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

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The facility is getting a new name in the deal, Crane Clean Energy Center , and is expected to become operational by 2028. Power demand is rising as Microsoft ramps up construction of new, power-hungry data centers in order to support the increased use of artificial intelligence and generative AI.

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Gartner: AI spurs 25% surge in data center systems spending

Network World

Generative AI is driving significant IT spending growth, according to Gartner’s most recent global forecast, with data center infrastructure seeing the biggest spike. growth in data center systems, largely due to AI services and GPU-based specialized services for AI workloads. The research firm is forecasting 25.3%

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Gartner: GenAI spurs 9.3% increase in IT spending for 2025

Network World

The Gartner forecast highlights server sales, which are expected to triple in the coming years as genAI pushes data center systems spending up by 15.5% Gartner reported that server sales will grow from more than $134 billion in 2023 to $332 billion by 2028, including an estimated more than $257 billion in 2025. trillion in 2025.

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Gartner: By 2028, 70% of Workloads Will Run in a Cloud Computing Environment

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According to Gartner, the next wave of cloud computing will see even more complicated workloads migrated over, plus new options and requirements for cloud customers.

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AWS to invest $11 billion in Georgia to expand infra for gen AI

Network World

The demand for AI is expanding at such an exponential rate that market research firm IDC expects that global spending on AI-supporting technologies will surpass $749 billion by 2028 and nearly 67% of the projected $227 billion AI spending in 2025 will come from enterprises embedding AI capabilities into their core business operations.

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IDC: AI workloads driving high-speed Ethernet switch adoption

Network World

The high-end Ethernet switch market is getting a boost from cloud providers and enterprises that are preparing their data centers for AI workloads. For example, the data center portion of the Ethernet switch market rose 8%” year over year, Butler said. billion by 2028,” Butler said.

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Juniper advances AI networking software with congestion control, load balancing

Network World

Juniper Networks is advancing the software for its AI-Native Networking Platform to help enterprise customers better manage and support AI in their data centers. The HPE acquisition target is also offering a new validated design for enterprise AI clusters and has opened a lab to certify enterprise AI data center projects.