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Energy shortages threaten to restrict 40% of AI data centers by 2027

Network World

The rapid expansion of AI and generative AI (GenAI) workloads could see 40% of data centers constrained by power shortages by 2027, according to Gartner. According to Gartner, AI-focused data centers will consume approximately 500 terawatt-hours (TWh) per year by 2027, nearly doubling their current power consumption, from 260 TWh in 2024.

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Accelerating generative AI requires the right storage

CIO Business Intelligence

The World Economic Forum estimates 75% of companies will adopt AI by 2027. In generative AI, data is the fuel, storage is the fuel tank and compute is the engine. All this data means that organizations adopting generative AI face a potential, last-mile bottleneck, and that is storage. trillion per year to the global economy.

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AI dominates Gartner’s 2025 predictions

CIO Business Intelligence

By 2027, 70% of new contracts for employees will include licensing and fair usage clauses for AI representations of their personas. By 2027, 70% of healthcare providers will include emotional-AI-related terms and conditions in technology contracts or risk billions in financial harm.

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Getting infrastructure right for generative AI

CIO Business Intelligence

For generative AI, a stubborn fact is that it consumes very large quantities of compute cycles, data storage, network bandwidth, electrical power, and air conditioning. of the overall AI server market in 2022 to 36% in 2027. In storage, the curve is similar, with growth from 5.7% of AI storage in 2022 to 30.5%

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Oak Ridge seeks next-level supercomputer to blow away Frontier

Network World

This month ORNL issued a massive request for proposal for OLCF-6 , a new machine, now dubbed Discovery, to be delivered by late 2027 or early 2028. And, of course, the system must be highly secure. The Technical Requirements document alone is 69 pages. OLCF provides a series of benchmarks whose results must be reported in proposals.

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The impact of AI on edge computing

CIO Business Intelligence

billion in 2027 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 86.1% over the 2023-2027 forecast period 1. Security and privacy. Consider security cameras identifying intruders or drones inspecting infrastructure for defects. billion in 2027. This optimization improves efficiency and reduces costs.

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Gartner: Top 10 strategic technology trends for 2025

Network World

AI, security, energy-efficient computing , robotics, and virtual computing interactions are among the research firm’s top 10 strategic technology trends, which were unveiled at Gartner’s annual IT Symposium/XPO in Orlando. Disinformation security Gartner’s third hot topic is also related to AI: disinformation security.

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