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Urban Data Centers: Who Needs Them and Where to Find Them
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (657+ words) Urban data centers deliver low-latency performance and rich interconnection for metro workloads. Learn when they make sense, key trade-offs, and how to find the right provider. Most data centers are large, standalone buildings surrounded by open space. But there’s another…...
Data Centers vs. Telcos: Different Roles, Shared Dependence
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (347+ words) Data centers provide the environments where compute runs; telcos deliver the networks that connect them. Here’s how the two ecosystems diverge and overlap. A data center is a facility purpose-built to house IT equipment. Facilities range from hyperscale campuses with…...
Why Data Center Safety Can't Stop at Onboarding
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (719+ words) Insight and analysis on the data center space from industry thought leaders. AI data center growth demands continuous safety oversight beyond onboarding, using real-time worker qualification tracking and leading indicators to prevent incidents. AI data center construction is entering a…...
GPU Lifespan in Data Centers: Physical vs. Economic
6+ day, 6+ hour ago (485+ words) Data center GPUs physically last 5+ years, but economic replacement cycles are 2-4 years due to rapid performance gains. Resale or GPU-as-a-Service models help maximize value. These questions are central to long-term capacity planning – not to mention getting ahead of the e-waste…...
The Rise of Flexible Hybrid Cooling for AI Data Centers
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (527+ words) Liquid cooling is a necessity for modern data centers, but the reality is that AI data center deployments for the foreseeable future will be hybrid. Sponsored by Schneider Electric From training massive language models to powering nonstop inference, AI is…...
Flex Pays $4.4B for EPC Power as AI Data Centers Push 800V DC
1+ week, 3+ day ago (851+ words) Flex’s $4.4B EPC Power deal adds 800V DC and grid-forming technology as AI data center rack densities rise and operators rethink power delivery. Flex will acquire power-conversion company EPC Power for $4.4 billion, adding 800V DC, grid-forming and other power technologies to its data…...
Could Fiber Be the Next Big Bottleneck in Data Center Growth?
1+ week, 5+ day ago (513+ words) Power and water aren’t the only constraints on new builds. In many markets, fiber access and diversity now determine where facilities can be located and how quickly they can scale. It’s no secret that water and power availability can limit…...
AWS Wires a New US AI Route Across the Pacific
1+ week, 4+ day ago (836+ words) AWS is building a 420 Tbps cable from Japan to Washington, adding a new transpacific route as hyperscalers expand AI infrastructure. Amazon Web Services is building a 420 Tbps subsea cable between Japan and Washington state, adding a new transpacific route as…...
How AI Is Changing Construction from Blueprint to Build
1+ week, 5+ day ago (115+ words) AI is reshaping the construction lifecycle. At Ai4 20226, AEC leaders shared how firms are applying AI across design, logistics, safety, and operations, while tackling data standards, culture change, and scaling. AI is moving deeper into the construction lifecycle, from design and…...
SLB’s $4.1B Kelvion Deal Expands AI Data Center Push
1+ week, 6+ day ago (966+ words) SLB’s $4.1B Kelvion deal expands its data center business into thermal management as AI drives higher power densities and cooling demands. SLB will spend $4.1 billion to acquire thermal management company Kelvion, expanding its data center business into cooling and heat rejection…...