# Schneider says hotter coolant can make AI datacenters less thirsty > Source: > Published: 2026-09-21 14:29:00+00:00 ### [AI](https://beta.theregister.com/tag/ai) - #### Google smacks forehead, realizes $899+ thin-and-lights were what it was missing'A new category,' insists the Chocolate Factory, not a premium Chromebook - yet some of the family resemblance remains - #### AI can't outprompt a shortage of power, water, and landForrester predicts operators will face tariffs, grid commitments, and tougher community scrutiny - #### Salesforce wants to charge for AI outcomes, but first it needs to figure out howSeats, Flex Credits, and all-you-can-eat contracts make for an 'anxiety-filled architecture' - #### Microsoft agentically ports Copilot runtime to Rust for $120KThe Rust compiler remains unperturbed by the antics of the LLM - #### Virginia governor wakes up to fact datacenters have become political cancerExecutive order puts the kibosh on NDAs, limits permitting, and calls for stiffer environmental protections ### [Infosec](https://beta.theregister.com/security) - Security #### Russians are posing as Signal support to launch phishing attacksPLUS: US takes down Iranian propaganda sites; Marketing company asks 'Why Do We Have Your Information?' And more! - Security #### Microsoft patches failed to fix on-prem SharePoint, which is now under zero-day attackPLUS: China upgrades smartphone surveillance tools; Ring eases anti-snooping stance; and more - Black Hat and DEF CON #### DEF CON Franklin project enlists hackers to harden critical infrastructureVoting village reports have been so successful, says Jeff Moss, that the whole of DEF CON will now be included - Security #### EQT buys majority share in Swiss cybersecurity biz AcronisWent at equivalent of $3.5B+ valuation for entire firm, though portion sold not specified - Malware Month #### Ten years since the first corp ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen sees no end in sightOn the plus side, infosec's a good bet for a long, stable career ### [FOSS](https://beta.theregister.com/tag/FOSS) - #### KDE turns 30 and someone's brought an AI-native desktop proposalAkademy talk imagines Plasma assembling itself around a personal model of each user - #### Shopify extends lifeline to Tailwind as vibe coding erodes web dev platform's bottom lineAcquisition gives open source CSS framework 'a stable long-term home' - #### Switzerland tests a FOSS escape route from Microsoft 365Swiss Army sticks a knife in American cloud apps with its own FOSS push - #### Feel peak Windows was 7? You might like Kumander LinuxDebian and Xfce – solid, sensible choices – with a pretty skin - #### Canonical shuttering some of its legacy chat channelsThe Ubuntu Pastebin went in June, IRC gets demoted next - #### Audacity audio-editing app no longer looks like it's from the early 2000sThe FOSS tool for audio editing has a fresh coat of paint, and new features to boot