Tag: energy consumption
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The Register: Microsoft tempted to hit the gas as renewables can’t keep up with AI
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/13/microsoft_natural_gas_ai/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft tempted to hit the gas as renewables can’t keep up with AI Feedly Summary: So much for ‘carbon negative by 2030’ Microsoft says there is plenty of wind and solar to power datacenters in the US, but it is still eyeing natural gas generation as it juggles…
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Hacker News: Microsoft Cancels Leases for AI Data Centers, Analyst Says
Source URL: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-cancels-leases-ai-data-055952585.html Source: Hacker News Title: Microsoft Cancels Leases for AI Data Centers, Analyst Says Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The article provides insights into Microsoft’s recent decision to cancel leases for data center capacity in the U.S., indicating potential overcapacity in their AI infrastructure. This decision raises questions regarding…
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The Register: Euro cloud biz trials ‘server blades in a cold box’ system
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/20/diggers_exoscale_liquid_cooling/ Source: The Register Title: Euro cloud biz trials ‘server blades in a cold box’ system Feedly Summary: Hot air or a 50% energy saving? Exoscale datacenter runs proof-of-concept to test veracity of Digger’s claims A1 Digital is testing liquid cooling tech for power-intensive AI servers that is claimed to save 50 percent…
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The Register: The future of AI is … analog? Upstart bags $100M to push GPU-like brains on less juice
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/17/encharge_ai_compute/ Source: The Register Title: The future of AI is … analog? Upstart bags $100M to push GPU-like brains on less juice Feedly Summary: EnCharge claims 150 TOPS/watt, a 20x performance-per-watt edge Interview AI chip startup EnCharge claims its analog artificial intelligence accelerators could rival desktop GPUs while using just a fraction of…
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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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Cloud Blog: Balance of power: A full-stack approach to power and thermal fluctuations in ML infrastructure
Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/systems/mitigating-power-and-thermal-fluctuations-in-ml-infrastructure/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Balance of power: A full-stack approach to power and thermal fluctuations in ML infrastructure Feedly Summary: The recent explosion of machine learning (ML) applications has created unprecedented demand for power delivery in the data center infrastructure that underpins those applications. Unlike server clusters in the traditional data center,…