Inside the data center boom: AI, liquid cooling and future challenges
What’s driving the data center boom? In this interview, Tim Hickinbottom from DPI discusses how AI is reshaping the industry and the critical importance of effective cooling solutions. From submersible tanks to the latest cooling technologies, Hickinbottom offers valuable insights...
Telcos are drowning in data but AI can help
There’s a lot of data telcos have to sift through to make sure their networks can support AI Google Fiber is zeroing in on diagnostic, predictive and generative AI to “do more with less” C Spire is interested in using AI...
Vultr’s AMD deal boosts accelerator diversity in the data center
Vultr is the latest data center operator to add support for AMD’s MI300X accelerators Cloud providers across the board are looking to expand their GPU diversity Hyperscalers are poised to challenge traditional chip players with their in-house silicon Nvidia may...
CyrusOne KEP breaks ground on first data center in Japan
CyrusOne KEP, a joint venture formed in May 2023 between leading global data center owner, developer and operator CyrusOne, and Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. (KEPCO), one of Japan’s leading utility and power providers today breaks ground on its first...
GenAI could illuminate decades worth of dark data
GenAI is transforming the way organizations manage and utilize unstructured data Unstructured data, including documents, photos and videos, is plentiful but difficult to harness While GenAI offers powerful tools for extracting and utilizing this data, experts emphasize the need for...
Zayo preps for data center, AI and broadband boom with middle mile focus
Zayo is building middle mile “off-ramps” to connect rural communities If networks aren’t connected to a middle mile, “it’s like building a suburb that’s not connected to any other roads,” Zayo’s Bill Long told Fierce The middle mile isn’t just important...
Struggling Nokia seeks to break in to the AI data center with $2.3B Infinera buy
Infinera will help Nokia address increasing AI traffic growth from data centers The market is shifting from Nokia’s traditional base in mobile access networks and fixed networks Big Internet content providers are another potential market for the combined companies With its $2.3...
Data center operators want to run chips at higher temps. Here’s why.
Higher-power chips are generating more heat, increasing cooling needs Data center operators want chip designers to let them run chips at higher temperatures to balance sustainability needs The ecosystem conversation is slowly evolving to prioritize not just performance but also...
Here’s how utilities are thinking about nuclear power for data centers
Utilities are eyeing small modular reactors as a way to boost grid capacity in the face of rising demand from data centers and industry SMRs offer greater siting flexibility than traditional nuclear plants but still have stringent permitting requirements Most...
Governor announces $2B Google data center in Indiana
Governor Eric J. Holcomb joined Indiana Secretary of Commerce David Rosenberg and executives of Google (NYSE: GOOG) today to announce plans to establish a new $2 billion data center in Fort Wayne, powering the company’s AI innovations and growing Google...