AI / Machine Learning

Machine learning and artificial intelligence have arrived in the data center, changing the face of the hyperscale server farm as racks begin to fill with ASICs, GPUs, FPGAs and supercomputers. The race to leverage machine learning is led by the industry’s marquee names, including Google, Facebook and IBM. As usual, the battlefield runs through the data center, with implications for the major cloud platforms and chipmakers like Intel and NVIDIA.
US Dept. of Energy
Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant.

Data Center Nuclear Power Update: Microsoft, Constellation, AWS, Talen, Meta

Nov. 11, 2024
Microsoft is making good progress on its PPA with Constellation to reopen Three Mile Island, but it's not all smooth sailing for hyperscalers looking to add nuclear power.

Image courtesy of Submer
Image courtesy of Submer

The Rebound Effect in the Data Center Industry: How to Break the Cycle

Nov. 20, 2024
Nathalie Cruchet, Head of Sustainability & ESG at Submer, explains why tackling the rebound effect is essential for achieving true sustainability.
Oracle
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How Data Centers Are Harnessing AI Workloads for Enhanced Cloud, LLM, and Inference Capabilities

Nov. 8, 2024
The changes within the data center sector are coming quickly, as performance capabilities and service delivery speeds continue to grow. At the center of the change is AI and the...
NVIDIA
NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD Architecture

NVIDIA Releases AI Reference Architectures For Enterprise-Class Hardware

Nov. 7, 2024
With reference designs derived from the existing Nvidia Cloud Partner reference architecture, Nvidia right-sizes for enterprise customers.
Vertiv/NVIDIA
Vertiv has codeveloped with NVIDIA a complete power and cooling infrastructure blueprint for the NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 Platform to enable NVIDIA Blackwell architectures up to 7 MW.

Vertiv, NVIDIA Collaboration Models Importance of Reference Designs to AI's Future in the Data Center

Oct. 25, 2024
With AI driving the demand in new data centers, the availability of reference designs for racks, power, and cooling to handle these workloads simplifies the deployment of new ...
Meta Engineering
Catalina front view (left) and rear view (right). An open architecture for meeting the growing demand for AI infrastructure, Catalina is Meta's new high-powered rack designed for AI workloads. Based on the NVIDIA Blackwell platform full rack-scale solution with a focus on modularity and flexibility, Catalina is built to support the latest NVIDIA GB200 Grace Blackwell Superchip.

OCP 2024 Spotlight: Meta Debuts 140 kW Liquid-Cooled AI Rack; Google Eyes Robotics to Muscle Hyperscaler GPUs

Oct. 24, 2024
This month's OCP Global Summit (Oct. 15-17) saw heavy interest in AI data center rack capacity and cooling advancements, and hyperscaler robotics for servicing that infrastructure...
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AI-generated rendering of a modern data center.

Reckoning with the Flood of AI and Data Center M&A and Investment Outcomes

Oct. 18, 2024
Reconciling recent data from Synergy Research with new investment and merger and acquisition moves from Blackstone, Blue Owl, IPI, Crusoe and Lancium, as typifying the ongoing...
Black & Veatch
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The Benefits of Implementing Substations for Data Centers

Oct. 16, 2024
Katie Muer, Distributed Infrastructure Solutions Portfolio Lead for Black & Veatch, explains why substations are becoming critical aspects of data center grid connection.
Flex.com
Flex data center rack solution.

Flex, JetCool Data Center Liquid Cooling Collab Highlights 2024 OCP Summit's AI Innovation Focus

Oct. 14, 2024
Reflecting the AI data center focus and spirit of collaboration on display at this year's OCP Global Summit (Oct. 15-18), Flex and JetCool announced they are partnering for direct...