IBM used its Red Hat Summit conference that’s taking place this week in Atlanta, Georgia as the location for the launch of Red Hat AI 3.4, a new release of […]
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While residents of Fayette County, Georgia were being told to conserve water during a state-declared drought emergency, a massive data center next door was gulping down nearly 30 million gallons of the stuff without a working meter, and without paying a dime. The facility in question belongs to Quality Technology Services, better known as QTS, which is owned by private equity giant Blackstone. The company’s Project Excalibur development consumed an estimated 29 to 30 million gallons of unmetered water over a 15-month construction period. When the county finally caught the issue and ran the numbers, QTS owed a grand total of $147,474 in retroactive charges. That works out to roughly $0.005 per gallon, a rate significantly lower than what local residents pay for their own water. A metering failure during a drought The oversight wasn’t malicious hacking or
The incident highlights the need for robust infrastructure oversight, especially as data centers expand, to prevent resource mismanagement.
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Increased scrutiny on resource-intensive industries may lead to stricter regulations, impacting operational costs and project timelines in Georgia.
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As use of agentic AI accelerates, Red Hat is hoping to position itself as the critical behind-the-scenes plumbing and connective fabric.
To this end, the company has unveiled new desktop and developer suite functions, skills bundles, and a rolling Linux release to help enterprises move beyond the experimental phase.
Announced at Red Hat Summit today, the new features and services are included in the latest release of Red Hat AI, with no additional usage charge. Tools are not metered and usage is not limited, Red Hat execs emphasized in a briefing.
“We’re helping developers accelerate and own their AI strategy with the same rigor they apply to their core IT applications,” said James Labocki, senior director for product management at Red Hat.
Meeting developers where they are
To build a standardized path of sorts, and help developers build and scale agents from their local desktops, Red Hat is making its Red Hat Desktop generally available and enhancing its Advanced Developer Suite.
The
ATLANTA, May 11, 2026 — Red Hat today announced a collaboration with Core42, a G42 company and a leading provider of sovereign cloud and AI infrastructure, to architect and deliver sovereign […]
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, May 7, 2026 — Aramco and IBM have announced their intended collaboration on opportunities to advance artificial intelligence, agentic AI, automation, material science and other mutually agreed […]
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As agencies adopt AI more rapidly, they are also under pressure to ensure these systems are transparent, explainable and secure, Red Hat chief architect says.
For the long-established tech vendor, the software development lifecycle platform is an accessible entry point for enterprises into the realm of AI coding.
