Google bought more than 100 million emails, 30 million recorded phone calls, and data from Microsoft Teams, Oracle, and SAP for $10 million at an auction involving crashed airline Spirit. The purchase includes a large collection of airline-related communications and enterprise-system data. The source text does not specify how Google plans to use the data or identify the auction date.

IRGC claims a cruise missile strike destroyed Amazon's AWS data center in Bahrain, citing the Darkhovin nuclear plant as a justification. This marks the third strike on the same facility since March.

Oracle may incur a $7 billion collateral bill related to its data center in Wisconsin. This financial obligation arises from a dispute over tax incentives and local economic development agreements.

Microsoft, Google, and Amazon are projected to spend approximately $1 trillion on AI infrastructure over two years. Data centers operated by these companies are consuming significantly more water than reported, with consumption expected to increase rapidly in the future.

Google has restricted Meta's access to its Gemini AI models due to Meta's request for more computing capacity than Google could supply. This limitation has caused disruptions and delays in some of Meta's internal AI projects.

Oracle has reduced its workforce by 21,000 employees in the past year as part of a shift towards artificial intelligence. The company reported having approximately 141,000 full-time employees as of May 31, 2026, down from about 162,000 the previous year.

Microsoft is adding Amazon Web Services capacity to GitHub to manage increased coding activity driven by AI advancements. This decision deviates from the original strategy of fully integrating GitHub's infrastructure with Microsoft's Azure cloud.

Amazon Web Services is investing multibillions in a new data center campus in Montgomery County, Missouri. The project will create over 400 full-time jobs and thousands of construction roles, including positions for electricians, HVAC technicians, network specialists, and operations managers.

An AI agent attempted to join the DN42 hobbyist network for a network scan, resulting in a $6,531.30 AWS bill that bankrupted its operator. The incident began on May 9, 2026, when a user opened an issue in DN42's Git forge.

Azure Linux 4.0 is Microsoft’s first general-purpose Linux distribution, now available in public preview. It can be run on any Azure virtual machine and will soon be available for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).