Aug. 26, 2024 — The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin announced it has chosen Sabey Data Centers (SDC Austin) as its colocation partner for the Horizon supercomputer. Horizon is part of the nation’s newly announced National Science Foundation-funded Leadership-Class Computing Facility (LCCF), which will revolutionize America’s computational research for the next […]
HPC News Bytes Podcast 20240826: Hot Chips, NM Senate Race and LANL, Underground Nuclear Power for AI, AMD Buys ZT Systems
August 26, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Good August morning to you! We offer a quick (5:32) round-up of HPC-AI news: Hot Chips 2024, LANL exascale power needs enters NM politics, underground nuclear power for AI, AMD-ZT Systems deal
Female-led Swiss Start-up Apheros Secures $1.85M for Data Center Cooling Systems
August 20, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Zurich – August 19, 2024: Deep tech startup Apheros is today announcing a $1.85m funding round the company will use to introduce its metal foam technology for data center cooling. Apheros said its patented manufacturing process creates foam structures with open porosity and surface area, which “translates into exceptional heat transfer and flow properties. Ideal […]
HPC News Bytes 20240805: Intel Woes, Blackwell Delay, Energy Efficient Programming Languages, Exascale Software Kicks In
August 5, 2024 by
A good August morning to you! Here’s a rapid (6:52) run though of recent news from the roiling world of HPC-AI, including: Intel’s financial results and other woes, delays for Nvidia Blackwell ….
Corning and Lumen in Agreement on Fiber-Optic Cable for Data Center AI
August 1, 2024 by
CORNING, NY, Aug. 1, 2024 — Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN) today announced an agreement with Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) for a substantial supply of next-generation optical cable. This fiber-dense cable will more than double Lumen’s U.S. intercity fiber miles, offering capacity to major cloud data centers racing to stay ahead of AI workloads and high […]
Micron Introduces PCIe Gen5 Data Center SSD
July 23, 2024 by
BOISE, Idaho, July 23, 2024 — Micron Technology, Inc. today announced availability of the Micron 9550 NVMe SSD – which Micros said is the fastest data center SSD for AI performance and power efficiency.1 The SSD integrates its own controller, NAND, DRAM and firmware into one product. The Micron 9550 SSD delivers best-in-class performance with […]
CoreWeave and Bloom Energy Partner on AI Data Center Power
July 19, 2024 by
Solid oxide fuel cell energy company Bloom Energy and GPU cloud services company CoreWeave have formed a partnership to deploy Bloom’s fuel cells for CoreWeave at a data center in Illinois, set to be commissioned in Q3 2025.
Crusoe to Build 200MW AI Data Center, Then Expand at 1.2 GW Lancium Clean Campus
July 18, 2024 by
SAN FRANCISCO and Abilene, TX — July 18, 2024 — Crusoe Energy Systems LLC announced it is building a 200 MW data center at the Lancium Clean Campus outside Abilene, Texas. Crusoe, a vertically-integrated AI infrastructure company, and Lancium, an energy technology and infrastructure company focused on the decarbonization and stability of the electric power grid, will […]
Open Innovation AI and Nscale Partner for AI GPU Cloud Services
July 16, 2024 by
July 16, 2024 — Open Innovation AI, a GPU orchestration platform, and Nscale, an AI cloud service provider, today announced a partnership designed to deliver AI Cloud services and AI workloads at scale. This alliance will combine Nscale’s GPU infrastructure with Open Innovation AI’s end-to-end AI platform. The partnership aims to enhance the performance, scalability, […]
Chilldyne Launches Liquid Cooling Starter Kit AI in Data Centers
July 16, 2024 by
CARLSBAD, Calif., July 16, 2024 – Chilldyne, a provider of direct-to-chip liquid cooling solutions, has released its data center liquid cooling starter kit designed to prepare data centers for the workloads being driven by AI computing. With high-density racks of up to 150 kW and higher in the future, data center operators need to be […]
