Articles about data centers

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Amazon Web Services focuses on optimizing artificial intelligence in space

Artificial intelligence and machine learning are turning into requirements for space operations, and Amazon Web Services is optimizing its products… Read More

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Lumen Orbit changes its name to Starcloud and raises $10M for space data centers

Redmond, Wash.-based Starcloud got its start just last year under a different name — Lumen Orbit — but the newly… Read More

Amid AI boom, Gov. Ferguson creates workgroup to study impact of data centers in Washington state

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson announced that he’s forming a workgroup to dig into the impacts of data centers in the… Read More

Biden’s executive order on AI data centers could benefit Amazon and Microsoft

President Joe Biden this week issued one of his last executive orders, addressing the race to build domestic data centers… Read More

As AI booms, here’s how Microsoft and Amazon are coming up with energy solutions

Artificial intelligence and the data centers that drive the technology are booming with no end in sight. That’s putting mounting… Read More

Microsoft shares new data center design featuring a closed-loop water system for cooling

Microsoft revealed details of new approach to cooling data centers that won’t lose water to evaporation. The strategy will still… Read More

Energy demand, stoked by AI and expanding electrification, is outpacing supply

Washington state — a region once blessed with an overabundance of clean, affordable power thanks to its hydroelectric dams —… Read More

Microsoft tries to whittle down its carbon footprint by building data centers with engineered timber

Tech heavyweights are in hot pursuit of clean energy sources to power their data center operations while reining in climate… Read More

Amazon announces nuclear power deals as tech giants scramble for more clean energy

Amazon today announced agreements supporting the construction of a next-generation nuclear power plant in its home state of Washington —… Read More

Microsoft signs deal to revive Three Mile Island nuclear reactor to help power data centers

As tech companies scramble to secure new sources of energy, Microsoft on Friday announced a 20-year deal to restart a… Read More

3 reasons why a Microsoft climate leader is optimistic about meeting AI’s energy demands

The increasing use of artificial intelligence and generative AI tools like ChatGPT helped stoke a roughly 30% increase in Microsoft’s… Read More

As AI use surges, tech companies race to secure clean energy and preserve climate goals

The rapid growth of artificial intelligence is driving new demand for cloud computing infrastructure operated by tech giants including Amazon… Read More

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Lumen Orbit emerges from stealth and raises $2.4M to put data centers in space

Bellevue, Wash.-based Lumen Orbit, a startup that’s only about three months old, says that it’s closed a $2.4 million pre-seed… Read More

Amazon confirms abrupt departure of AWS data center chief Chris Vonderhaar

The Amazon Web Services executive who oversaw the cloud giant’s massive network of data centers is suddenly gone, without explanation.… Read More

Microsoft and Helion want to build the world’s first fusion plant and seize energy’s ‘Holy Grail’

Microsoft and Helion Energy on Wednesday announced a historic agreement that could pave the way to the world’s first fusion… Read More

Microsoft demos clean energy breakthrough for data centers that keep the internet humming

Data centers packed with millions of servers provide the backbone of the internet, dishing up everything from cat videos to… Read More

Former AWS real estate managers, accused of taking millions in kickbacks, challenge Amazon’s motives amid FBI investigation

Update: In a court filing on Jan. 10, 2024, federal prosecutors vacated the prior guilty pleas of Christian Kirschner and… Read More

Microsoft partners with SpaceX’s Starlink satellite service for Azure Space cloud platform

Microsoft says it’s taking the next giant leap in cloud computing, in partnership with SpaceX and its Starlink broadband satellite… Read More

Microsoft releases details on last week’s big Azure outage, during which servers were damaged but no data was lost

A severe lightning storm in the San Antonio area last week not only disrupted the power supply to Microsoft Azure’s… Read More

Google is now using AI to keep its data centers cool and save energy

Google is practicing what it preaches, handing control of one of the most vital components of its data center operation… Read More

Clouds under the sea: Microsoft deploys its Project Natick data center off the coast of Scotland

Microsoft kicked off the second phase of its experimental underwater data center project Wednesday, submerging a shipping-container sized data center… Read More

Facebook’s new cooling system might make it easier to put data centers in hot places

As the data centers that run the computing world have become more powerful and sophisticated, just like their marketing executives,… Read More

Why someone needs to step up and challenge Intel in the data center chip market

For all the discussion of the higher-level technologies that power the modern data center, the processor remains the most fundamental… Read More

Microsoft rolls out the first availability zones within Azure regions to boost customer reliability

The first availability zones within Microsoft Azure’s cloud computing regions are coming online for everyone Friday, bringing additional reliability and… Read More

Google announces plans for five new cloud computing regions, as well as new undersea cables

In 2018 Google will launch five new cloud computing regions around the world, adding capacity as it gears up to… Read More

Facebook will build two new data centers in Eastern Oregon by 2021

Eastern Oregon is building quite the reputation as the home of the West Coast data center, and Facebook added to… Read More

Microsoft promises to cut carbon emissions 75% by 2030 and hit Paris climate agreement targets

Microsoft said this morning it plans to cut carbon emissions by 75 percent by 2030, taking another step in a… Read More

Irish prime minister makes the tech rounds in Seattle and calls for more business ties

Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar touted the connections between his country and Seattle tech heavyweights such as Amazon and Microsoft… Read More

IBM opens four new data centers around the world as it chases cloud leaders

IBM is set to open four new data centers in California, London, and Sydney, as it tries to stay competitive… Read More

Why the Pacific Northwest will be a data center powerhouse for years to come

Abundant clean energy sources, business friendly tax incentives, and new undersea fiber-optic cables will keep the Pacific Northwest as one… Read More