Remember Amazon HQ2? Job Losses Instead of Gains
A couple years back, Amazon lit up the country as civic leaders competed to win a landing spot for HQ2. Turns out things haven't panned out as planned.
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Protest Against Your Employer and Get Terminated. Well, Duh. Google Axes Anti-Google Employees
Turns out that if you protest against your employer, engage in demonstrations, participate in sit-ins, etc., your employer may terminate you. Gee, who could POSSIBLY have expected that?
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Spectacular Growth in Corporate Version of OpenAI's ChatGPT
OpenAI went from 150,000 ChatGPT Enterprise users to 600,000 in the space of four months. The AI sector is red hot and so is corporate America's love affair with generative AI.
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Will the Grid Collapse as Skynet Comes Online? Not According to Princeton
Is the grid about to collapse as Skynet comes online?!?!? That's the fear...well, to put it a bit more tamely, the fear is that the electric grid is unprepared for the surge in demanding AI projects. But it may not be so bad, according to a Princeton prof.
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Amazon to Spend $150 Billion on Datacenters in the Next 15 Years, Getting Creative on Powering Them
Amazon is planning to spend $150 billion on datacenters over the next 15 years. Finding electricity to power them is getting increasingly difficult, so the online giant is getting increasingly creative in finding juice to power all those VMs.
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Examining the Top 12 Server Operating Systems of 2024: Choose the Best One for Your Needs
So many operating system options! Which one is best for you and your VPS or dedicated server? Let's sort it out.
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UN Embraces U.S.-Led Resolution for Safe AI Development
After testimony at the United Nation from learning artificial intelligences...just kidding. But the UN did pass a resolution on AI this week.
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Uncle Sam Slips Intel $20B for New Chip Factories
Uncle Sam is heading out cash to Intel to build chip factories. Remember when companies built these on their own?
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Unraveling the Mystery: Bare Metal and Dedicated Servers...Are They the Same Thing?
Dedicated server? Bare metal server? What's the difference? Maybe nothing, maybe something...let's sort it out.
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Polycrisis! Addressing the Industry's Biggest Challenges: Highlights from the UK Data Center Event
Data Centre World UK just wrapped up, and there was a lot of talk about all the challenges facing the datacenter industry in the EU. And the problems are many.
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Is America's Power Shortage the Fault of Data Centers?
Are our idling VMs to blame? Well, probably not the idling ones but maybe all those systems you're using to mine crypto, power game servers, and serve web apps.
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Summit US Hosting Firm Announces Acquisition of Deft
Deft, a comprehensive supplier of data center and managed cloud services, was bought by Summit, a major provider of virtual servers and cloud-based application hosting in the United States and Canada....
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¡Hola México! AWS Plans $5B Investment in a New Cloud Infrastructure Region in Mexico
Amazon is adding a new region in central Mexico. Central and Southern America has been a slow-growth geography since cloud computing kicked off. Will this accelerate development in this part of the world?
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Screamin' Streamin': Cisco Sets Record with 800Gbps Transatlantic Cable Test
Holy cow, that's fast, especially when going at transcontinental distances.
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The Potential Impacts of AI on Data Center Infrastructure Management: A Skeptical Perspective
Is AI Poised to Take Over the Datacenter? Maaaaaaybe...or maybe not. One thing is for sure, times are changing rapidly and the datacenter market is adapting, with and without the help of AI.
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Unlocking the Best Deals: A Comprehensive Guide to Data Center Financing
Datacenter financing isn't like applying for a mortgage, folks. Here's some of the ways to get hung up.
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Microsoft to Go All-Wireless in Datacenters? They're Testing It
Wifi inside the datacenter? Looks promising. Microsoft is giving it a try.
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Major Layoffs at Cisco: Over 4,000 Workers Affected
The axe has fallen for 4,000 staff at Cisco. Revenue and profits are down at the networking giant. What's next?
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SHOTS FIRED: Virtuozzo Takes Aim at VMware Refugees
VMware has made it very clear that they hate their customers and want them to go away. Competitors are circling with bared fangs. Here's Virtuozzo's response.
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New Master of Coin: Cloudflare Welcomes New President of Revenue to Boost Growth Acceleration
There's a new guy heading up revenue at CloudFlare. Chief Revenue Officer, President of Revenue, etc. are nouveau titles for guys who run the sales department, and CF has a new one.
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Exploring the Viability of Hosting Hyper-V Virtual Machines on RAM Disks
Ten years ago, I mused about creating a VPS platform where people were allocated RAM and only RAM. They could then choose to divide it between RAM and RAMdisk. Let's go over that.
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OVHcloud Launches Cloud Local Zones in Spain and Belgium, Sets Sight on Global Expansion
OVHcloud has inaugurated its premier public cloud 'Local Zones' in Brussels, Belgium, and Madrid, Spain. This strategic initiative forms part of OVHcloud's ambitious plans for its network to exploit gridscale, a recently acquired entity that's now part of OVHcloud.
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Texas Brownouts On the Horizon: The Power Crisis is Here, and Governor Greg Abbott is Underestimating It
Governor Greg Abbott of Texas is calling for a growth in the state's energy grid at a clip of 10-15% per year. He's off by a factor of ten.
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IDC Forecast: Surge in META Region's ICT Spending with Soaring AI and Cloud Investments
The total amount spent on ICT overall in the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa (META) is expected to exceed $238 billion this year, representing a 4.5% rise from 2023, according to IDC. Spending on AI i...
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