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Cloudflare has blocked the largest-ever recorded DDoS attack, peaking at 22.2 terabits per second and 10.6 billion packets per second. The 40-second assault, linked to the expanding AISURU botnet, turned hundreds of thousands of everyday devices into weapons. The event underscores how attackers are escalating both bandwidth and packet intensity, pressuring global infrastructure and forcing enterprises to rethink resilience strategies against increasingly distributed threats.

Alibaba and Nvidia are expanding their partnership by integrating Nvidia’s embodied AI tools into Alibaba Cloud’s machine learning platform, giving Chinese developers access to advanced robotics and autonomous system capabilities. Announced at the Apsara Conference, the move underscores Nvidia’s continued influence in China’s AI sector despite export tensions. Analysts say regulators are balancing local chip ambitions with access to top-tier technology to accelerate embodied AI growth.

The US Navy admitted it cannot separate its custom-built NAVSEA Cloud from Microsoft Azure without rebuilding the system entirely, a process that could take three years and double costs. Despite cybersecurity failures linked to Microsoft, Navy officials said only Azure meets current mission requirements. Rival providers AWS, Google, and Oracle confirmed they could not match service parity. Future contracts may shift to open standards to avoid vendor lock-in.

OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank are fast-tracking their $500 billion Stargate project by building five new AI data centers across the U.S. Sites in Texas, New Mexico, Ohio, and the Midwest will add 7 gigawatts of capacity within three years, beating the original timeline. The companies expect the expansion to generate over 25,000 jobs and cement America’s role in the global AI infrastructure race.

Intruder has extended its cloud security platform to support Google Cloud, adding to its existing coverage of AWS and Microsoft Azure. The move gives organizations a single view to monitor vulnerabilities and misconfigurations across multi-cloud environments, which are often prone to visibility gaps. Daily automated scans flag issues like exposed credentials, insecure permissions, and misconfigured firewalls, helping businesses strengthen defenses without relying solely on platform-native tools.

A Lumen-owned data center in Reno has regained legal operating status after city officials discovered it lacked a business license since 2006. The oversight, traced back to acquisitions and reorganizations, surfaced during a citywide review of data centers. Last week, the planning commission unanimously approved a conditional use permit, allowing the 2MW facility to continue running. Lumen confirmed it has no plans to expand or add generators at the site.