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.
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Does It Matter If Microsoft Is Cancelling AI Data Center Leases?

Feb. 26, 2025
Despite reports and concerns, Microsoft reiterates their data center spending commitment for 2025.

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Scaling Up and Scaling Out in AI Data Centers

Feb. 24, 2025
Manja Thessin, Enterprise Market Manager for AFL, highlights the importance of industry collaboration across factors such as AI hardware innovation and modular infrastructure ...
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Built with a breakthrough class of materials called a topoconductor, Microsoft's Majorana 1 marks a transformative leap toward practical quantum computing as the world’s first quantum processor powered by topological qubits.

Quantum Computing Advancements Leap Forward In Evolving Data Center and AI Landscape

Feb. 20, 2025
Barely two months into 2025, the quantum computing sphere is abuzz with activity. Here we examine some of the latest advancements and implications for data center and AI stakeholders...
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AI and Data Center Energy Demands: Are Fuel Cells the Answer?

Feb. 17, 2025
Razvan Panati and Kaushal Biligiri of Bloom Energy explain why AI-driven data centers should consider on-site fuel cells to support their evolving energy needs.
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As Intel Stumbles, AMD Sees Significant Growth In Its Data Center and AI Business

Feb. 13, 2025
Despite the growth, Wall Street is bearish about the company’s future.
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Liquid Cooling in the Data Center Is a Good Thing

Feb. 11, 2025
Much has changed in the liquid cooling since the last Data Center Frontier Special Report was published. Learn why liquid immersion cooling may save the data center.
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Deep Diving on DeepSeek: AI Disruption and the Future of Liquid Cooling

Feb. 6, 2025
Is the recent emergence of Chinese AI startup DeepSeek, alongside supply chain issues for NVIDIA’s next-generation GB200 AI chips, prompting data center operators to reconsider...
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How AI's Transformative Impact on Data Centers Is Driving Unprecedented Industry Growth, Innovation, and Global Expansion

Feb. 5, 2025
As AI continues its rapid expansion across industries, new reports from JLL, Dell'Oro and UK-based Knight Frank explain how the data center sector is engaged in a step-change ...
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Why DeepSeek Is Great for AI and HPC and Maybe No Big Deal for Data Centers

Jan. 31, 2025
OK, so DeepSeek is the AI and HPC data center sector's topic du jour. Now what?