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America's grip on global data center infrastructure is tightening fast. The United States now claims fifteen of the world's twenty largest hyperscale facilities, with one state alone housing twelve of them. Texas saw a staggering seventy-one percent capacity growth, more than double the worldwide average of thirty-six percent — a sign that AI's physical footprint is spreading well beyond its traditional hubs.
And feeding all of that infrastructure means rethinking energy at every level. AI doesn't just live in data centers — it travels across telecommunications networks that are themselves enormous power consumers. As five G and next-generation architectures demand denser deployments, the industry is turning to AI-driven energy storage systems to manage that load, creating what some are calling a new energy ecosystem across communications and beyond.
Meanwhile, a legal saga that has haunted the open-source world for over two decades is finally approaching its end. A three-judge panel has ruled that claims challenging Linux ownership against IBM and Red Hat are invalid, and that the window for further action has closed. What began in nineteen ninety-eight as a dispute over UNIX may at last be headed for the history books.
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