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Microsoft and Helion want to build the world’s first fusion plant and seize energy’s ‘Holy Grail’

GeekWire

There are demonstration fusion reactors running or under construction around the world. Microsoft needs clean electricity to fuel the operations of its more than 200 energy-hungry data centers internationally. The startup is finishing construction this year of Polaris, its seventh-generation fusion device.

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Teraco and VMware are Taking a New Approach to Support the Efforts of South Africa’s Cloud Innovators in Their Quest to Achieve Zero Carbon Emissions

CIO Business Intelligence

Specifically, partners would be required to commit that their data centers achieve zero carbon emissions by 2030, an effort that would require the use of 100% renewable energy. They are also becoming more and more aware that their data center operations are a very large contributor to their overall carbon footprint.

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Dialog Enterprise: keeping the data of Sri Lanka’s enterprises safe and sovereign

CIO Business Intelligence

Offering an extensive portfolio of ICT solutions and services in conjunction with its high-available data centers, fastest broadband internet and telecommunications networks for consumers and businesses, Dialog Enterprise is one of the most trusted information and communication technology brands in Asia.

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Huawei Cloud named leader in emerging Asia-Pacific hybrid cloud market

CIO Business Intelligence

To inspire technological innovation and create new value for more industries, Huawei Cloud Stack has taken three approaches: • Trusted, resilient cloud native infrastructure : Huawei Cloud Stack provides a range of scenario-specific disaster recovery (DR) and backup solutions, which enhance service reliability.

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Fountainhead: The Growth of Data Growth: My Digital Contrail

Fountainhead

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. The Growth of Data Growth: My Digital Contrail. Although Im not a Big Data aficionado, Id recently been struck by a few statistics from the IDC Digital Universe study: It is estimated that in 2011, 1.8 skip to main | skip to sidebar.

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Fountainhead: Profiling questions nobody's asking re: cloud.

Fountainhead

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. I find it odd that so much is being written about defining cloud terminology, cloud operation, and cloud construction. Inventorying the data center(s) are actually the first step in the process. Big Data. (6). Data Center Design.

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When Using Cloud Computing to Replicate is the Right Idea

Data Center Knowledge

One cloud computing solution is to deploy the platform as a means for disaster recovery, business continuity, and extending the data center. So, if one site should go down – users would transparently be balanced to the next nearest or most available data center. . Remote backup and storage.

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