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Questions arise about reasons why Microsoft has cancelled data center lease plans

Network World

A report by TD Cowen indicating that Microsoft is reportedly slowing down or possibly redirecting its data center construction plans is tied to the company potentially being in an oversupply position, analysts with the brokerage say. Over the past four years, he said, Microsoft has been leasing more data centers than owning.

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AMD to cut 4% of workforce to prioritize AI chip expansion and rival Nvidia

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In its recent earnings call, AMD CEO Lisa Su underscored that the data center and AI business is now pivotal to the company’s future, expecting a 98% growth in this segment for 2024. Public cloud providers, including Microsoft and Oracle Cloud, along with several AI startups, also adopted MI300X instances.

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Roundup: AMD closes ZT Systems and teams with Rapt for AI development; bands with Oracle

Network World

The new subsidiary will become a part of the AMD Data Center Solutions business unit led by AMD executive vice president Forrest Norrod. 5 th Gen Epyc on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Oracle has announced the availability of fifth generation AMD Epyc processors (codenamed Turin) on its Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) cloud services.

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Equinix to end its bare-metal service

Network World

Related: Equinix to cut 3% of staff amidst huge demand for data center infrastructure Alan Howard, senior analyst for data center infrastructure at Omdia, said that bare-metal is a different business model than what Equinix specialized in, and the income didnt justify its continued offering. Its not hard to see why.

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Data centers go nuclear for power-hungry AI workloads

Network World

Data center power constraints and burgeoning AI workloads have companies scrambling to find new sources of electricity. That’s why, in an effort to find new energy sources—and in the face of the push to make it clean energy—data center owners are turning to nuclear power. times the 2023 level. times the 2023 level.

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5 alternatives to VMware vSphere virtualization platform

Network World

(Read our related feature: Enterprises reevaluate virtualization strategies amid Broadcom uncertainty ) However, if youre looking strictly for a replacement on-prem virtualization platform, the analyst firm Data Center Intelligence Group ( DCIG ) has identified five top alternatives to VMwares vSphere platform.

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How Du’s vision for sovereign cloud and AI will transform UAE’s digital governance

CIO Business Intelligence

Du, one of the largest telecommunications operators in the Middle East, is deploying Oracle Alloy to offer cloud and sovereign AI services to business, government, and public sector organizations in the UAE. However, with the rapid adoption of AI and cloud technologies, concerns over security and data privacy are paramount.