From Code to Commerce: PayPal Dev Days Puts AI at the Heart of Innovation

In Ellendale, the sound of laughter, cheers, and the thwack of pickleball paddles marked more than just a summer afternoon—it marked a testament to what a united community can accomplish. The unveiling of the new pickleball courts, a project made possible through collaboration between the town, local sponsors, and Applied Digital, wasn’t just about…

As AI adoption accelerates at an unprecedented pace—ChatGPT alone sees 2.5 billion daily prompts just two and a half years after launch—digital infrastructure is racing to keep up. At the center of this transformation are purpose-built data centers, evolving from air-cooled Bitcoin facilities to liquid-cooled “AI factories” designed to power the next generation of…

AI infrastructure is evolving at breakneck speed, and the real challenge is no longer just designing next-generation data centers—it’s executing them at scale. As demand for AI-ready facilities grows, operators must adapt to immense increases in power density, new cooling technologies, and unconventional deployment locations. Power density requirements for AI workloads are pushing the…