Tag: datacenters
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The Register: How datacenters use water and why kicking the habit is nearly impossible
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/04/how_datacenters_use_water/ Source: The Register Title: How datacenters use water and why kicking the habit is nearly impossible Feedly Summary: If they’re not consuming H2O directly, the power plant almost certainly is Feature The explosive growth of datacenters that followed ChatGPT’s debut in 2022 has shone a spotlight on the environmental impact of these…
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The Register: First Foxconn, now Microsoft: Wisconsin town dissed by big tech
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/microsoft_pauses_datacenter_construction/ Source: The Register Title: First Foxconn, now Microsoft: Wisconsin town dissed by big tech Feedly Summary: Redmond’s pause to redesign planned datacenters won’t scuttle this project, say Mount Pleasant officials Count the residents of Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin opposed to their town becoming a tech hub lucky: First, Foxconn abandoned its original $10…
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The Register: Screwed by the cloud: Hardware vendors looking for that raison d’refresh
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/02/cloud_hardware_research_hpe/ Source: The Register Title: Screwed by the cloud: Hardware vendors looking for that raison d’refresh Feedly Summary: 40% of world’s servers are 6 years +, drink 66% of DC energy, provide 7% of compute. Please refresh, says HPE Four in ten of the servers currently residing in datacenters across the globe are…
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The Register: Schneider Electric warns of future where datacenters eat the grid
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/02/schneider_datacenter_consumption/ Source: The Register Title: Schneider Electric warns of future where datacenters eat the grid Feedly Summary: Report charts four scenarios from ‘Sustainable AI’ to ‘Who Turned Out The Lights?’ Policymakers need to carefully guide the future consumption of electricity by AI datacenters, according to a report that considers four potential scenarios and…
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The Register: Google thinks the grid can’t support AI, so it’s spending on solar for future datacenters
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/12/google_solar_energy_datacenter/ Source: The Register Title: Google thinks the grid can’t support AI, so it’s spending on solar for future datacenters Feedly Summary: Deal with Intersect Power will see gigawatts of compute capacity come online Google believes the US electricity grid can’t deliver the energy needed to power datacenters that deliver AI services, so…
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The Register: Canada commits $1.4B to sovereign compute infrastructure as it joins the AI arms race
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/05/canada_ai_funding/ Source: The Register Title: Canada commits $1.4B to sovereign compute infrastructure as it joins the AI arms race Feedly Summary: Project includes hundreds of millions of loonies for a national supercomputing facility Canada is one of the latest nations to catch the sovereign AI bug and plans to invest $2 billion CAD…
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The Register: Cloudy with a chance of GPU bills: AI’s energy appetite has CIOs sweating
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/29/public_cloud_ai_alternatives/ Source: The Register Title: Cloudy with a chance of GPU bills: AI’s energy appetite has CIOs sweating Feedly Summary: Public cloud expenses have businesses scrambling for alternatives that won’t melt the budget Canalys Forums EMEA 2024 Organizations are being forced to rethink where they host workloads in response to ballooning AI demands…
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Slashdot: ‘AI Ambition is Pushing Copper To Its Breaking Point’
Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/11/29/1128242/ai-ambition-is-pushing-copper-to-its-breaking-point?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: ‘AI Ambition is Pushing Copper To Its Breaking Point’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the trend of increasing power demands in datacenters, driven mainly by the growing complexity of AI models. It highlights the shift towards direct liquid cooling and advanced interconnects like…
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The Register: AI ambition is pushing copper to its breaking point
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/28/ai_copper_cables_limits/ Source: The Register Title: AI ambition is pushing copper to its breaking point Feedly Summary: Ayar Labs contends silicon photonics will be key to scaling beyond the rack and taming the heat SC24 Datacenters have been trending toward denser, more power-hungry systems for years. In case you missed it, 19-inch racks are…