI data center optimization needs a semantic digital twin

AI turns power and cooling into one big puzzle, but using a digital twin makes it easy to solve, check and manage everything without the usual guesswork.

By Timothy W. Coleman

Mar 3, 2026 11 mins

Artificial IntelligenceData Center DesignData Center Management

The 5 pillars of the agentic data center

If your data center still needs humans at 2 a.m., it’s obsolete; the agentic era demands five pillars of fully autonomous control.

By Ritu Jyoti

Mar 2, 2026 5 mins

Artificial IntelligenceData CenterData Center Design

Enterprise Spotlight: Data Center Modernization

Download the March 2026 issue of the Enterprise Spotlight from the editors of CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld, and Network World and learn how data center modernization is taking shape in 2026.

By CIO staff

Feb 27, 2026 20 mins

Data CenterEnterprise Buyer’s Guides