Your next datacenter could be in the middle of nowhere Feature Training AI models doesn't need low latency. It needs cheap energy – wherever it can be found Off-Prem15 Jul 2024 |
Microsoft tries to clear the air with mountains of CO2 credits 'Supply chains still powered by coal and gas' scoffs Greenpeace On-Prem10 Jul 2024 | 21
CyrusOne scores another $7.9B in debt financing to expand AI datacenter empire Lenders bet you're willing to rent GPUs On-Prem10 Jul 2024 | 1
UK minister recalls two planning decisions which blocked datacenter investment Deputy leader to act after promise of more business-friendly planning process On-Prem09 Jul 2024 | 66
China plans to boost national compute capacity thirty percent by 2025 From 230 Exaflops to 300, with Tesla a part of the plan for energy storage, - and cars Off-Prem08 Jul 2024 | 2
Datacenter demand driven by AI... but constrained by power shortages Not content with drinking up all our water, now we'll compete with DCs for power AI + ML04 Jul 2024 | 6
Utility firms go nuclear over Amazon datacenter power deal AEP and Exelon challenge electricity arrangement between power plant and colo DC On-Prem03 Jul 2024 | 2
VMware license changes mean bare metal can make a comeback through 'devirtualization', says Gartner Latest datacenter Hype Cycle also includes augmented reality, new types of memory, nuke power Virtualization03 Jul 2024 | 46
So much for green Google ... Emissions up 48% since 2019 AI datacenters blamed for the increase, even as Chocolate Factory bets on AI to fix it Off-Prem02 Jul 2024 | 35
Lambda on the hunt for 'another $800M' to fuel its GPU cloud Why sell shovels when you can rent them PaaS + IaaS01 Jul 2024 | 3
AI to boost datacenter capex by 28.5% and become the top server workload Cooling tech left to sweat the details On-Prem28 Jun 2024 | 4
Intel flashes 4 Tbps optical chiplet to supercharge datacenters Likens tech to going from horse-drawn carriages to trucks Systems27 Jun 2024 | 4
Alibaba Cloud reveals its datacenter design, homebrew network used for LLM training Exclusive 15,000 GPUs per DC, in hosts packing eight apiece, plus nine NICs – helped by switches with custom heat sinks Systems27 Jun 2024 | 6
AI's appetite for power could double datacenter electricity bills by 2030 Believe it or not, this is modest relative to other predictions On-Prem26 Jun 2024 | 13
On-prem AI has arrived – the solution to cloudy problems no one really has HPE discover Which isn't to say Nvidia and hyperscalers will win, says analyst Steve Brazier, as regulators circle On-Prem25 Jun 2024 | 3
Ooredoo to splash Nvidia GPUs across the Middle East Qatari telco reckons deal will give it an 18–24 month lead in region AI + ML25 Jun 2024 |
Indonesian government datacenter locked down in $8M ransomware rumble Variant of Lockbit 3.0 said to be weapon of choice for attack Systems24 Jun 2024 |
Supermicro plans to flood market with liquid-cooled datacenter tech Three new Silicon Valley campuses in pipeline to meet demand Systems19 Jun 2024 | 1
AMD says datacenter still king for profit margins amid AI buzz CFO talks GPU development, strategy and market dynamics at Nasdaq Investor Conference Systems17 Jun 2024 |
Google datacenters in Nevada to go full steam ahead with geothermal energy Part of Mountain View's aim for carbon-free power by 2030 On-Prem13 Jun 2024 | 6
UK Labour Party promises end to datacenter planning 'barriers' With a strong lead going into general election, opposition claims it will 'supercharge' tech sector On-Prem13 Jun 2024 | 47
OpenAI to buy electricity from CEO Sam Altman's nuclear fusion side hustle Knowing your supplier is always good – and super lab's auditors promise to check for conflicts of interest AI + ML06 Jun 2024 | 52
After contentious Amazon datacenter fight, US county says it has learned a lesson Interview 'We love our farms' says Culpeper, but we also like internet mega-souk and others setting up servers On-Prem05 Jun 2024 | 4
SuperMicro CEO predicts liquid cooling will rack up 2,900 percent growth in two years Computex Upgrading to improve density is the new green On-Prem05 Jun 2024 | 3
Digital Realty CTO weighs in on AI's insatiable thirst for power Interview If the grid can't keep up, DCs may be forced to roll their own primary supplies, Sharp tells El Reg On-Prem04 Jun 2024 | 11
Intel challenges AMD's Epycs with a 144 e-core Xeon Computex 128 p-core Xeons to follow in Q3 while the x86 giant will release its 288 e-core monster early next year On-Prem04 Jun 2024 | 12
Microsoft to spend $3.2B on expanding cloud and AI in green energy-rich Sweden Budget to be blown on construction and 20K GPUs among other things in the next 2 years On-Prem03 Jun 2024 | 9
Surging datacenter power demand slows the demise of US coal plants Ongoing fossil fuel use means maybe it's time to revise that idea that AI will kill us with robots On-Prem31 May 2024 | 7
Singapore to offer enterprises incentives to buy greener hardware Tropical nation ends DC build hiatus and calls for energy optimization everywhere – even software Public Sector31 May 2024 | 1
Amazon to add 15 datacenters to atomic-powered campus And with up to 960MW of capacity on the table, that may only be the beginning On-Prem30 May 2024 | 8
AI chip sales predicted to jump by a third this year – then cool off Gartner gives us a ray of hope amid ongoing hype and pressure to buy more hardware AI + ML29 May 2024 | 1
SpiderOak One customers threaten to jump ship following datacenter upgrade One tricky cluster is causing outrage among longstanding customers Security28 May 2024 | 9
We polled thousands of IT pros – and sustainability just ain't a priority right now Survey results The planet can wait, pal, we've got other problems On-Prem28 May 2024 | 96
Wanna curb datacenter outages? Try combating burnout with shorter shifts If hiring more people to work fewer hours isn't appealing, you could always make a robot do it On-Prem24 May 2024 | 8
Alibaba is taking its cloud to Mexico, likely following Chinese manufacturers More AZs in its Asian backyard also planned Off-Prem24 May 2024 | 3
Big Tech, VC firms pump $1B into ML data darling Scale AI Be careful not to over-inflate, you may burst your bubble AI + ML21 May 2024 |
Ohio power plants want special tariffs on datacenters to protect regional grid Server operators may need to pay up front, even for electricity they don't need yet Off-Prem21 May 2024 | 15
AMD's baby Epycs are nothing more than Ryzens in disguise Not content with stealing share from Intel at the high-end, the House of Zen is going low Systems21 May 2024 | 15
Google now 'third-largest' in datacenter processors Updated Custom silicon mounting up, says report from semiconductor researcher TechInsights Systems21 May 2024 |
Google's €1B Finnish datacenter expansion to heat the local community AI might take your job, but you'll be toasty warm while you starve On-Prem21 May 2024 | 19
Among AI infrastructure hopefuls, Qualcomm has become an unlikely ally Analysis The enemy of my enemy is my best friend Systems19 May 2024 | 4
Leasing North American datacenters before they're finished is so hot right now Yup, demand's that strong On-Prem17 May 2024 | 4
CoreWeave debt deal with investment firms raises $7.5B for AI datacenter startup Funds to be used for purchasing servers and networking kit AI + ML17 May 2024 | 2
Underwater datacenters could sink to sound wave sabotage Ensure there are no sperm whales in the area On-Prem17 May 2024 | 34
Datacenters looking to renewables, nuclear, and gas, in quest for more power Updated Bit barns might end up adding to the grid's capacity On-Prem16 May 2024 | 1
Dell latest to enjoy speculative soar as AI bubble builds Comment Now that traders are drinking the Kool-AI-d, companies can either fuel the hype or face the consequences Systems16 May 2024 | 2
Amazon's latest 'flex' VMs promise savings for your burstiest apps Updated Sustained workloads need not apply PaaS + IaaS16 May 2024 | 3
Nvidia chief Huang given 60% pay increase amid AI hysteria After a smashing fiscal '24, we're surprised he didn't get more Systems16 May 2024 | 11
A Chinese crypto farm next to a nuclear missile base? Not on my watch, says Biden White House contends MineOne's equipment could be used to for surveillance and espionage Offbeat14 May 2024 | 32
Google says its 'Trillium' TPUs are ready to power the next-generation of AI models I/O Promises 4.7x performance boost over its older silicon Systems14 May 2024 | 4
Nvidia PUE-PUEs datacenter efficiency ratings, calls for application-specific metrics ISC What good is great power use effectiveness if your DC is packed with inefficient kit? Systems14 May 2024 | 4
Green500 shows Nvidia's Grace-Hopper superchip is a power-efficiency beast Analysis Three most energy-friendly systems all driven by Nv's CPU-GPU chip. AMD's APU could soon change that HPC13 May 2024 | 4
CoreWeave plows £1B into UK HQ and datacenters as it eyes European expansion Ah, just nod and smile when they talk about Britain and Europe Off-Prem13 May 2024 | 5
Italy's climate super computer, Cassandra, to combine HPC with AI CPU-heavy big iron boasts Intel's HBM-packed Xeons and a tiny complement of Nvidia H100s HPC10 May 2024 | 11
Microsoft builds $3.3B cloud campus on Foxconn's failed Wisconsin LCD plant plot A Pleasant spot to Mount an AI push AI + ML08 May 2024 | 9
Add AI servers to the list of iDevices Apple Silicon could soon power Updated Where have you been, Cupertino? AI + ML08 May 2024 |
IBM says these back-office, network edge Power 10 servers would be sweet for – yes, you guessed it – AI Short on cores, big on threads and matrix math AI + ML07 May 2024 | 5
Undersea bit-barn biz offers 90-day trial of submerged server system Testing platform for those 'unfamiliar with the subsea environment' Systems06 May 2024 | 31
AI boom is great news for the nuclear power dreamers Uranium is so hot right now, mining CEO is glowing with enthusiasm Off-Prem01 May 2024 | 19
Vantage enters crowded Irish datacenter market with new Dublin site On-site generation plant aims to 'alleviate pressure on energy demand from the grid' On-Prem30 Apr 2024 | 5
Intel excited by PC sales pop and GPU prospects, but investors aren’t because the outlook is poor Chipzilla's Foundry business weighs down the Gelsinger gang - for now On-Prem26 Apr 2024 | 2
Amazon to blow $11B on cluster of Indiana bit barns Talk about going round the (South) Bend PaaS + IaaS25 Apr 2024 | 4