Five Minute Briefing - Data Center
August 10, 2026
Five Minute Briefing - Data Center: August 10, 2026. Published in conjunction with SHARE Inc., a bi-weekly report geared to the needs of data center professionals.
News Flashes
Apptio, an IBM company, is offering the public preview of IBM Apptio AI Value & ROI, a new set of capabilities developed to give technology and finance executives, AI governance teams, and business leaders a single view of AI spending, including token costs, and its connection to measurable business results.
Global automation leader Emerson announced the release of its DeltaV Automation Platform for Data Centers with an automation portfolio designed for AI-scale data centers—where speed, reliability, and operational excellence are non-negotiable.
IBM and Red Hat are offering a new program that provides Lightwell at no charge to over 185 leading research universities and 100 major nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and think tanks. Eligible institutions can access Lightwell's library of validated fixes for open source software vulnerabilities, helping them secure the software and focus resources supporting research, education, humanitarian programs, and other public-interest work.
IBM is releasing its latest data breach report, reporting that one in four malicious breaches were AI-enabled—a 56% increase over last year—and these breaches cost an average of $6 million, roughly $1 million more than the global breach average of $4.99 million. According to IBM's 2026 Cost of a Data Breach Report, these attacks, compromised of mostly deepfake impersonation and AI-enabled malware, are reshaping breach economics.
Think About It
With every organization currently wondering if their data is sufficient for AI, closing the gap between data ambition and operational reality requires more than just a technical roadmap. It requires the strategic discipline to translate major pain points into a narrative leadership can fund.