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Hungry for resources, AI redefines the data center calculus

CIO

The AI revolution is driving demand for massive computing power and creating a data center shortage, with data center operators planning to build more facilities. But it’s time for data centers and other organizations with large compute needs to consider hardware replacement as another option, some experts say.

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AI to go nuclear? Data center deals say it’s inevitable

CIO

AWS, Microsoft, and Google are going nuclear to build and operate mega data centers better equipped to meet the increasingly hefty demands of generative AI. Earlier this year, AWS paid $650 million to purchase Talen Energy’s Cumulus Data Assets, a 960-megawatt nuclear-powered data center on site at Talen’s Susquehanna, Penn.,

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Pliops lands $100M for chips that accelerate analytics in data centers

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According to an IDC survey commissioned by Seagate, organizations collect only 56% of the data available throughout their lines of business, and out of that 56%, they only use 57%. That’s why Uri Beitler launched Pliops , a startup developing what he calls “data processors” for enterprise and cloud data centers.

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Bridging the gap: Unified platform for VM and containerized workloads

CIO

To keep up, IT must be able to rapidly design and deliver application architectures that not only meet the business needs of the company but also meet data recovery and compliance mandates. Moving applications between data center, edge, and cloud environments is no simple task.

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Microsoft acquires Fungible, a maker of data processing units, to bolster Azure

TechCrunch

In December, reports suggested that Microsoft had acquired Fungible, a startup fabricating a type of data center hardware known as a data processing unit (DPU), for around $190 million. But its DPU architecture was difficult to develop for, reportedly, which might’ve affected its momentum.

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Simplify your storage management by leveraging a universal storage layer

CIO

In a 2023 survey by Enterprise Strategy Group , IT professionals identified their top application deployment issues: 81% face challenges with data and application mobility across on-premises data centers, public clouds, and edge. 82% have difficulty sizing workloads for the optimal on- or off-premises environment.

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Data center investments simplify IT and cloud modernization

CIO

We have invested in the areas of security and private 5G with two recent acquisitions that expand our edge-to-cloud portfolio to meet the needs of organizations as they increasingly migrate from traditional centralized data centers to distributed “centers of data.”