Tag: datacenters
-
The Register: Microsoft turning away AI training workloads – inferencing makes better money
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/31/microsoft_q1_fy_2025/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft turning away AI training workloads – inferencing makes better money Feedly Summary: Azure’s acceleration continues, but so do costs Microsoft has explained that its method of funding the tens of billions it’s spending on new datacenters and AI infrastructure is to shun customers who want to rent…
-
Cloud Blog: Speed, scale and reliability: 25 years of Google data-center networking evolution
Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/networking/speed-scale-reliability-25-years-of-data-center-networking/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Speed, scale and reliability: 25 years of Google data-center networking evolution Feedly Summary: Rome wasn’t built in a day, and neither was Google’s network. But 25 years in, we’ve built out network infrastructure with scale and technical sophistication that’s nothing short of remarkable. It’s all the more impressive…
-
The Register: Datacenter developer says power issues holding up new builds
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/29/datacenter_developer_says_power_issues/ Source: The Register Title: Datacenter developer says power issues holding up new builds Feedly Summary: ‘The single biggest constraint is access,’ says exec looking to invest ‘hundreds of millions’ One of the UK’s major commercial property developers says it would be pumping investment into new datacenters if it could just secure the…
-
The Register: European datacenter energy consumption set to triple by end of decade
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/25/eu_dc_power/ Source: The Register Title: European datacenter energy consumption set to triple by end of decade Feedly Summary: McKinsey warns an additional 25GW of mostly green energy will be needed Datacenter power consumption across Europe could roughly triple by the end of the decade, driven by mass adoption of everyone’s favorite tech trend:…
-
The Register: Datacenter CEO alleged to have faked Tier 4 cert to snag $10.7M SEC deal, DoJ claims
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/17/datacenter_ceo_fake_cert_sec/ Source: The Register Title: Datacenter CEO alleged to have faked Tier 4 cert to snag $10.7M SEC deal, DoJ claims Feedly Summary: The Uptime Institute rates datacenters. The ‘Uptime Council’ … apparently doesn’t exist It’s one thing to stretch the truth in your marketing material, but allegedly lying about your datacenter’s qualities…
-
The Register: Britain opens floodgates to US datacenter investment
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/15/uk_datacenter_investment/ Source: The Register Title: Britain opens floodgates to US datacenter investment Feedly Summary: Who needs climate goals and planning permission anyway? Just weeks after the British government designated datacenters as critical national infrastructure (CNI), a quartet of US tech firms have committed to the UK as the place to invest in their…
-
The Register: Vietnam plans to convert all its networks to IPv6
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/14/vietnam_digital_infrastructure_policy/ Source: The Register Title: Vietnam plans to convert all its networks to IPv6 Feedly Summary: Wants ‘super-large capacity, super-wide bandwidth’ datacenters – and more submarine cables Vietnam will convert all local networks to IPv6, under a sweeping digital infrastructure strategy announced last week.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Vietnam’s announcement to…
-
The Register: AI’s thirst for power keeps coal fires burning bright
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/14/ai_datacenters_coal/ Source: The Register Title: AI’s thirst for power keeps coal fires burning bright Feedly Summary: So much for reducing our reliance on fossil fuels More evidence has emerged that AI-driven demand for energy to power datacenters is prolonging the life of coal-fired plants in the US.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary:…
-
The Register: Energy companies told to recharge for AI datacenter surge
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/11/energy_companies_ai_dcs_consultant_report/ Source: The Register Title: Energy companies told to recharge for AI datacenter surge Feedly Summary: Demand for electricity to outstrip supply soon, warns Bain US energy companies must adapt to the AI-driven datacenter boom with power use forecast to outstrip supply within the next few years.… AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:**…
-
The Register: It’s not just AI datacenters that need their own power: Taiwanese server-maker Quanta has bought microgrids
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/04/quanta_buys_microgrids/ Source: The Register Title: It’s not just AI datacenters that need their own power: Taiwanese server-maker Quanta has bought microgrids Feedly Summary: California utilities couldn’t deliver for hyperscalers’ favorite hardware-maker Its not just datacenters running AI that need their own energy sources: Taiwanese hardware manufacturer to the clouds Quanta has revealed the…