Germany Seeks Doubling of AI Data Centers by 2030 March 18, 2026 Germany plans to encourage investments in data centers to at least double domestic capacity and to boost artificial intelligence data...
AI Hyperscalers’ Shadow Borrowing Bolsters Private Credit Risks March 17, 2026 By Esteban Duarte Investment in AI infrastructure via off-balance sheet debt is increasing the exposure of insurers and private credit funds to hyperscalers,...
US Data Center Boom Slows Due to Power Grid Limits, Consultancy Says March 16, 2026 By Josh Saul US data center development has slowed because the power grid is reaching its limit to accommodate more large facilities, according...
A Backlash Against Data Centers Is Spilling Into French Municipal Election Races March 16, 2026 By Layli Foroudi and Forrest Crellin In the town of Le Bourget outside Paris, Sofiane Milous, a candidate in France’s municipal elections, is vowing to reverse...
Drone Strikes Damage Amazon Data Centers in the UAE and Bahrain March 3, 2026 By Aaron Clark Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud unit warned of prolonged disruptions to its services after revealing that drone strikes damaged three of its...
Amazon’s AWS Reports Outage After UAE Data Center Struck by ‘Objects’ March 2, 2026 By Shubham Kalia and Aditya Soni Amazon’s cloud-computing facilities in the Middle East faced power and connectivity issues on Monday after unidentified “objects” struck its data...
Willis Launches Global Digital Infrastructure Group for Data Center Risks February 26, 2026 Willis, a WTW business, said it has started a Global Digital Infrastructure Group to be led by Alastair Swift, head...
ECB Steps Up Scrutiny of European Banks’ AI Industry Exposure February 23, 2026 By Esteban Duarte, Jorge Zuloaga, Claudia Cohen and Ronan Martin The European Central Bank is delving into the risks faced by banks in the region from the artificial intelligence industry,...
Pritzker to Halt Data Center Tax Perks as Power Bills Soar February 19, 2026 By Miranda Davis Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is seeking to temporarily halt incentives for data centers in a bid to contain soaring power...
Chubb CEO Greenberg on Personal Insurance Affordability and Data Centers February 5, 2026 By Chad Hemenway Presumably, many insurers in the next couple of weeks will continue to announce very favorable quarterly and full-year earnings—the kind...