Five Minute Briefing - Data Center
August 24, 2026
Five Minute Briefing - Data Center: August 24, 2026. Published in conjunction with SHARE Inc., a bi-weekly report geared to the needs of data center professionals.
News Flashes
IBM is partnering with OpenAI to help enterprises deliver business outcomes by deploying AI at scale across core business operations and complex workflows, while strengthening cyber defense and resilience through programs such as OpenAI Daybreak.
IBM announced a partnership with Together AI to deliver IBM and NVIDIA AI infrastructure. Under a multi-year $240M agreement between IBM and Together AI, IBM is positioned to deploy a large cluster of NVIDIA HGX B300 systems on IBM Cloud with expected availability in Q1 2027, according to the companies.
IBM is introducing the first dual-architecture mainframe processor, which is being designed to enable enterprises to run operating systems and applications on both the IBM and Arm compute platforms in future IBM Z and LinuxONE systems.
Johnson Controls, a global leader in thermal management, mission-critical building systems, energy efficiency, and decarbonization, is introducing new AI capabilities in its OpenBlue digital ecosystem to help building owners reduce energy use, automate building operations, and cut operating costs.
Think About It
Database professionals have long understood that applications live or die by the quality of the data used to test them. Yet test data management (TDM) has historically been handled as a secondary concern. It is usually approached manually, in an inconsistent way, and frequently rushed. In an era of agile development, DevOps, and continuous delivery, this approach is no longer viable. At the center of modern TDM is a capability that DBAs can no longer afford to ignore: flexible provisioning.