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senators probe electricity
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Senators, including Elizabeth Warren, are investigating whether the substantial energy consumption of artificial intelligence data centers is contributing to the rising electricity expenses experienced by seventy percent of US households over the past year.
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Read at TechRepublic→
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bernie sanders dc pause
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Senator Bernie Sanders is advocating for a nationwide pause on new data center construction to provide the legislative branch time to regulate the expansive growth driven by Artificial Intelligence adoption.
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Read at The Register→
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Do you support Senator Sanders' call for a nationwide moratorium on new data center construction?
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Micron Technology anticipates that existing RAM shortages will continue indefinitely, resulting in sustained high prices for server hardware even as new fabrication plants become operational.
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Read at The Register→
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Rising costs for DRAM and NAND memory components are squeezing smartphone manufacturers, threatening to halt the fragile market recovery by placing upward price pressure on consumers.
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Read at The Register→
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Oracle AI Leasing
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Oracle is facing investor scrutiny due to massive AI-related lease commitments totaling $248 billion, a figure raising concerns given its smaller relative size in the cloud services market compared to its heavy reliance on OpenAI.
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Read at Data Center Knowledge→
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AI power strain
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Large-scale AI compute deployments introduce significant electrical load complexities that challenge existing data center budgets and hardware infrastructure planning.
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Read at Uptime Institute Blog→
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Nuclear energy is presented as the necessary power source for supporting the next generation of high-demand data centers.
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Read at Data Center POST→
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Nostrum Data Centers plans to deliver 500 MW of sustainable, AI-ready capacity in Spain by the year 2027.
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Read at Data Center POST→
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“Help orient a lost Linux guy on Microsoft? I've been doing *nix for 10 years and I'm terrified of being thrown into the deepend now.”
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A seasoned Linux/AWS administrator faces an ultimatum to rapidly transition to the Microsoft ecosystem, particularly Azure and Power Platform, while grappling with unfamiliar concepts like complex software licensing.
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Read at r/sysadmin→
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“I am in Remote Desktop Hell”
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A new system administrator is desperately trying to resolve persistent, intermittent connection failures, profile loading errors, and TCP socket disconnects plaguing a large Windows Server 2022 Remote Desktop Services environment despite extensive troubleshooting.
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Read at r/sysadmin→
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“Compliance is slowly choking actual work”
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The author laments that the bureaucratic overhead required for security reviews and compliance sign-offs for minor technology improvements is so excessive that necessary upgrades are often abandoned or outsourced at greater expense.
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Read at r/sysadmin→
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Does compliance overhead currently prevent your team from implementing minor necessary tech upgrades?
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Atlanta Megaproject Site • Atlanta
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A penny stock developer has secured a site for an enormous 8.4 million square foot project in Atlanta.
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Read at Bisnow→
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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announced a leadership realignment within AWS, promoting a long-tenured executive to head the newly formalized Artificial General Intelligence organization in an effort to compete with rivals.
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Read at The Register→
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Google is directly challenging Nvidia's market dominance in AI infrastructure with the release of advanced TPU generations, supported by a developing internal AI Hypercomputer ecosystem.
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Read at Data Center Frontier  →
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Can Google's new TPUs effectively break Nvidia's AI hardware monopoly within two years?
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Evocative Financing
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Evocative has secured new financing to support and advance its data center growth strategy.
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Read at Data Center POST→
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Maricopa Data Center Zoning • Phoenix
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Maricopa County is moving forward with updating its local zoning ordinances specifically pertaining to data center development.
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Read at Bisnow→
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