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• Jan 7, 2026 · IT Brief Asia

  Index Engines to showcase AI cyber resilience at Gartner

  Index Engines will showcase its CyberSense platform at the Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Strategies Conference in Las Vegas, demonstrating AI-powered continuous forensic validation to detect ransomware corruption and identify last known good copies for recovery.

  • Main announcement/action: Index Engines will exhibit at the Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Strategies Conference in Las Vegas and demonstrate CyberSense, an AI-driven platform for continuous forensic validation of production storage and backup repositories; the company claims a 99.99% SLA for detecting ransomware corruption and will highlight recovery workflows that identify the last known good copy of data for restoration.
  • Background and details: CyberSense uses content-level analysis (file entropy, modification patterns, deletions, encryptions) to flag unsafe snapshots and runs ongoing validation alongside existing storage and backup systems; CMO Jim McGann will lead an expo session titled “Cyberstorage Resilience: AI-Powered Data Integrity to Minimize the Impact of Ransomware” focusing on ransomware response, forensic analytics to narrow recovery windows, and risks of reinfection from contaminated backups.
• Jan 6, 2026

  Data Center Jobs: Engineering, Construction, Commissioning, Sales, Field Service and Facility Tech Jobs Available in Major Data Center Hotspots

  Data Center Frontier, in partnership with Pkaza Critical Facilities Recruiting, published a monthly roundup of current data center job openings on its jobs board.

  • Monthly jobs roundup: The post lists roughly 15–18 open roles (examples: Data Center Facility Technician, Electrical Commissioning Engineer, Construction Project Manager, Senior Electrical Engineer, Production Architect, Strategic Sales Account Manager, Mechanical Engineer, Site Selection Manager/Director/VP, Electrical Project Manager, Electrical Superintendent, Project Executive, MEP Construction Project Manager, Mechanical Commissioning Engineer, Engineering Design Director, Navy Nuke Facility Technician) with locations across the United States including Impact, TX; Ashburn, VA; Dallas, TX; Atlanta, GA; Reading, PA; Allentown, PA; Charlotte, NC; New Albany, OH; Lyndhurst, NJ; Boulder, CO; Richmond, VA; Austin, TX.
  • Role and employer context: Positions are listed with mission-critical data center providers, engineering design and commissioning firms, A/E/C architecture firms, equipment rental providers, electrical contractors and general contractors; listings repeatedly cite energy efficiency, sustainable design, and AI infrastructure support, and several technician roles explicitly note acceptance of Navy Nuke / military veterans.
• Jan 2, 2026

  State Broadband Bills of 2025: A Legislative Review

  State legislatures across the United States enacted and considered broadband-related legislation in 2025; fewer than 140 of more than 600 proposed bills became law.

  • Main actions: States enacted laws prioritizing infrastructure and permitting reforms, pole and rights-of-way access, criminal penalties for theft/vandalism, state broadband funding, and data center incentives. Notable enacted measures include Hawaii H 934 (established a state Broadband Office and programs, enacted in June and backed by $400 million in combined funding), West Virginia SB 907 (expanded the Economic Development Project Fund to allow up to $25 million annually for broadband incentives and up to $125 million annually for broadband loan insurance) and West Virginia HB 2014 (signed in April; created microgrid districts with zoning/permitting exemptions and special property tax treatment for qualifying projects).
  • Additional details and timelines: States also raised criminal penalties (e.g., Oklahoma classified willful damage to a critical infrastructure facility as a Class D3 felony with fines up to $100,000 and prison up to 10 years; Louisiana authorized fines up to $50,000 and prison up to 20 years; California AB 476 increased penalties for knowingly buying illegally obtained scrap metal to $5,000). Other enacted programs include California SB 338 (a $2 million telehealth pilot), New Mexico SB 126 (Rural USF increased from $30 million to $40 million), and Oregon’s device support up to $100 in Lifeline-related assistance. At least 37 states passed data center incentives in 2025 and over 1,000 AI-focused bills were introduced nationwide, with ~38 states adopting or enacting roughly 100 AI measures in 2025.
• Dec 29, 2025

  BioLargo Reflects on 2025 Progress and Positions for the Next Phase of Global Infrastructure, Environmental, and Medical Innovation

  BioLargo, Inc. delivered an open letter to stockholders summarizing 2025 progress and positioning its environmental, energy-storage (Cellinity), and medical (Clyra) platforms for commercial deployment in 2026.

  • Main announcement: BioLargo reports deployment progress in 2025, including installation of its proprietary Aqueous Electrostatic Concentrator (AEC) for PFAS removal at a municipal plant in Lake Stockholm, New Jersey, advancing public-private plans for Cellinity battery factory development aligned with state/regional infrastructure priorities, and Clyra completing a first production run for ViaClyr with commercial distribution preparations and expected product launches in 2026.
  • Background and details: Management emphasizes disciplined capital deployment and technical validation over rapid expansion; outlines use-cases across data centers, advanced manufacturing, energy storage, and environmental remediation; notes Clyra will present clinical findings at medical symposiums in early 2026 and that Cellinity is positioned as a domestic production alternative addressing safety and supply-chain concerns.
• Dec 23, 2025

  Data centers revive polluting ‘peaker’ plants across U.S.

  NRG Energy withdrew a planned retirement notice for the Fisk oil-fired peaker units as surging electricity demand from AI data centers in PJM territory made peaker plants economically viable.

  • Main action: NRG Energy withdrew the retirement notice for Fisk’s eight oil-fired peaking units (December 2025) after AI data center demand drove prices in PJM higher; PJM said the market shows electricity demand outstripping supply and that existing generation is needed while new generation comes online. Key facts: Fisk = eight peaking units on former coal station site; EPA estimated sulfur dioxide 2 to 25 tons/year from the site; PJM prices to suppliers soared by more than 800% this summer.
  • Background & other details: Reuters analysis found about 60% of oil, gas and coal plants slated for retirement in PJM postponed or cancelled retirements this year; 23 plants were scheduled to retire starting in 2025 in PJM territory, and since January 13 retirements were delayed or cancelled (of those, 11 were peakers). The U.S. Government Accountability Office notes peakers supply about 3% of the country’s power but have capacity to produce 19%, and federal actors (DOE/Administration) have signaled interest in tapping spare capacity.
• Dec 23, 2025

  ‘We finally have a tool to at least shave some tenths of a degree off’: author Bill McKibben on the promise of renewable energy

  Bill McKibben argues renewable energy now provides a practical tool to reduce warming by tenths of a degree and highlights China’s leadership in mass deployment of solar and wind.

  • Main announcement/action: McKibben presents the central claim that cheap solar, wind and batteries are now a realistic tool to “shave some tenths of a degree off“ global warming; he cites 95% of new generating capacity last year coming from clean sources and that China was building three gigawatts of solar panels a day (scale cited in May). Include concrete examples: Pakistan cancelled delivery of 27 cargoloads of LNG last month after widespread rooftop solar uptake; the author organised Sun Day in September with 500 events across the US.
  • Background and details: He attributes slowed transition partly to the fossil fuel industry’s influence, noting “a billion dollars” and “about half a billion” in donations/advertising/lobbying referenced for US politics; he also notes the Vatican plans to become the first fully solar-powered nation when it flips the switch on a new solar farm next year (2026). All items are factual claims made in the interview; no speculative outcomes are included.
• Dec 18, 2025

  AI Is Draining the Grid—and the Power Solution Is Sitting Idle Right Next Door

  Daniel Domingues (founder and CEO of Planno) calls for deploying commercial and industrial rooftop solar and battery storage near data centers to meet AI-driven electricity demand while avoiding long transmission build timelines.

  • Main announcement/action: Advocate to prioritize C&I rooftop solar + storage adjacent to data center clusters to supply local load quickly; cites IEA projection of data center electricity reaching ~1,000 TWh by 2030, U.S. interconnection queues holding >2,000 GW, and transmission projects taking ~10 years (with permitting >50% of that timeline). Notes New Jersey Planno data: 13.5 GW total C&I rooftop potential, 7% adoption, leaving ~10.7 GW untapped; systems <2 MW can use streamlined permitting/interconnection and be built in months.
  • Background and details: Draws on NREL national assessment and a Deloitte study (82% and 92% statistics on innovation/investment focus), highlights benefits of proximity, speed, and private financing (PPAs/leases) for C&I solar; recommends pairing with batteries/microgrids to meet peaks and provide localized resilience.
• Dec 16, 2025 · Tech Xplore

  Transparency in AI companies falls to new low

  Stanford, with coauthors at Berkeley, Princeton, and MIT, published the 2025 Foundation Model Transparency Index reporting a marked decline in corporate transparency across major AI developers.

  • Main announcement: The 2025 Foundation Model Transparency Index finds the industry average transparency score fell to 40/100, down from 58/100 in 2024; the Index assessed 13 companies and identifies three performance clusters (top ≈75, middle ≈35, low ≈15). Key score changes include IBM 95/100 (highest in Index history), xAI and Midjourney 14/100 (among the lowest), Meta 60→31, and Mistral 55→18. The 2025 edition adds four companies for the first time: Alibaba, DeepSeek, Midjourney, xAI.
  • Background and details: The Index evaluates companies on 15 areas (training data, risk mitigation, economic impact, etc.) and finds systemic opacity on training data, training compute, model use, and societal impact. 10 companies disclose no environmental-impact data (AI21 Labs, Alibaba, Amazon, Anthropic, DeepSeek, Google, Midjourney, Mistral, OpenAI, xAI). The report notes delays/non-release of documentation by major firms (e.g., Google’s Gemini 2.5 model card delay; Meta did not release a technical report for Llama 4) and cites the Index as an input for policy interventions already under way in California and the European Union.
• Dec 12, 2025

  The friendliest type of energy generation: a conversation on agrivoltaics

  The Piedmont Environmental Council (PEC) has launched a 42-panel agrivoltaics installation at its Community Farm at Roundabout Meadows in Virginia, designed to generate 100% of the farm’s electricity while maintaining active crop production between the panels.

  • Project details and goals: The 42-panel agrivoltaics system powers all farm operations, integrates rows of vegetables between panels, includes battery storage, and is engineered as a farm-forward, easily replicable design for other farmers and urban/built environments; PEC will measure energy and crop output, test soils for PFAS and heavy metals, and publish plans for panel recycling and responsible decommissioning.
  • Policy, grid and land-use context: PEC highlights that rising utility bills driven by data center demand increase the value of on-farm solar, and argues that widespread 1 MW agrivoltaic projects on Virginia’s 39,000 farms could yield 39 GW, exceeding current peak load in Dominion territory; the article stresses the need for easier local permitting and interconnection, protection of net metering, and expanded distributed generation and virtual power plant arrangements to reduce pressure on prime agricultural land and avoid building costly gas peaker plants.
• Dec 11, 2025

  New Nvidia software gives data centers deeper visibility into GPU thermals and reliability

  Nvidia has released new open-source telemetry software that monitors GPU power, temperature, airflow and interconnect health across GPU fleets to help operators spot issues early and prevent throttling.

  • Main announcement: Nvidia’s release is an opt-in, customer-installed service that includes an open-source client software agent and provides read-only telemetry controlled by customers; it monitors power use, utilization, memory bandwidth, airflow, interconnect health, configuration and errors across entire GPU fleets to surface bottlenecks and reliability risks.
  • Background and details: The article notes modern AI GPUs now draw more than 700W per GPU and multi-GPU nodes can reach 6kW; a Princeton CITP report warns thermal/electrical stress can cut usable chip lifespan to one or two years. TechInsights’ Manish Rawat and Gartner’s Naresh Singh comment the tool enables thermally aware workload placement, faster adoption of liquid/hybrid cooling, detection of silent errors from firmware/driver mismatches, and improved MTTR and fleet stability.