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AI driving a 165% rise in data center power demand by 2030

Network World

That will likely be followed by a moderation starting in 2027, as more data centers come online and AI-driven demand growth slows, Schneider stated. By 2027, that number jumps to 84 GW, with AI growing to 27% of the overall market, cloud dropping to 50%, and traditional workloads falling to 23%, Schneider stated.

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Wi-Fi 7 in 2025: Will this be the year?

Network World

By the end of 2025, we forecast about 17% of enterprise-class dependent AP revenue will be Wi-Fi 7, and by 2027, about half of new enterprise-class dependent AP revenues will be Wi-Fi 7. Wi-Fi access point hardware typically undergoes refresh cycles spanning five to seven years, Venkiteswaran said.

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Microsoft to launch zero water consumption cooling for future data centers

Network World

These will allow the data centers to use warmer temperatures for cooling than previous generations of IT hardware, and thus mitigate the power use with high efficiency economizing chillers with elevated water temperatures, he wrote. Going forward, Microsoft will replace evaporative systems with mechanical chip-level cooling, Solomon said.

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Startup Fractile tackles AI inference bottlenecks with new chip design

Network World

in robotics is looking to shake up the AI chip industry with an innovative approach that promises to deliver hardware that is 100 times faster, 10 times cheaper, and 20 times more energy efficient than the Nvidia GPUs that dominate the market today. founded AI hardware company who are pursuing a path thats radical enough to offer such a leap.

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AI humanoid robots inch their way toward the workforce

CIO Business Intelligence

According to Gartner, by 2027 10% of all smart robots sold will be next-generation humanoid working robots. Meanwhile, Meta plans to make investments in humanoid robots through its Reality Labs hardware division to first target the consumer market, according to a report from Bloomberg. In terms of that increased focus on AI, Figure.AI

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DARPA program aims to sift through quantum computing hype

Network World

The Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI) aims to validate the progress of quantum computer hardware and determine if it’s possible to build an industrially useful quantum computer faster than current predictions – which forecast serious quantum adoption is well over 10 years away. billion in 2027 and grow to more than $8 billion by 2031.

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Automation Technologies, Robotics, And Artificial Intelligence In The Workforce

Forrester IT

The forward march of automation technologies -- which include hardware (e.g. Leaders across all roles, companies, and verticals are taking note; right now, my report The Future of Jobs, 2027: Working Side-by-Side with Robots is one of the five best-read among all reports at Forrester. robots, digital kiosks), software (e.g.