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Tariff war throws building of data centers into disarray

Network World

Enterprise IT leaders are facing a double-whammy of uncertainties complicating their data center building decisions: The ever-changing realities of genAI strategies, and the back-and-forth nature of the current tariff wars pushed by the United States. And if you slow down AI, that will slow down the data centers.

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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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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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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.

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Blackstone to invest $13.3B in AI data center in the UK

Network World

billion (£10 billion) to build one of Europe’s largest AI data centers in Northumberland, UK, the British Prime Minister’s office said in a statement. The project is expected to enhance the UK’s AI infrastructure, catering to the vast data storage demands of AI technologies. US private equity giant Blackstone is investing $13.3

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Data center design in the age of AI: Integrating AI with legacy Infrastructure

CIO Business Intelligence

In the age of artificial intelligence (AI), how can enterprises evaluate whether their existing data center design can fully employ the modern requirements needed to run AI? Evaluating data center design and legacy infrastructure. The art of the data center retrofit. However, this is often not true.

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AI to go nuclear? Data center deals say it’s inevitable

CIO Business Intelligence

AWS, Microsoft, and Google are going nuclear to build and operate mega data centers better equipped to meet the increasingly hefty demands of generative AI. Earlier this year, AWS paid $650 million to purchase Talen Energy’s Cumulus Data Assets, a 960-megawatt nuclear-powered data center on site at Talen’s Susquehanna, Penn.,