Tag: sustainability
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The Register: Amazon splashes $11B on AI datacenters in Georgia
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/08/amazons_latest_investment_is_11b/ Source: The Register Title: Amazon splashes $11B on AI datacenters in Georgia Feedly Summary: The Peach State is already home to more than 50 bit barns Amazon’s datacenter footprint in the US state of Georgia is set to swell, with an $11 billion investment proposed.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Amazon’s…
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AWS News Blog: Announcing the new AWS Asia Pacific (Thailand) Region
Source URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/announcing-the-new-aws-asia-pacific-thailand-region/ Source: AWS News Blog Title: Announcing the new AWS Asia Pacific (Thailand) Region Feedly Summary: AWS launches Asia Pacific (Thailand) Region with 3 Availability Zones, accelerating cloud adoption. Strategically located to meet data residency needs, it drives innovation across industries. Early AWS adopters in Thailand share transformative success stories. Get started now!…
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The Register: Many people are saying a luxury Dubai property developer will blow $20B on US datacenters
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/07/trump_20_billion_datacenter_investment/ Source: The Register Title: Many people are saying a luxury Dubai property developer will blow $20B on US datacenters Feedly Summary: A successful real-estate billionaire and Donald Trump walk into a bar… At a news conference on Tuesday, President-elect Donald Trump said Dubai-based luxury property developer DAMAC plans to invest $20 billion…
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The Register: Even at $200/mo, Altman admits ChatGPT Pro struggles to turn a profit
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/06/altman_gpt_profits/ Source: The Register Title: Even at $200/mo, Altman admits ChatGPT Pro struggles to turn a profit Feedly Summary: But don’t worry, he’s ‘figured out’ AGI comment Even at $200 a month for ChatGPT Pro, the service is struggling to turn a profit, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman lamented on the platform formerly known…
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Hacker News: Being Functionless: How to Develop a Serverless Mindset to Write Less Code
Source URL: https://www.infoq.com/articles/functionless-serverless-mindset/ Source: Hacker News Title: Being Functionless: How to Develop a Serverless Mindset to Write Less Code Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text provides a comprehensive overview of the implications surrounding the use of serverless technology, specifically focusing on Function as a Service (FaaS). It discusses common pitfalls…
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Slashdot: ‘Why the World Needs Lazier Robots’
Source URL: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/01/04/0747205/why-the-world-needs-lazier-robots?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: ‘Why the World Needs Lazier Robots’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses emerging concepts in AI and robotics, particularly focusing on the idea of “lazy robotics” which aims to reduce unnecessary energy consumption by enabling machines to perform only essential tasks. This approach not…
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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: With datacenter power crisis looming, US government looks to Constellation
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/us_gov_nuclear_energy/ Source: The Register Title: With datacenter power crisis looming, US government looks to Constellation Feedly Summary: Not just AWS, Microsoft et al that are betting on nuclear energy, 13 federal agencies get in on act too Constellation Energy has won contracts worth more than $1 billion from the US government to supply…
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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…