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Google's aggressive AI infrastructure scaling
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Alphabet is raising up to $80 billion through a combination of equity offerings, including a $10 billion anchor investment from Berkshire, to fund its artificial intelligence expansion.
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Read at Global Data Center Hub→
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Google will pay SpaceX-xAI $920 million monthly for data center capacity, leasing 110,000 GPUs to support its artificial intelligence initiatives.
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Read at Data Center Dynamics→
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Google is piloting a new "power-first" data center strategy at its Texas AI campus, integrating 1 gigawatt of power generation to address electricity scarcity for hyperscalers.
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Will Google's 'power-first' data center model in Texas solve energy scarcity for AI hyperscalers?
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A US energy company is reportedly planning to build a 1.2GW hydropower plant alongside an artificial intelligence data center in Lesotho, which would represent the country's largest generation asset.
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This week in data centers, the availability of power and adherence to delivery timelines are the critical factors determining construction success, with operators securing these resources gaining a significant advantage.
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Cipher is planning to construct a 500MW data center campus near a coal plant outside Waco, Texas, with potential energization by 2028, though plans are not yet finalized.
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Modernizing legacy infrastructure is crucial for preparing telco networks for the demands of artificial intelligence, highlighting the benefits of an infrastructure-first strategy.
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The White House is expanding its regulatory focus on artificial intelligence risks, moving beyond just AI campuses and power consumption to scrutinize the frontier models themselves.
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Should the White House regulate AI risks at the model source, not just the infrastructure?
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“just accepted my first systems admin role. Finally leaving the call queue”
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After enduring a monotonous L1 Helpdesk role with limited technical scope and excessive non-IT tasks, an individual expresses excitement about transitioning to a Systems Administrator position that offers growth, paid certifications, and a focus on technical challenges.
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Read at r/sysadmin→
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“Intune is not fit for purpose.”
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A frustrated sysadmin details the persistent failure of Intune's Scripts & Remediations feature to execute a simple registry key deletion script on their machine, despite working on a colleague's and the portal showing no logs, leading to the conclusion that Intune is an MDM problem, not a solution.
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“I realized that I'm not a windows sys admin”
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An L1 analyst reflects on their four years in a role monitoring Windows servers, realizing their limited scope has left them unprepared for typical sysadmin job requirements as they face layoffs.
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Read at r/sysadmin→
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