Five Minute Briefing - Data Center
October 19, 2026
Five Minute Briefing - Data Center: October 19, 2026. Published in conjunction with SHARE Inc., a bi-weekly report geared to the needs of data center professionals.
News Flashes
Flex is announcing an expanded portfolio of prefabricated modular data center solutions designed to accelerate deployment of next-generation AI factories. The portfolio includes new AI Modules that integrate power, high-density compute and advanced liquid cooling into pre-engineered, factory-built systems, enabling customers to reduce deployment timelines.
IBM and Red Hat announced that Lightwell has identified and remediated more than 400 previously unknown vulnerabilities in widely used Java libraries. The companies also announced the general availability of Lightwell Clearinghouse, which allows enterprise customers to submit specific open source software dependencies for priority review and remediation.
IBM is announcing the release of IBM Ready for SAP Solutions to help midsize and fast-growing organizations accelerate cloud ERP modernization, unify enterprise data, and establish an AI-ready digital core. Bringing together IBM's industry expertise, fit-to-standard delivery, and IBM Consulting Advantage, the company's AI-powered consulting delivery platform, IBM Ready for SAP Solutions is designed to help organizations accelerate transformation at scale, the companies said.
LG Electronics is expanding its global chiller manufacturing capabilities with a new production facility in the United States and increased production capacity in South Korea. According to LG, this bolsters the company's ability to deliver end-to-end cooling solutions for AI data centers (AIDCs), while LG's growing liquid cooling technologies strengthen the company's position as a comprehensive "Chip-to-Chiller" solutions provider.