Rich Miller
@techjournalism.bsky.social
I write about the infrastructure powering the digital world. Cloud, data centers and AI.
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Rich Miller
@techjournalism.bsky.social
· Feb 11
Hello, Bluesky! I'm all about data centers and the digital infrastructure driving the AI and cloud boom. I've been covering this sector full-time for 24 years. If you're into tech, AI, cloud or data centers, please follow along!
Announcements of billion-dollar projects and gigawatt-scale campuses have become regular events. How does the digital infrastructure sector navigate this AI boom? Some thoughts on growth, innovation and tracking an era of transformation for energy and data:
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Managing The Unimaginable Future, Again and Again
The Data Center Industry Has Been Here Before, And is Built for Big, Fast Growth
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November 17, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Announcements of billion-dollar projects and gigawatt-scale campuses have become regular events. How does the digital infrastructure sector navigate this AI boom? Some thoughts on growth, innovation and tracking an era of transformation for energy and data:
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5 Notable Data Center Links: Google announces $40 BILLION Texas build out, trends in data center construction costs, Microsoft’s data center strategy and OpenAI.
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5 Notable Data Center Links, Nov. 15
Google's $40 Billion Texas Buildout, Trends in Data Center Construction Cost
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November 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM
5 Notable Data Center Links: Google announces $40 BILLION Texas build out, trends in data center construction costs, Microsoft’s data center strategy and OpenAI.
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With AI hardware boosting rack density, Schneider Electric acquired liquid cooling specialist Motivair to manage these new workloads. Here's a closer look at Motivair's liquid cooling tech, including CDUs and rear-door heat exchangers.
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Inside Schneider’s Liquid Cooling Push with Motivair
YouTube video by Data Center Richness
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November 13, 2025 at 8:07 PM
With AI hardware boosting rack density, Schneider Electric acquired liquid cooling specialist Motivair to manage these new workloads. Here's a closer look at Motivair's liquid cooling tech, including CDUs and rear-door heat exchangers.
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It’s been a busy day on the AI infrastructure front, with two major announcements:
- Anthropic will invest $50 billion in new data centers in the U.S., working with Fluidstack.
- Microsoft unveiled a massive new Fairwater AI campus outside Atlanta.
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- Anthropic will invest $50 billion in new data centers in the U.S., working with Fluidstack.
- Microsoft unveiled a massive new Fairwater AI campus outside Atlanta.
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Massive Expansions From Anthropic, Microsoft
Anthropic Plans $50 Billion Buildout, Microsoft Unveils New Fairwater Campus in Atlanta
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November 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
It’s been a busy day on the AI infrastructure front, with two major announcements:
- Anthropic will invest $50 billion in new data centers in the U.S., working with Fluidstack.
- Microsoft unveiled a massive new Fairwater AI campus outside Atlanta.
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- Anthropic will invest $50 billion in new data centers in the U.S., working with Fluidstack.
- Microsoft unveiled a massive new Fairwater AI campus outside Atlanta.
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Racks filled with GPUs and liquid cooling gear can now weigh 6,000 pounds or more, requiring new approaches to address human safety and investment protection. Google, Meta, and Microsoft are turning to robotics to safely move these huge racks.
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Data Centers Turn to Robots to Haul Multi-Ton Racks
Hyperscalers, OCP Ramp Up Robotics Teams for Worker Safety, Productivity
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November 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Racks filled with GPUs and liquid cooling gear can now weigh 6,000 pounds or more, requiring new approaches to address human safety and investment protection. Google, Meta, and Microsoft are turning to robotics to safely move these huge racks.
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5 Notable Data Center Links: Google goes to space, AWS goes subsea, and land MegaDeals in Northern Virginia.
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5 Notable Data Center Links, Nov. 8
Google Goes to Space, AWS Goes Subsea, and Land MegaDeals in NoVa
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November 8, 2025 at 12:59 PM
5 Notable Data Center Links: Google goes to space, AWS goes subsea, and land MegaDeals in Northern Virginia.
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A growing number of data centers facing delays in utility connections are opting to build their own on-site power generation. On the podcast, I speak with data center energy expert KC Mares about the rise of on-site power, and the road ahead.
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On-Site Generation and the Future of AI Power
YouTube video by Data Center Richness
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November 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
A growing number of data centers facing delays in utility connections are opting to build their own on-site power generation. On the podcast, I speak with data center energy expert KC Mares about the rise of on-site power, and the road ahead.
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There’s been a flurry of M&A activity in the data center sector driven by the growing appetite for liquid cooling.
As AI continues to reshape digital infrastructure, these deals bolster data center players' cooling portfolios.
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As AI continues to reshape digital infrastructure, these deals bolster data center players' cooling portfolios.
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Liquid Cooling Drives Data Center M&A
Acquisitions by Eaton, Vertiv and Daikin Reflect Focus on High-Density Racks
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November 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
There’s been a flurry of M&A activity in the data center sector driven by the growing appetite for liquid cooling.
As AI continues to reshape digital infrastructure, these deals bolster data center players' cooling portfolios.
Read more: datacenterrichness.substack.com/p/liquid-coo...
As AI continues to reshape digital infrastructure, these deals bolster data center players' cooling portfolios.
Read more: datacenterrichness.substack.com/p/liquid-coo...
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More Stargate. Equinix Goes Big. An AI-Powered SRE?
Each week I curate 5 links from the data center sector that I find particularly interesting, with my commentary on why they merit your attention. Here's this week's 5 Notable Data Center Links:
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Each week I curate 5 links from the data center sector that I find particularly interesting, with my commentary on why they merit your attention. Here's this week's 5 Notable Data Center Links:
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5 Notable Data Center Links, Nov. 1
Another Stargate Campus, Equinix Goes Big. Also, an AI-Powered SRE?
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November 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
More Stargate. Equinix Goes Big. An AI-Powered SRE?
Each week I curate 5 links from the data center sector that I find particularly interesting, with my commentary on why they merit your attention. Here's this week's 5 Notable Data Center Links:
datacenterrichness.substack.com/p/5-notable-...
Each week I curate 5 links from the data center sector that I find particularly interesting, with my commentary on why they merit your attention. Here's this week's 5 Notable Data Center Links:
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The largest hyperscale operators say demand for AI services is filling data centers as fast as they can build them, with several saying they are compute-constrained.
As a result, they expect to build even more data center space in 2026.
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As a result, they expect to build even more data center space in 2026.
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Hyperscale Building Boom Poised to Continue
Microsoft, Google, Meta and AWS Describe Strong Demand for New Services
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October 31, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The largest hyperscale operators say demand for AI services is filling data centers as fast as they can build them, with several saying they are compute-constrained.
As a result, they expect to build even more data center space in 2026.
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As a result, they expect to build even more data center space in 2026.
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On the Data Center Richness podcast, we share a behind-the-scenes look at how investors and developers work together to bring a data center project from concept to reality.
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An Inside Look at the Data Center Development Journey
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October 30, 2025 at 4:42 PM
On the Data Center Richness podcast, we share a behind-the-scenes look at how investors and developers work together to bring a data center project from concept to reality.
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In a bold move to accelerate the deployment of AI infrastructure, NVIDIA has unveiled a digital blueprint for AI data centers, with more than 20 of the industry’s leading builders and vendors aligning behind the initiative.
#NVIDIAGTC #GTCDC
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#NVIDIAGTC #GTCDC
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NVIDIA Unveils Data Center Design Blueprint
Omniverse DSX Advances "Co-Design" Approach to Gigascale AI Factories
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October 29, 2025 at 11:19 AM
In a bold move to accelerate the deployment of AI infrastructure, NVIDIA has unveiled a digital blueprint for AI data centers, with more than 20 of the industry’s leading builders and vendors aligning behind the initiative.
#NVIDIAGTC #GTCDC
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#NVIDIAGTC #GTCDC
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As AI creates unprecedented rack power densities, liquid cooling specialist Colovore is expanding beyond Silicon Valley and preparing to bring high-density cooling to enterprise customers in business markets around the U.S.
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For Colovore, the Liquid-Cooled Future Is Now
High-Density Specialist Enters Expansion Mode, Building in 3 New Markets
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October 28, 2025 at 11:48 AM
As AI creates unprecedented rack power densities, liquid cooling specialist Colovore is expanding beyond Silicon Valley and preparing to bring high-density cooling to enterprise customers in business markets around the U.S.
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Today marks the “official” launch of the Data Center Richness Substack. This is a new chapter in my journey, and a way to support my mission to help folks understand how digital infrastructure is changing our world and our work.
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Launch Day: Data Center Richness
The Next Chapter for DCR on Substack
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October 27, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Today marks the “official” launch of the Data Center Richness Substack. This is a new chapter in my journey, and a way to support my mission to help folks understand how digital infrastructure is changing our world and our work.
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In this week's 5 Notable Data Center Links, some data points on why investors like the data center sector, a federal interconnection order that advances flexibility as a "time to power" accelerant, and the incident report for the AWS outage.
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5 Notable Data Center Links, Oct. 25
Investors Remain Keen on Data Centers, Interconnection Initiative Advances
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October 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
In this week's 5 Notable Data Center Links, some data points on why investors like the data center sector, a federal interconnection order that advances flexibility as a "time to power" accelerant, and the incident report for the AWS outage.
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By using a combination of battery storage and grid flexibility, Aligned Data Centers is demonstrating the viability of energy storage as a “time to power” strategy.
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October 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
By using a combination of battery storage and grid flexibility, Aligned Data Centers is demonstrating the viability of energy storage as a “time to power” strategy.
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At the OCP Summit 2025, vendors showed off new designs for servers, racks and CDUs (coolant distribution units) for hyperscale and AI data centers. Here’s a closer look at some of the most interesting new gear.
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Hot New Hardware at the OCP Expo
New Designs Unveiled for Servers, Racks and CDUs for Hyperscale AI
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October 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
At the OCP Summit 2025, vendors showed off new designs for servers, racks and CDUs (coolant distribution units) for hyperscale and AI data centers. Here’s a closer look at some of the most interesting new gear.
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Some wild leading data from TD Cowen. Not just OpenAI-Iracle, either, as "there was significantly increased activity from Google, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and Anthropic."
October 21, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Some wild leading data from TD Cowen. Not just OpenAI-Iracle, either, as "there was significantly increased activity from Google, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and Anthropic."
Tech companies want bigger, faster AI data center capacity. One answer is factory-built data centers. Schneider Electric & Compass Datacenters created a prefab modular data center they say can deploy AI capacity 3 months sooner at lower cost.
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Inside the New Modular Design Powering AI Expansion
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October 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Tech companies want bigger, faster AI data center capacity. One answer is factory-built data centers. Schneider Electric & Compass Datacenters created a prefab modular data center they say can deploy AI capacity 3 months sooner at lower cost.
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With the AWS outage, now‘s as good a time as any to post this old strip.
October 20, 2025 at 10:18 AM
With the AWS outage, now‘s as good a time as any to post this old strip.
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It's always DNS. Except when it's AWS. (In this case, it was both.)
Amazon DNS outage breaks much of the internet | TechCrunch
The outage affected websites like Coinbase and Fortnite, and disrupted services like Signal, Zoom and Amazon's own products, including Ring.
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October 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
It's always DNS. Except when it's AWS. (In this case, it was both.)
The demands of AI are creating new rack form factors. Here’s a closer look at the “double wide" designs unveiled by Meta and AMD at the OCP Summit, what’s driving this trend, and what it means for data center operations.
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The Double-Wide AI Racks Have Arrived
AI Scaling Prompts Meta, AMD to Move to Larger Rack Form Factors,
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October 17, 2025 at 11:18 AM
The demands of AI are creating new rack form factors. Here’s a closer look at the “double wide" designs unveiled by Meta and AMD at the OCP Summit, what’s driving this trend, and what it means for data center operations.
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🏢 Pennsylvania's $70 Billion Race for America's Data Centers
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Pennsylvania’s $70B Race for America’s Data Centers
The state is banking on massive natural gas reserves to attract AI data centers. Learn more about recent data center investments.
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October 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
🏢 Pennsylvania's $70 Billion Race for America's Data Centers
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