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AI is wild card in data center energy demand, say electricity researchers

Network World

Data centers could consume upwards of 9% of US electricity generation by 2030, more than double the amount currently used, although the role AI contributing to the demand, a new study has found. While AI applications are estimated to use only 10%-20% of data center electricity today, that percentage is growing rapidly.”

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Nokia expands data center SONiC support

Network World

Nokia is offering customers an alternative way to set up data center networks by expanding its data center fabric package to support the open-source Software for Open Networking in the Cloud ( SONiC ). The SONiC community has grown significantly since and now features some 4,000 contributors and 28 paying members.

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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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Astera Labs debuts Scorpio fabric switch to accelerate PCIe for AI, cloud

Network World

There’s a new type of switch that could soon be showing up in AI-optimized data centers, a PCIe 6 fabric switch. Tb/s optical transmission milestone : Ciena’s WaveLogic 6 Extreme (WL6e) is the optical networking technology that enabled the new speed record in carrier data networking transport.

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Next-gen Ethernet standards set to move forward in 2025

Network World

At a time when many DC [data center] operators are facing challenges around power and cooling, LPO can save 25% of the networking power budget, at a system level. Arista has talked about LPO for 800G earlier, but 2025 is the year when LPO will become real, with demonstrable power and cost savings, Hull said.

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

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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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Buyer’s guide: Edge data centers

Network World

Edge data centers include hardware, software, applications, data management, connectivity, gateways, security, and advanced analytics. Larger ones resemble traditional data centers. Download our editors’ PDF edge data center buyer’s guide today!]