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The Data Center Reality

The Problem Behind Europe’s AI Gigafactories

22. August, 2026 - 05:05

Why Europe’s multibillion-euro AI gigafactories could take years longer to materialize despite ample funding and sustained demand.

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Gartner Forecasts Sharp Rise in AI Inference Costs

18. August, 2026 - 05:17

Falling costs per token should make AI cheaper. The opposite is happening, according to Gartner, because complex AI agents consume far more tokens than simple chatbots.

IT Infrastructure

Technical Debt Curbs AI Investment

17. August, 2026 - 05:05

In brief: A Kearney study reveals the cycle of delayed network rollout and shrinking investment in Germany. The same pattern throttles IT infrastructure and AI: Gartner warns of rising technical debt despite $6.37 trillion in global IT spending in 2026.

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Every URL becomes a Prompt: Browser Gem regenerates every Website

13. August, 2026 - 07:00

A Google DeepMind engineer has unveiled Gem, a browser that doesn’t load websites but instead has an AI generate them completely from scratch on every visit.

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Anthropic turns on Auto mode in Claude Code by default

12. August, 2026 - 13:29

Anthropic is making the so-called Auto mode in Claude Code the default setting starting August 14. A classifier will now review every action instead of the user.

Forecast

Gartner: Cloud Spending on Language Models Set to Nearly Double

11. August, 2026 - 07:01

Gartner expects spending on specialized IaaS services to reach $42 billion in 2026. The main driver is no longer training large language models, but running them in real-world production environments.

Artificial intelligence

Cognitive Architectures: AI Restacking Explained

10. August, 2026 - 05:38

Artificial intelligence is becoming the structural principle of enterprise architecture. Gartner, Forrester, BARC, Eckerson, and KuppingerCole call this shift AI Restacking. This article explains what it means for enterprise architects.

Modern Data Center Infrastructure

What Is Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI)?

09. August, 2026 - 05:22

Editorial team Bringing compute, storage, and networking together in a single software-defined platform, Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) is transforming the modern data center.

Artificial Intelligence In The Enterprise

RAG or Fine-Tuning: The Practical Test

07. August, 2026 - 05:18

RAG or fine-tuning: which approach delivers real value for enterprise AI? An extended decision framework with perspectives from Gartner, Forrester, IDC, KuppingerCole, Eckerson Group, and BARC, plus a pros-and-cons table for practitioners.

AI Infrastructure Idle Time

The GPU Capacity Trap: How Enterprises Waste Millions on AI Compute

05. August, 2026 - 05:06

Many companies lease dedicated GPU instances for their own AI models. Poor pipeline readiness is driving massive costs as expensive compute capacity sits idle.