When a cooling failure inside a data center in Aurora, Illinois, stopped futures and options trading at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the disruption exposed how one technical fault can hit global ...

Data centers—the warehouse-sized buildings that store photos, stream movies and train artificial intelligence—are voracious consumers of electricity. A surprisingly large share of that power never ...

Trading was halted across many of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's markets on Friday. The massive exchange operator blamed a "cooling issue" at a partner's data center. The issue was resolved, and at ...

(Bloomberg) -- When a data center cooling issue halted futures and options trading at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, it focused attention on the hidden infrastructure that’s becoming ever more ...

Among the many problems posed by the rapid proliferation of data centers around the world is the strain on local water supplies. These facilities need plenty of water for cooling the vast arrays of ...

Even modest server rooms can create outsized risk if power and cooling are overlooked. Here’s how small businesses can plan ...

BETTING ON DATA CENTERS: The York YK-HT, previewed at the 2026 AHR Expo, is a solution for eliminating water usage when cooling data centers. It will be available this summer. February 3, 2026 LAS ...

All electronics generate heat, and that heat must be removed to ensure those electronics don’t overheat. Moving air has been the predominant approach for decades, with liquid cooling limited to ...

About 45 minutes west of downtown Chicago lies a rather unassuming, glass-encased data center that some of the world’s largest markets depend on. By one 2018 estimate, at least $25 quadrillion of ...

When a data center cooling issue halted futures and options trading at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, it focused attention on the hidden infrastructure that’s becoming ever more critical to daily ...