Five things: Layoffs, data centers, Brightcove, Rubik's Cubes, and the beautiful game in writing

Good morning, Boston. Here are the five things you need to know in local business news to start your busy, and snowy, Thursday.Less than a year after laying off workers, Somerville-based battery-maker Form Energy is making another round of cuts, Don Seiffert reports.A new tax break is unlikely to lead to an onslaught of data centers statewide, but Greg Ryan reports that opportunities exist for local developers of the properties.Hannah Green reports that cancer-treatment maker Mustang…