Data center uses its waste heat to warm public pool, saving $24,000 per year
Stopping waste heat from going to waste
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ChatGPT was made possible thanks to tens of thousands of Nvidia GPUs, which Microsoft is now upgrading
Microsoft used hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Nvidia A100 GPUs and is now upgrading to H100s
Small nuclear reactors could solve data centers' sustainable power problem
Less refuelling but more waste than standard reactors
Forward-looking: Data centers have become a massive industry, but many of them aren't very environmentally friendly due to their huge power demands, which are often met through the burning of fossil fuels. One proposed answer to this problem is for the facilities to use their own sustainable power sources in the form of miniature nuclear reactors.
AMD announces Epyc 9004: up to 96 cores for around $12,000
And a whole stack of new features
Networking: the more things change, the more they stay the same
Some insight on Google's Aquila, built for ultra-low latency networking
What is Sustainable Computing? A shift in how we develop the hardware of the future
Building sustainable computing systems is not only the conscientious thing to do, but curbing carbon emissions may result in a seismic shift in how we develop the hardware of the future.
VMware brings to life data processing units from AMD, Intel, and Nvidia
DPUs set to become a big deal on enterprise computing
New US export rules prohibit Nvidia and AMD from selling high-end accelerators to China and Russia
The restrictions could cost Nvidia up to $400 million
Intel is designing new hardware with immersion cooling in mind
Data centers might be getting a lot wetter
FedEx will close all data centers and transition to the cloud within two years
Moving to the cloud will save FedEx $400 million annually
Microsoft data centers around the world are experiencing capacity and resource shortages
The shortage is fueled by ongoing hardware availability issues, increased demand, and Azure's aging infrastructure
Companies are quietly moving data centers into cities to reduce latency
Being closer to customers cuts down on latency
Startup wants to store Earth's important data on the Moon
Saving Earth's data, one byte at a time
Western Digital's upcoming 26TB HDD can store a whopping 2.6TB per platter
WD is also sampling a 22TB CMR-based HDD this summer
Nvidia's Hopper H100 pictured, features 80GB HBM3 memory and impressive VRM
With great TDP comes a great VRM
Nvidia Big accelerator Memory tech aims to establish a direct link between data center GPUs and storage
BaM is an attempt to increase data transfer speeds by moving CPU workloads to the GPU
Dell brings "hardware as a service" to the mainstream
Dell Apex offers pay-per-use hardware in a cloud-like business model
If you haven't been paying attention, Nvidia is no longer a gaming company
Nvidia steps up enterprise and automotive efforts with GTC announcements
Microsoft is testing two-phase immersion cooling to keep servers from overheating
A technique borrowed from cryptocurrency miners
Amazon is ditching Nvidia GPUs in favor of their own silicon
Alexa is being powered by Amazon's own chips
Western Digital unveils the Ultrastar DC ZN540, the world's first ZNS SSD
The new drive can replace four traditional SSDs in enterprise systems
Microsoft develops a portable, box-shaped data center to bring the cloud to remote areas
Through the power of SpaceX's Starlink broadband service