Five Minute Briefing - Data Center
July 13, 2026
Five Minute Briefing - Data Center: July 13, 2026. Published in conjunction with SHARE Inc., a bi-weekly report geared to the needs of data center professionals.
News Flashes
Arcova, a leading U.S.-based cybersecurity and AI consulting firm, is introducing an end-to-end data center development offering that brings engineering, cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, and grid-planning coordination under one accountable team.
IBM is announcing new IBM z17 and IBM LinuxONE 5 configurations, marking the first time IBM is offering rack mount alongside single frame systems across its full Z and LinuxONE portfolio. According to IBM, the expanded IBM z17 and LinuxONE 5 portfolios now offer a wide range of deployment options, engineered with the same flagship performance, security, and ecosystem standards.
IBM is unveiling a major semiconductor breakthrough with the introduction of the world's first sub-1 nanometer (nm) chip technology, featuring a revolutionary transistor architecture at the 0.7 nm, or 7 angstrom node.
StorMagic, simplifying on-site virtualization, and Supermicro, a total IT solution provider for AI, cloud, storage and edge computing, are collaborating on virtualized infrastructure solutions for edge, ROBO, and small data center environments.