Tag: datacenter
-
The Register: Datacenter CEO alleged to have faked Tier 4 cert to snag $10.7M SEC deal, DoJ claims
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/17/datacenter_ceo_fake_cert_sec/ Source: The Register Title: Datacenter CEO alleged to have faked Tier 4 cert to snag $10.7M SEC deal, DoJ claims Feedly Summary: The Uptime Institute rates datacenters. The ‘Uptime Council’ … apparently doesn’t exist It’s one thing to stretch the truth in your marketing material, but allegedly lying about your datacenter’s qualities…
-
The Register: Amazon makes $500M bet on itty-bitty nuclear reactors to fuel cloud empire
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/16/amazon_nuclear_smr/ Source: The Register Title: Amazon makes $500M bet on itty-bitty nuclear reactors to fuel cloud empire Feedly Summary: The duo eyes a target of 5 GW online in US by 2039, assuming tech comes to fruition With energy scarcity threatening to derail datacenter ambitions, cloud providers are looking for salvation in the…
-
The Register: Britain opens floodgates to US datacenter investment
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/15/uk_datacenter_investment/ Source: The Register Title: Britain opens floodgates to US datacenter investment Feedly Summary: Who needs climate goals and planning permission anyway? Just weeks after the British government designated datacenters as critical national infrastructure (CNI), a quartet of US tech firms have committed to the UK as the place to invest in their…
-
The Register: Vietnam plans to convert all its networks to IPv6
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/14/vietnam_digital_infrastructure_policy/ Source: The Register Title: Vietnam plans to convert all its networks to IPv6 Feedly Summary: Wants ‘super-large capacity, super-wide bandwidth’ datacenters – and more submarine cables Vietnam will convert all local networks to IPv6, under a sweeping digital infrastructure strategy announced last week.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Vietnam’s announcement to…
-
The Register: AI’s thirst for power keeps coal fires burning bright
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/14/ai_datacenters_coal/ Source: The Register Title: AI’s thirst for power keeps coal fires burning bright Feedly Summary: So much for reducing our reliance on fossil fuels More evidence has emerged that AI-driven demand for energy to power datacenters is prolonging the life of coal-fired plants in the US.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary:…
-
The Register: Energy companies told to recharge for AI datacenter surge
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/11/energy_companies_ai_dcs_consultant_report/ Source: The Register Title: Energy companies told to recharge for AI datacenter surge Feedly Summary: Demand for electricity to outstrip supply soon, warns Bain US energy companies must adapt to the AI-driven datacenter boom with power use forecast to outstrip supply within the next few years.… AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:**…
-
The Register: AMD pumps Epyc core count to 192, clocks up to 5 GHz with Turin debut
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/10/amd_epyc_turin/ Source: The Register Title: AMD pumps Epyc core count to 192, clocks up to 5 GHz with Turin debut Feedly Summary: Just not on the same chip, of course Intel’s 128-core Granite Rapids Xeons are barely two weeks old and AMD has already fired back with a family of fifth-gen Epycs that…
-
The Register: TensorWave bags $43M to pack its datacenter with AMD accelerators
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/08/tensorwave_amd_gpu_cloud/ Source: The Register Title: TensorWave bags $43M to pack its datacenter with AMD accelerators Feedly Summary: Startup also set to launch an inference service in Q4 TensorWave on Tuesday secured $43 million in fresh funding to cram its datacenter full of AMD’s Instinct accelerators and bring a new inference platform to market.……
-
The Register: Oracle owns nearly a third of Arm chipmaker Ampere and could take control in 2027
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/26/oracle_ampere_stake_cpu/ Source: The Register Title: Oracle owns nearly a third of Arm chipmaker Ampere and could take control in 2027 Feedly Summary: Appears to be prioritizing GPUs, not manycore CPUs Oracle could choose to take control of Arm CPU vendor Ampere Computing, the vendor it has backed and uses in its cloud.… AI…
-
The Register: Blackstone invests £10B to build Europe’s ‘biggest AI datacenter’ in UK
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/26/backstone_ai_datacenter/ Source: The Register Title: Blackstone invests £10B to build Europe’s ‘biggest AI datacenter’ in UK Feedly Summary: Construction slated to begin next year at site of failed BritishVolt plant US investment giant Blackstone is plowing £10 billion ($13.4 billion) into a massive AI datacenter project located in northeast England, British Prime Minister…