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Data centers in space

CIO

Imagine a world in which data centers were deployed in space. Using a satellite networking system, data would be collected from Earth, then sent to space for processing and storage. The system would use photonics and optical technology, dramatically cutting down on power consumption and boosting data transmission speeds.

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Egypt launched the first government data center

CIO

The Data and Cloud Computing Center is the first center for analyzing and processing big data and artificial intelligence in Egypt and North Africa, saving time, effort and money, thus enhancing new investment opportunities.

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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.”

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The role of data centers in building a sustainable future

CIO

The rise of streaming and enterprise cloud adoption have driven an explosive surge in computing demand, giving rise to data centers around the world. Now, a new wave of demand driven by data-hungry generative AI applications is arriving, and it’s bringing with it increasing environmental pressures.

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AMD to acquire data center optimization startup Pensando for $2B

TechCrunch

AMD is in the chip business, and a big part of that these days involves operating in data centers at an enormous scale. AMD announced today that it intends to acquire data center optimization startup Pensando for approximately $1.9 Jain will join the data center solutions group at AMD when the deal closes.

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Spinning out from the cryptocurrency hardware developer Bitfury, LiquidStack pitches a data center cooling tech

TechCrunch

Data centers and bitcoin mining operations are becoming huge energy hogs , and the explosive growth of both risks undoing a lot of the progress that’s been made to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. Later, the companies jointly deployed 160 megawatts of two-phase immersion-cooled data centers.

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Energy Efficiency and the Data Center

DevOps.com

The data center is well-known as a voracious data consumer. But the data center consumption findings keep pace with the trend. The post Energy Efficiency and the Data Center appeared first on DevOps.com. Reducing emissions is good for the environment and for the corporate bottom line.