GeekWire

JULY 10, 2024

It called out the addition of 77 new signatories to The Climate Pledge, an initiative launched by Amazon in which entities commit to hitting net-zero carbon by 2040. They both pointed to higher energy use to power AI operations and data center construction as helping drive the ballooning climate impacts.

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GeekWire

MAY 10, 2023

There are demonstration fusion reactors running or under construction around the world. Microsoft needs clean electricity to fuel the operations of its more than 200 energy-hungry data centers internationally. The startup is finishing construction this year of Polaris, its seventh-generation fusion device.

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GeekWire

MAY 13, 2024

(Helion Photo) The rapid growth of artificial intelligence is driving new demand for cloud computing infrastructure operated by tech giants including Amazon and Microsoft, which are investing billions of dollars each year into the construction of data centers that gobble massive amounts of energy. In the U.S.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

(Amazon Photo) Amazon CEO Andy Jassy sat down Thursday with Kara Hurst, the company’s chief sustainability officer, to discuss the cloud, retail and entertainment giant’s efforts to meet a pledge of reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2040.

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TM Forum

AUGUST 19, 2021

The latest cycle of technology investments around 5G and cloud operations are often discussed in terms of driving down power consumption on a per unit basis, but many new network deployments have a net increase in overall consumption. The GSMA has set a goal for the mobile industry to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

As AI use is ramping up, Amazon Web Services and fellow hyperscale data center companies such as Microsoft and Google are making big investments in their computing capacity and expanding their electricity demands. “Our commitment to being net zero carbon by 2040 is unwavering and we’re really proud of the progress we’ve made.”

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GeekWire

AUGUST 4, 2020

A Microsoft Azure data center. The initiative includes efforts on multiple fronts: Building “circular centers” for data centers that provide Azure and Microsoft 365 cloud services. “The world needs to achieve a net zero carbon economy by 2050. Microsoft Photo). The Redmond, Wash.-based

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Amazon Web Services had embarked on a data center building boom to handle soaring demand as attendees gathered for its 2019 re:Invent conference in Las Vegas. Eleven data center deals are now the subject of a suit by Amazon vs. two former AWS real estate managers and others. GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop).

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The Verge

APRIL 15, 2021

The company said that it had also achieved its goal of “net zero emissions” — not putting any more emissions into the atmosphere than it can take out. Facebook also announced that it had achieved another goal: it now purchases enough renewable energy to cover 100 percent of its global operations, which includes its offices and data centers.

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Dataconomy

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The rapid development of AI raises concerns and opportunities regarding global net zero goals, impacting energy demands, especially within the tech sector. Tech companies are increasingly investing in nuclear power plants to supply energy for AI data centers. That leaves you with natural gas.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Construct and run new and modern workloads and new instances of existing workloads on a more predictable, flexible hyperconverged infrastructure-based platform. And the Nutanix obsession with customer satisfaction is evident, with a Net Promoter Score consistently above 90.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 19, 2023

An IT organization that collects sentiment and acts on actionable, constructive feedback will always have more users that are fans rather than detractors.” Customer-centric Net Promoter Scores are equally important, he adds. “To

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Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 2, 2020

I’m back with another collection of articles on various data center technologies. Quentin Machu outlines a series of problems his company experienced using Weave Net as the CNI for their Kubernetes clusters, as well as describes the migration process to a new CNI. Welcome to Technology Short Take #131!

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Dataconomy

APRIL 25, 2023

However, phishing is still remaining among the top data threats for individuals and organizations worldwide. Simplicity is key here: a phishing email is easy to construct and then send to thousands of potential victims, including MSPs. resulting in a system failure.

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GeekWire

MARCH 1, 2023

” Their priorities overlap in some areas, with shared interests in clean energy and green construction innovation. The related storage and computing operations rely on massive data centers around the world that are packed with computers that chug energy 24 hours a day. Click to enlarge.

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Vox

JANUARY 24, 2023

It was a source of growing criticism from the press and nonprofit experts as his net worth climbed, topping $100 billion by the end of 2017. The city council passed the bill in a unanimous vote; Amazon voiced its displeasure by halting construction on a new downtown office. Less than a month after the bill’s passage, it was repealed.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 24, 2015

Welcome to Technology Short Take #50, the latest in my series of posts sharing various links and articles pertaining to key data center technologies. I hope that you find something useful here! Networking.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 30, 2024

Talk to us about how leaders should be thinking about the role of data quality in terms of their AI deployments. Data quality is the cornerstone of effective AI deployment. Without it, scaling AI solutions is like constructing a building without a solid foundation. However, this advancement doesn’t come without risks.

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