Tag: datacenters
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The Register: Why the UK public sector still creaks along on COBOL
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/15/cobol_in_the_public_sector_feature/ Source: The Register Title: Why the UK public sector still creaks along on COBOL Feedly Summary: Government: ‘Trust us, it’ll be different this time’ Feature The UK government has gone all-in on AI. More than 50 years after Harold Wilson gave his famous “White heat of technology" speech, this is the hot…
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The Register: Forget Foxconn the iPhone factory. AI’s made it a server-slinger first and foremost
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/15/foxconn_q2_2025/ Source: The Register Title: Forget Foxconn the iPhone factory. AI’s made it a server-slinger first and foremost Feedly Summary: Next: Modular datacenters ready to host rack-scale systems, to meet endless demand Manufacturer to the stars Foxconn is building so many AI servers that they’re now bringing in more cash than consumer electronics…
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The Register: Broadcom’s Jericho4 ASICs just opened the door to multi-datacenter AI training
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/06/broadcom_jericho_4/ Source: The Register Title: Broadcom’s Jericho4 ASICs just opened the door to multi-datacenter AI training Feedly Summary: Forget building massive super clusters. Cobble them together from existing datacenters instead Broadcom on Monday unveiled a new switch which could allow AI model developers to train models on GPUs spread across multiple datacenters up…
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Slashdot: US DOE Taps Federal Sites For Fast-Track AI Datacenter, Energy Builds
Source URL: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/07/25/1939254/us-doe-taps-federal-sites-for-fast-track-ai-datacenter-energy-builds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: US DOE Taps Federal Sites For Fast-Track AI Datacenter, Energy Builds Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The U.S. Department of Energy has approved four federal sites for private sector AI datacenters, emphasizing a strategy to integrate AI infrastructure with nuclear energy projects. This initiative, in alignment…
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The Register: US DoE taps federal sites for fast-track AI datacenter and energy builds
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/25/doe_ai_infra/ Source: The Register Title: US DoE taps federal sites for fast-track AI datacenter and energy builds Feedly Summary: Private sector invited to colocate at legacy nuclear facilities The US Department of Energy (DoE) has identified four sites where private sector firms will be invited to colocate datacenters and energy generation projects, in…
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The Register: Datacenters feeling the heat as climate risk boils over
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…
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The Register: Tariffs and trade turmoil driving up cost and build times for datacenters
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/03/tariffs_and_trade_turmoil_driving/ Source: The Register Title: Tariffs and trade turmoil driving up cost and build times for datacenters Feedly Summary: Biz needs AI infra for training ever larger models, but something’s gotta give World War Fee Datacenter operators in Northern Europe say US tariffs and growing global geopolitical instability are inflating costs and causing…