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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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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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Microsoft to launch zero water consumption cooling for future data centers

Network World

Microsoft has introduced a new design for data centers to optimize artificial intelligence (AI) workloads, implementing a cooling system that it claims will consume zero water. Traditionally in Microsoft data centers, water has been evaporated on-site to reduce the power demand of the cooling systems.

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How the world can tackle the power demands of artificial intelligence

CIO Business Intelligence

The world must reshape its technology infrastructure to ensure artificial intelligence makes good on its potential as a transformative moment in digital innovation. New technologies, such as generative AI, need huge amounts of processing power that will put electricity grids under tremendous stress and raise sustainability questions.

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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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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. Industry implications The introduction of silicon photonics into AI infrastructure represents a potential shift in how data centers are designed.

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Microsoft will invest $80B in AI data centers in fiscal 2025

CIO Business Intelligence

Microsoft is on track to invest around $80 billion this fiscal year to build out AI-enabled data centers, company president Brad Smith said Friday.