In a year when data centers faced their most difficult power challenges, the industry thrived nevertheless. According to the North America Data Center Year-End 2024 Report from real estate and investment management ….
Report: 64,000 Nvidia GB200s for Stargate AI Data Center in Texas
A report from Bloomberg states that some 64,000 of Nvidia’s flagship Blackwell GB200 chips will be purchased by OpenAI and Oracle as part of the Stargate AI data center project announced in January at a ceremony at the Trump White House. “OpenAI and Oracle Corp. plan to ….”
AI Data Center Workaround? Startups Pursue Networked Aggregation of Idle GPUs
Problems associated with GPU deployment – interminable order wait times, high prices and, particularly, dire need – are leading to new GPU access strategies. An article in today’s Wall Street Journal, “Your Gaming PC Could Help Train AI Models,” reports ….
Digihost to Develop HPC and AI-Tier Data Centers
MIAMI, Feb. 11, 2025 — Digihost Technology Inc. announced the formation of US Data Centers, Inc. (USDC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company dedicated to development of high-performance computing- and artificial intelligence-focused data centers. With the launch, Digihost said it is creating a dedicated platform focused on delivering AI and HPC solutions, ensuring purpose-built infrastructure […]
Power Hungry: Google in Data Center Agreement for Small Modular Nuclear Reactors
IT, like nature, hates a vacuum. Actually, in today’s world, IT is a virtual force of nature. IT’s enormous appetite for power is on a trajectory to strain grids everywhere, and in no IT sector is this more keenly felt than in HPC-AI, the home of generative AI, where insatiable power demand could hobble genAI […]
DDC Report: Data Center Operators Must Lower Risk Exposure as Costs Rise
SAN DIEGO – January 29, 2025 – DDC Solutions, a provider of data center solutions, today announced the release of their Business Impact Report, “New Considerations for Datacenter Risk Exposure,” commissioned with S&P Global Market Intelligence, an analyst firm providing essential intelligence. The report states that as the demand for AI accelerators and related equipment […]
@HPCpodcast Industry View: A Deep Dive into High-Density Data Center Cooling and Efficiency Strategies with DDC Solutions
In this “Industry View” episode of the @HPCpodcast, Chris Orlando of DDC Solutions discusses the rapidly changing landscape of high density data center cooling, monitoring, safety and compliance, hybrid liquid-air solutions and other strategies for data center power efficiency. DDC’s cabinet technology, DCIM real-time monitoring and dynamic ….