The UK government is to list data centres as vital national infrastructure, but will not assign new regulations, nor add further reviews to existing contingency measures. While sourcing coordination and cooperation in shielding against cyber threats and accidental incidents will flourish, environmental concerns arise about data centres’ ongoing demand for large volumes of energy and water for cooling. The country anticipates a six-fold increase in data centre power usage over the next decade.
Sonatype reports rise in open source malware to 17,954
The 1Q 2025 Open Source Malware Index from Sonatype revealed that open source malware packages doubled compared to the same period last year, with 56%
