The Sacramento Municipal Utility District has received so many inquiries about data centers in its territory it convened a special informational meeting on the topic last week.

The way shoppers discover and buy products online is undergoing its biggest shift since the rise of mobile commerce.

Every time someone orders food online, checks exam results, or streams a video, new data is created and saved. Behind these activities are large databases that store millions of records. These ...

Data isn't just oil anymore; it’s the oxygen your enterprise breathes. In 2026, the volume of data flowing through the average mid-to-large enterprise isn't just massive—it’s complex, messy, and ...

The query optimizer is a crucial component in a relational database system and is responsible for finding a good execution plan for a SQL query. For cloud database service providers, the importance of ...

Warehouse-native access is emerging as the fastest, safest path to unified customer intelligence. It isn't without its challenges. As customer data platforms (CDPs) continue to evolve, zero-copy ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Cory Benfield discusses the evolution of ...

Google is turning its vast public data trove into a goldmine for AI with the debut of the Data Commons Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server — enabling developers, data scientists, and AI agents to ...

Earlier this month, when U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta issued penalties against Google for monopolizing the search engine market, he stopped short of the harshest ones — like forcing the breakup of ...

Rather than spending their time executing manual queries, data analysts will increasingly operate like AI engineers—reviewing, refining, and validating AI-generated outputs. AI is not only reshaping ...