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A Wake-Up Call For Sustainable AI Data Centers

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But the brilliant gleam of that potential is preventing us from clearly seeing a huge concern — we may not have enough electricity to power the growing number of AI-focused data centers. But renewable energy isn’t a great fit for data centers, which need a consistent power source to stay running.

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

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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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Capitalizing on technology budgets: A CIO’s story

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While traditional approaches to bridging the profitability gap, like layoffs and budget cuts, can harm company culture, an innovative and practical alternative is capitalizing on technology budgets. Capitalizing on technology budgets presents a viable solution. This pool is ripe for reduction, resulting in substantial savings.

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AI and automation will play an increasing role in technology

CIO

By Ram Velaga, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Core Switching Group This article is a continuation of Broadcom’s blog series: 2023 Tech Trends That Transform IT. Stay tuned for future blogs that dive into the technology behind these trends from more of Broadcom’s industry-leading experts.

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Epicor announces Grow portfolio to weave AI into ERP

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“We know the keys to realizing the full power of AI revolve around two important things: applying AI to a well-defined, practical business issue, and leveraging high quality data,” said Epicor chief product and technology officer Vaibhav Vohra, in a statement.

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Microsoft invests €3.2 billion in AI and the cloud in Germany

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billion in Germany by the end of 2025 to double the artificial intelligence and cloud capacities of its data centers there. Germany has always been at the forefront of technological and innovative change, Smith said, and this is also evident in terms of AI when he analyses the data available to Microsoft.

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Elevate your digital transformation with impactful sustainability

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These priorities are concretely influencing IT buying decisions: According to a global survey by Enterprise Strategy Group, 98% of IT decision-makers report that IT suppliers’ environmental, social, and governance (ESG) programs influence their IT purchasing decisions, and 85% have eliminated a potential technology supplier due to ESG concerns. [1]