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Proof-of-stake: Ethereum 2.0 ranks worst energy consumption

CTOvision

Groundbreaking research by University College London has systematically assessed the energy consumptions of leading proof-of-stake networks and concluded not all PoS blockchains are created equal.

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Singapore government pushes energy-efficient data center plan

Network World

GW of data center capacity with at least 300 MW of additional capacity in the near term, with more to come through green energy deployments, it announced earlier this week. Singapore wants to go beyond that and reduce energy use for air-cooling by raising the temperatures at which servers and storage racks can safely operate.

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The sustainable telco: engineering networks for net zero

TM Forum

Communications service providers (CSPs) have fresh impetus to transform the way their networks operate as they aim to make their network operations more sustainable.​. The role of network technology and data center equipment in driving energy efficiency. The potential impact of Open RAN and network sharing.

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AWS offers a glimpse of its AI networking infrastructure

Network World

Amazon Web Services has been seriously bolstering its network to handle the increased demands associated with its AI-based applications and services. Instead of preserving packets order, SRD sends the packets over as many network paths as possible, while avoiding overloaded paths. The new network, UltraCluster 2.0,

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Cisco research highlights network complexity, security challenges

Network World

Today’s enterprises need more help managing and securing their distributed networking environments than they ever have, Cisco concludes in its Global Networking Trends Report. Network architectures are more sophisticated, more complex, and spread across more multi-clouds and multi-vendors than ever.

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Ethereum 2.0 Has What It Takes to Knock Bitcoin off Its Perch

CTOvision

It is the top smart contract and decentralized application network, with more use cases than other digital assets.As it moves to a proof-of-stake model, the network’s capacity will increase substantially and significantly reduce its energy requirements. Therefore, ETH-USD represents the cream of the […].

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Optical networking challenges gain attention as AI networking demands rise

Network World

As large enterprise and hyperscaler networks process increasingly greater AI workloads and other applications that require high-bandwidth performance, the demand for optical connectivity technologies is growing as well. But the use of fiber optics in networks is not without its challenges.

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