Tag: datacenters
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The Register: Microsoft warns Trump: Where the US won’t sell AI tech, China will
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/28/microsoft_trump_ai_exports/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft warns Trump: Where the US won’t sell AI tech, China will Feedly Summary: Rule hamstringing our datacenters is ‘gift’ to Middle Kingdom, vice chair argues Microsoft would like the Trump administration to row back AI export restrictions introduced by his predecessor that affect countries where the cloud…
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The Register: Nope. You probably can’t cash in by turning your office or farm into a datacenter
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/27/real_estate_datacenter_conversion/ Source: The Register Title: Nope. You probably can’t cash in by turning your office or farm into a datacenter Feedly Summary: Bit barn developer says your real estate can’t take the heat, and forget nuking it to change that APRICOT 2025 Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but if you…
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The Register: Despite Wall Street jitters, AI hopefuls keep spending billions on AI infrastructure
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/25/shaking_off_wall_street_jitters/ Source: The Register Title: Despite Wall Street jitters, AI hopefuls keep spending billions on AI infrastructure Feedly Summary: Sunk cost fallacy? No, I just need a little more cash for this AGI thing I’ve been working on Comment Despite persistent worries that vast spending on AI infrastructure may not pay for itself,…
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The Register: Datacenter energy demand in bitbarn ‘capital of the world’ Virginia nearly doubled in second half of 2024
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/14/datacenter_power_virginia/ Source: The Register Title: Datacenter energy demand in bitbarn ‘capital of the world’ Virginia nearly doubled in second half of 2024 Feedly Summary: Dominion Energy already eyeing another 26 GW worth of datacenter demand Demand for electricity from datacenters in Virginia nearly doubled in the second half of 2024, power supplier Dominion…
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The Register: Intel has officially missed the boat for AI in the datacenter
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/01/intel_ai_datacenter/ Source: The Register Title: Intel has officially missed the boat for AI in the datacenter Feedly Summary: But it still has a chance at the edge and the PC Comment Any hope Intel may have had of challenging rivals Nvidia and AMD for a slice of the AI accelerator market dissolved on…
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The Register: Startup plugs AI datacenters into biogas-powered energy
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/30/startup_datacenter_biogas/ Source: The Register Title: Startup plugs AI datacenters into biogas-powered energy Feedly Summary: Sidestepping the grid led to 44% cheaper electricity and 70% fewer emissions, CEO says A UK datacenter startup realized it could have to wait until the late 2030s for power grid connection dates, and has instead turned to modular…
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The Register: Tiny Linux kernel tweak could cut datacenter power use by 30%, boffins say
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/29/linux_kernel_tweak/ Source: The Register Title: Tiny Linux kernel tweak could cut datacenter power use by 30%, boffins say Feedly Summary: Not bad for 30 lines of code Hardware keeps getting faster, but it’s still worth taking a step back periodically and revisiting your code. You might just uncover a little tweak that wrings…