Charting the future of data centers and cloud computing, and the innovations that will take us there. My interests: #datacenter #cloud #ai #IoT #edgecomputing

New Jersey
Joined October 2013
The biggest surprise at HotChips is Numenta. Although some of the tech details were undisclosed, they seem to exploit sparsity in SW in extreme to beat CPUs in low batch inference. They are 3x faster on 48 client one shot BERT inference vs 8-batch A100.
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DataBank finishes seven #datacenter expansion projects across US - DCD buff.ly/3OHXIUK
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Global new investment in renewable energy skyrocketed to $358 billion in the first six months of 2023, a 22% rise compared to the start of last year. Read the latest in BNEF's 2H 2023 Renewable Energy Investment Tracker report - released today. bloom.bg/44hagbh
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The Data Center Frontier Cooling Educational Forum is right around the corner! Join us on Aug. 29th for a day of webinars educating on air-based and direct-on-chip #datacenter #cooling technologies. #liquidcooling @CPI_Products @ZutaCore @nVent M&M Carnot event.webcasts.com/starthere…
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Yikes. Can’t be good for the supply chain.
In what is being called the “world’s worst traffic jam,” some 200 cargo ships are waiting to pass at the Panama Canal as the area experienced its worst drought in 100 years.
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Los Angeles are you fucking kidding me right now #earthquake #HurricaneHilary
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The Data Center Frontier Cooling Educational Forum is right around the corner! Join us on Aug. 29th for a day of webinars educating on air-based and direct-on-chip #datacenter #cooling technologies. #liquidcooling @CPI_Products @ZutaCore @nVent M&M Carnot event.webcasts.com/starthere…
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Good thread on concerns about traffic jams at TSMC.
If this is verified, then what happens to chip manufacturers like @nvidia & @AMD that also use TSMC? #AI #HPC via @dnystedt
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Microsoft: #GPUs are a critical raw material for @Azure In its annual report released late Thursday, @Microsoft added language about GPUs to a risk factor for outages that can arise if it can’t get the infrastructure it needs cnbc.com/2023/07/28/microsof… #AI #HPC
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Replying to @digitalrealty
@digitalrealty sells 80% stake in Northern Virginia data centers to TPG Real Estate for $1.3bn. Joint venture will see Digital operate the three facilities - DCD buff.ly/3OcEC8P #DataCenter
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Unprecedented Digital Infrastructure Growth Demands a New Approach to Design Penned by Bill Kleyman, this DCF article series explains how #modular #design and #sustainability now both factor significantly in data center #modernization efforts. @NautilusDT datacenterfrontier.com/spons…
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Startup Fervo’s commercial pilot, Project Red in northern Nevada, passed its production test phase — a 30-day standard — and generated enough energy to power roughly 2,500 homes. Now, it needs offtakers to buy the energy. buff.ly/3Oxw11S
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Q2 2023 Cloud CAPEX (GOOG and MSFT) GOOG: $6.9B +1% MSFT: $10.7B +23% Still no sign of hardware refresh or GPU frenzy at Google. Typical FYQ4 spike at MSFT.
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