Ungleich Hosting reported that a customer became the target of a massive DDoS attack on August 11, 2026, which spilled over to affect the provider's own services hours later. The attack generated an estimated peak of 500-600 Gbit/s in waves lasting from Tuesday evening until Thursday afternoon, hitting Deploio, the company website, Cockpit, and its ticketing system intermittently. The company confirmed no data was accessed or compromised, and independent telemetry from Nokia's Deepfield threat research team corroborated the attack's scale and pattern.
nine.ch
· 2026-09-28
Despite the U.S.-China AI rivalry, some Chinese companies are pursuing business in America's booming AI data center sector. Brightray, an AI infrastructure firm whose sole manufacturer is China's PrefabDC, says U.S. demand outpaces China's, where AI data center numbers trail far behind—449 versus 5,427 in the U.S. as of 2025, per Stanford HAI data. U.S. tech giants are projected to spend roughly $765 billion on AI infrastructure this year, dwarfing China's five-year, $295 billion government commitment to data center buildout.
cnbc.com
· 2026-09-26
Tesla held an invite-only launch event at its Sparks, Nevada factory to mark the start of high-volume production of the Tesla Semi, nearly eight years after it was first unveiled. Vehicle Engineering VP Lars Moravy confirmed the long-range version will travel about 500 miles per charge, with a standard version rated at roughly 325 miles, and fleet operators who had placed orders were recognized on stage. Elon Musk did not attend, appearing instead in a pre-recorded video while attending a White House state dinner.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-09-26
Akamai announced Thursday that Anthropic will spend $11.6 billion on its cloud infrastructure over seven years, dwarfing a $1.8 billion deal reported in May. The agreement, contingent on Akamai meeting delivery and availability benchmarks, is the largest in Akamai's history and centers on CPU capacity rather than the GPUs more commonly associated with AI training. Akamai also issued Anthropic a warrant convertible into up to roughly 5% of its common shares, with additional spending commitments unlocking more equity.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-25
The U.S. Energy Department announced nearly $2 billion in funding, drawn from the bipartisan infrastructure law, for 31 grid modernization projects across 26 states. The projects aim to add more than 23 gigawatts of capacity, using technologies like real-time weather sensors to safely boost transmission line output. PPL Corp. in Pennsylvania will receive $71.5 million to upgrade a 30-mile high-voltage line.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-25
Recorded Future's Insikt Group reports that Russia is combining influence operations, cyberattacks, and physical incursions across Europe as part of its broader war effort against Ukraine. Examples cited include the CopyCop network impersonating European news outlets with AI-generated content, drone incursions near Estonia's border, and a Russian drone intercepted near Romania's Neptun Deep gas project in the Black Sea.
darkreading.com
· 2026-09-25
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency published a plan detailing threats facing U.S. election systems ahead of November's midterm elections. The document also outlines services CISA is offering to state and local election officials to help safeguard voting infrastructure.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-24
A Tipalti-backed analysis argues that many companies still handle payouts to freelancers, creators, vendors and affiliates using outdated, manual infrastructure built for an earlier era. It cites survey data showing 81% of business leaders consider these partner networks important or critical to revenue, while payment systems supporting them have not scaled accordingly. The piece frames fragmented, non-compliant payout processes as an operational risk as companies expand into new markets with varying tax and regulatory rules.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-09-24
Google will launch a prototype satellite to test how its Tensor Processing Units perform in orbit, part of Project Suncatcher, a research effort first announced last year. The initiative explores whether satellites in low Earth orbit, which can access near-constant sunlight and generate far more solar power than on Earth, could eventually host machine learning infrastructure.
blog.google
· 2026-09-24
Cybersecurity firm SpyCloud analyzed over 66,000 public-facing systems tied to roughly 10,000 EPA-registered water and wastewater organizations and discovered that infostealer malware had already harvested login credentials from 1,787 of them. At least 250 of those organizations had exposed credentials that could grant access to operational networks controlling physical pumps and water flow. In one case, malware on a device belonging to a metering technology vendor exposed passwords for 167 utilities that relied on its services.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-22
Data Center Watch, a research initiative from 10a Labs, reports that 45 large-scale data center projects worth $68 billion were blocked or delayed in the second quarter due to community pushback. The group tracked 843 opposition groups across 49 states, with only Hawaii lacking any organized resistance, and noted 30 state legislatures have introduced or passed measures on data center siting, power and water use.
techspot.com
· 2026-09-22
Khosla Ventures has recruited Tal Broda, who spent two years at OpenAI, to work on infrastructure investing. Broda will provide technical expertise to companies in Khosla's early-stage startup portfolio.
wsj.com
· 2026-09-22
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