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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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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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Nvidia releases reference architectures for AI factories

Network World

The chipmaker has released a series of what it calls Enterprise Reference Architectures (Enterprise RA), which are blueprints to simplify the building of AI-oriented data centers. Building an AI-oriented data center is no easy task, even by data center construction standards.

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Data center certifications target newcomers, experts, and sustainability pros

Network World

As data centers evolve from traditional compute and storage facilities into AI powerhouses, the demand for qualified professionals continues to grow exponentially and salaries are high. The rise of AI, in particular, is dramatically reshaping the technology industry, and data centers are at the epicenter of the changes.

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Lightmatter launches photonic chips to eliminate GPU idle time in AI data centers

Network World

Lightmatter has announced new silicon photonics products that could dramatically speed up AI systems by solving a critical problem: the sluggish connections between AI chips in data centers. Todays AI chips often sit idle waiting for data to arrive, wasting computing resources and slowing down results.

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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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Hungry for resources, AI redefines the data center calculus

CIO Business Intelligence

The AI revolution is driving demand for massive computing power and creating a data center shortage, with data center operators planning to build more facilities. But it’s time for data centers and other organizations with large compute needs to consider hardware replacement as another option, some experts say.