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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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3 strategies for carbon-free data centers

Network World

The construction of massive data center campuses is booming, with hyperscalers, colocation providers and large enterprises developing new capacity to support the exploding requirements of AI. These are not normal times There has always been growth in data center capacity but never anything like this. TWh to 162.5

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Gartner: GenAI spurs 9.3% increase in IT spending for 2025

Network World

The Gartner forecast highlights server sales, which are expected to triple in the coming years as genAI pushes data center systems spending up by 15.5% Gartner’s worldwide IT spending forecast includes the following growth projections: Data center systems: 15.5% trillion by 2025. Devices: 9.5% Communication services: 4.4%

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Cost, AI, and staffing are biggest concerns for data centers

Network World

Rising costs, AI concerns and staffing challenges are among the top issues facing data center leaders in 2024, according to Uptime Institute’s latest survey data. Data center teams are working to balance higher rack power density and future capacity needs with capital investments and staffing limitations.

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Gartner: AI spurs 25% surge in data center systems spending

Network World

Generative AI is driving significant IT spending growth, according to Gartner’s most recent global forecast, with data center infrastructure seeing the biggest spike. growth in data center systems, largely due to AI services and GPU-based specialized services for AI workloads. The research firm is forecasting 25.3%

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[Free Webinar] Hybrid Cloud: The Great Balancing Act

Information Week

Hybrid clouds - a mix of public cloud, private cloud, and on-premises data centers - is an ever-changing management challenge for IT.

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DCK Webinar: Custom Data Center Designs

Data Center Knowledge

Join Data Center Knowledge contributor Julius Neudorfer on Wednesday, October 30, for a special webinar in which Julius will discuss Custom Data Center Designs. Data Center Design Webcast digital realty webcast whitepaper' What''s custom and what''s commodity?