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Equinix to cut 3% of staff amidst the greatest demand for data center infrastructure ever

Network World

Even as demand for data infrastructure surges to an all-time high, Equinix is planning to lay off 3% of its workforce, suggesting a growing skills mismatch in the industry. According to Goldman Sachs , data center demand in the US alone is projected to nearly triple by 2030, driving more than $1 trillion in investment.

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Sustainability, grid demands, AI workloads will challenge data center growth in 2025

Network World

Data centers this year will face several challenges as the demand for artificial intelligence introduces an evolution in AI hardware, on-premises and cloud-based strategies for training and inference, and innovations in power distributionsall while opposition to new data center developments continues to grow.

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Cisco pumps up data center networking with AI, large workloads in mind

Network World

Cisco is boosting network density support for its data center switch and router portfolio as it works to deliver the network infrastructure its customers need for cloud architecture, AI workloads and high-performance computing.

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Data center spending to top $1 trillion by 2029 as AI transforms infrastructure

Network World

Massive global demand for AI technology is causing data centers to increase spending on servers, power, and cooling infrastructure. As a result, data center CapEx spending will hit $1.1 His projections account for recent advances in AI and data center efficiency, he says. Much of this growth is due to AI.

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Cisco data center switches feature baked-in security for AI, networking duties

Network World

Cisco has unwrapped a new family of data center switches it says will help customers more securely support large workloads and facilitate AI development across the enterprise. The first major service these DPUs will perform on the switch will be Layer 4 stateful segmentation throughCiscos Hypershield security architecture.

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8 reasons your cloud costs are too high

CIO Business Intelligence

Nobody wants to waste money on cloud services. But by failing to fully address a handful of basic issues, many IT leaders squander funds on cloud services that could be used to support other important projects and initiatives especially as AI comes along to alter the cloud economics equation.

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Seven important trends in the server sphere

Network World

Considerable amounts of data are collected on the edge. Edge servers do the job of culling the useless data and sending only the necessary data back to data centers for processing. Liquid cooling gains ground: Liquid cooling is inching its way in from the fringes into the mainstream of data center infrastructure.

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