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  • Slashdot: SoftBank and Open AI’s $500 Billion AI Project Struggles To Get Off Ground

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/07/21/220229/softbank-and-open-ais-500-billion-ai-project-struggles-to-get-off-ground?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: SoftBank and Open AI’s $500 Billion AI Project Struggles To Get Off Ground Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text details significant developments in the $500 billion Stargate AI project involving SoftBank and OpenAI. It highlights the project’s failure to secure data center deals and reduced…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Paul Kedrosky

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/19/paul-kedrosky/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Paul Kedrosky Feedly Summary: One analyst recently speculated (via Ed Conard) that, based on Nvidia’s latest datacenter sales figures, AI capex may be ~2% of US GDP in 2025, given a standard multiplier. […] Capital expenditures on AI data centers is likely around 20% of the…

  • The Cloudflare Blog: Quicksilver v2: evolution of a globally distributed key-value store (Part 2)

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    Source URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/quicksilver-v2-evolution-of-a-globally-distributed-key-value-store-part-2-of-2/ Source: The Cloudflare Blog Title: Quicksilver v2: evolution of a globally distributed key-value store (Part 2) Feedly Summary: This is part two of a story about how we overcame the challenges of making a complex system more scalable. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text describes the evolution of Cloudflare’s Quicksilver,…

  • Slashdot: CoreWeave Data Center To Double City’s Power Needs

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    Source URL: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/07/14/2337208/coreweave-data-center-to-double-citys-power-needs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: CoreWeave Data Center To Double City’s Power Needs Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The expansion of CoreWeave’s data center in Denton, Texas, highlights the significant strain that AI workloads impose on local power supplies, prompting infrastructure upgrades and raising compliance challenges. This scenario exemplifies the intersection…

  • The Register: HAMR time: Seagate unleashes 30 TB disks to feed the AI beast

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/15/seagate_hamr_drives/ Source: The Register Title: HAMR time: Seagate unleashes 30 TB disks to feed the AI beast Feedly Summary: Exos and IronWolf drives show spinning rust isn’t going anywhere Seagate has released two 30 TB hard drives based on its HAMR technology, pitching them as more energy efficient cheaper options for datacenter operators…

  • Slashdot: Zuckerberg Pledges Hundreds of Billions For AI Data Centers in Superintelligence Push

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/07/14/165238/zuckerberg-pledges-hundreds-of-billions-for-ai-data-centers-in-superintelligence-push?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Zuckerberg Pledges Hundreds of Billions For AI Data Centers in Superintelligence Push Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Mark Zuckerberg announced Meta’s plan to invest hundreds of billions in AI data centers aimed at achieving superintelligence. This is indicative of the escalating competition in AI among major…

  • Slashdot: NVIDIA Warns Its High-End GPUs May Be Vulnerable to Rowhammer Attacks

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    Source URL: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/07/12/199238/nvidia-warns-its-high-end-gpus-may-be-vulnerable-to-rowhammer-attacks Source: Slashdot Title: NVIDIA Warns Its High-End GPUs May Be Vulnerable to Rowhammer Attacks Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a new security notice from NVIDIA regarding vulnerabilities in GDDR6 memory on high-end GPUs due to Rowhammer attacks, showcasing the critical need for enabling Error Correction Code…

  • The Register: Datacenters feeling the heat as climate risk boils over

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/11/climate_change_datacenters/ Source: The Register Title: Datacenters feeling the heat as climate risk boils over Feedly Summary: A warmer world will affect bit barn resilience, warn consultants Many of the world’s top 100 datacenter hubs are at risk from rising global temperatures, as growing cooling requirements push up costs and water consumption, while shutdowns…

  • The Cloudflare Blog: Quicksilver v2: evolution of a globally distributed key-value store (Part 1)

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    Source URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/quicksilver-v2-evolution-of-a-globally-distributed-key-value-store-part-1/ Source: The Cloudflare Blog Title: Quicksilver v2: evolution of a globally distributed key-value store (Part 1) Feedly Summary: This blog post is the first of a series, in which we share our journey in redesigning Quicksilver — Cloudflare’s distributed key-value store that serves over 3 billion keys per second globally. AI Summary…