What new demands does AI make on back-end data center networking? Beyond the physical testing of AI infrastructure, there are also broader questions of assurance that are still in the process of being answered. Testing the basic working functionality of …
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For operators, Xeon 6 with performance cores supports vRAN acceleration and edge AI use cases As Intel goes through a leadership transition and rumors of a potential split between the foundry and products businesses make the rounds, the company made …
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In this episode of Let’s Get Digital, Carrie Charles interviews Yazz Krdzalic, Vice President of Market Development at Equus Compute Solutions (ECS). Yazz shares how ECS is transforming digital infrastructure with immersion cooling systems that maximize compute power and private …
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AI infrastructure, especially purpose-built data centers, are creating a surge in power demand and foregrounding energy efficiency strategies The rapid growth of AI and the investments into the underlying AI infrastructure have significantly intensified the power demands of data centers. …
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‘Every data center is becoming an AI data center’: The state of data centers in 2025
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillReport on state of data centers: ‘Unprecedented innovation, explosive data center growth, and market acceleration’ A new report on the state of the data center industry says that it is navigating “unprecedented innovation, explosive data center growth, and market acceleration.” …
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Iliad said that AI-focused investments will include data centers, computing power and research, among other fields France-based Iliad Group has earmarked €3 billion ($3.09 billion) to enhance AI-focused infrastructure, including data centers, computing power, research and application layers. In a …
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In the premiere episode of Let’s Get Digital with Carrie Charles, we dive deep into the future of digital infrastructure with industry icon Hunter Newby of Newby Ventures. As a pioneer in carrier-neutral Meet-Me-Rooms, data centers, and network interconnection, Hunter …
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HPE’s liquid cooling technology for AI infrastructure may have helped it secure the 10-figure deal HPE Senior Director Rupin Mohan this week on LinkedIn confirmed reports that HPE has won a $1 billion deal to supply Elon Musk’s X, formerly …
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Biden administration boosts AI data centers, bans connected vehicles from China and Russia
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillBiden orders federal lands to be considered for AI data centers and developing clean energy to fuel them In the waning days of his administration, President Joe Biden has put out a number of executive orders with tech implications. Specifically, …
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Amid a lot of gen AI hype, managing AI’s energy needs will in part come down to not using it for everything Artificial intelligence offers a conundrum, when it comes to sustainability. AI workloads are particularly energy-intensive. But AI also …
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IT infrastructure services provider Kyndryl has expanded its partnership with Nokia, already geared to provide private 4G/5G networks, to also offer data center networking solutions and services to big global enterprises. The US firm will incorporate Nokia’s data center networking …
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Data center industry sees strong growth continuing, driven by AI LANSDOWNE, Virginia—The data center industry is seeing explosive growth, and some market observers have called 2024 a “turning point” for the space. Citi Research has estimated data centers’ market size …
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AMD results: Gaining share, engaging enterprise amid ‘insatiable demand for more compute’
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillAMD results for the third quarter of 2024 saw its data center segment revenue increase more than 120% year-over-year to a record $3.5 billion. The company’s total revenue for the third quarter was $6.8 billion. “We delivered strong third quarter …
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Nokia reported mixed results for the third quarter of 2024 but is optimistic about signs of a slow recovery from the telecom industry’s pull-back on network-related investments. CEO Pekka Lundmark said during the quarterly call: “The market is turning, but …
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Nokia is working with Lenovo to develop networking-and-automation solutions for the data centre industry. They said their joint products will support “massive and highly precise” compute, storage, and connectivity needs for escalating artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) workloads …
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Intel claims to have doubled the performance and value of its Xeon family of processors for data centres with the introduction of a new sixth-generation Xeon 6 line, plus new Gaudi 3 accelerators. The former – presented as Xeon 6 …
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Data centers are a vital component of digital infrastructure, one that is expected to grow at a fast rate and require more land, power and interconnections. The United States doesn’t have enough data centers to support the coming demand, particularly …
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Barclays sees private cloud plans up 40% since nearly doubling since H2 2020 Enterprise CIOs surveyed by Barclays are apparently rethinking cloud strategies. In the second half of 2020, 43% of leaders surveyed were planning to bring workloads from the …
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Clear Ventures, General Catalyst, Hitachi Ventures, Liberty Global, Lightspeed, NVIDIA, Prosperity7 Ventures invest total of $30 million in hyperscale network fabric specialist Arrcus With a recent $30 million round of funding, including $15 million from NVIDIA, Arrcus CEO Shekar Ayyar …
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Telenor CTO highlights the role of ecosystem collaboration in driving growth and innovation Communications service provider (CSP) Telenor recently expanded its partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) with a two-fold goal: to embolden Telenor’s ongoing transition from telco to cloud-native …
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Nokia said the purchase of Infinera, along with the sale of the Alcatel Submarine Networks business, will ‘reshape’ its Network Infrastructure unit Nokia said it is buying optical networking vendor Infinera for $6.65 per share, equating to a value of …
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Keysight sees ‘pockets of growth and stability’, including AI data centers
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillTest company beat its own guidance but numbers were generally down year-on-year Keysight Technologies beat its own guidance for its fiscal second quarter and expects revenues to be stable with modest increases in orders during the second half of the …
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SoftBank plans to invest a total of $960 million by 2025 to develop generative AI Japanese operator SoftBank plans to invest a total of JPY150 billion ($960 million) by 2025, with the aim of giving its computing facilities the necessary …
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CEO Pekka Lundmark calls results ‘a resilient performance considering the challenging environment’ Nokia saw an expected decline in revenues during the fourth quarter and full-year of 2023, but the company’s results were better than investors were expecting, due in part …
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Vantage Data Centers lands $6.4b investment driven by ‘unprecedented cloud and AI demand’
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillVantage’s longtime financial backers lead the investment, driven by anticipated need for more data center capacity Vantage Data Centers has garnered $6.4 billion in equity investment, lead by digital infrastructure investment company DigitalBridge and tech backer Silver Lake, that the …