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Private Data Center Trends for 2014 and Beyond

CTOvision

Today’s data centers are being built at the forefront of industry standards. Within the past five years, the way we construct data centers has changed dramatically. David Cappuccio, the Chief of Infrastructure Research at Gartner, told CIO that “Data centers will no longer be constrained by one specific site.

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10 reasons to keep that data center running

CIO Business Intelligence

There are many practical reasons driving this movement away from the data center as a hallmark of information technology. But for all the undeniable reasons driving the transition to the cloud, there are a few arguments that don’t fit the narrative, a few rationales for bucking the trend and keeping your own data center running.

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National Grid’s energy transformation is fueled by IT

CIO Business Intelligence

Being on what she calls the “frontier” of the global energy transformation may keep her up some nights, but it is “rewarding” beyond words, says Karaboutis, who will be speaking at the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium next week. You can imagine what the Infrastructure Act and the Go Green [initiatives] has meant for my budget.

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Microsoft invests €3.2 billion in AI and the cloud in Germany

CIO Business Intelligence

billion in Germany by the end of 2025 to double the artificial intelligence and cloud capacities of its data centers there. New data centres After doubling the capacity of its own data centers in Germany in 2023, Microsoft intends to double it again by the end of 2025. Microsoft will invest €3.2

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3 ways to advance sustainability in high performance computing

CIO Business Intelligence

The supercomputers that power HPC, however, require more and more energy to operate. For respondents anticipating an HPC budget reduction, the goal is to reallocate dollars to sustainability initiatives. The result s include 18X faster data backups, 72% less power, and a reduction of 60 tons of CO 2 per year.

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4 paths to sustainable AI

CIO Business Intelligence

Everything from geothermal data centers to more efficient graphic processing units (GPUs) can help. Salesforce’s AI Research team has also developed methods such as maximum parallelism, he adds, which split up compute-intensive tasks efficiently to reduce energy use and carbon emissions.

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Could Budget Sweeps Fix Your Cybersecurity Problem?

Cloud Musings

Need to deal with an expanding requirement to add more and more capabilities to mission systems with the understanding that protecting data is part of the mission. Agencies that only focus their time, energy and budget on meeting various mandates are having trouble keeping up with evolving cyber threats.

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