‘Plug, Baby, Plug’: France to Use Nuclear Power to Expand AI Computing Capacity

A country with deep nuclear power resources, France plans to dedicate a gigawatt of it (the power generated by 294 utility-scale wind turbines)  for an artificial intelligence computing project that rivals the Stargate project announced last month ….

HPC News Bytes 20250210: Big AI CAPEX Binge, More Data Center SMRs, Euro-Origin Quantum, Softbank Eyes Ampere

Good post-Super Bowl morning to you! The past week was somewhat calm relative to the riotous preceding period in the world of HPC-AI, but still, important developments emerged. Here’s a fast (5:52) overview ….

HPC News Bytes 20250203: DeepSeek Lessons, Intel Reroutes GPU Roadmap, LANL and OpenAI for National Security, Nuclear Reactors for Google Data Centers

The HPC-AI world was upended last week by DeepSeek AI benchmark numbers, as the dust settles we offer commentary on what it may, at this stage, mean: Five lessons from DeepSeek, Intel GPU rack scale architecture ….

Power Hungry: Google in Data Center Agreement for Small Modular Nuclear Reactors

IT, like nature, hates a vacuum. Actually, in today’s world, IT is a virtual force of nature. IT’s enormous appetite for power is on a trajectory to strain grids everywhere, and in no IT sector is this more keenly felt than in HPC-AI, the home of generative AI, where insatiable power demand could hobble genAI […]

@HPCpodcast Industry View: A Deep Dive into High-Density Data Center Cooling and Efficiency with DDC Solutions

Chris Orlando of DDC discusses the rapidly changing landscape of high density data center cooling, monitoring, safety ….

HPE ‘Hunter’ Supercomputer Now in Operation at HLRS Powered by AMD APUs

On the heels of a Bloomberg report that HPE has won a $1 billion deal with Elon Musk’s X (Twitter) social network for AI-optimized servers, a major European supercomputing center announced today the start of operations of an HPE-Cray supercomputer powered by AMD processors …..

Telehouse Launches Liquid Cooling Lab with Accelsius, EkkoSense, JetCool and Legrand

13 January 2025 – Telehouse International Corporation of Europe, a data centre service provider, today announces the launch of its liquid cooling lab, following the development of partnerships with four liquid cooling technology providers. From early 2025 onwards, the four companies – Accelsius, EkkoSense, JetCool, and Legrand – will showcase their advanced cooling technologies at […]

Flex Acquires Liquid Cooling Company JetCool

Austin, Texas, November 14, 2024 – Flex (NASDAQ: FLEX) announced today it has acquired JetCool Technologies, a liquid cooling company for data centers. The acquisition is intended to bolster Flex’s data center and power portfolio to help hyperscale and enterprise customers solve growing power, heat, and scale challenges in the era of AI. Building on […]

Lenovo @ SC24: Smarter Creates Cooler HPC

[SPONSORED GUEST ARTICLE]   SC24, the industry’s leading HPC technical conference, is taking place next month, and Lenovo will be there. HPC enthusiasts, influencers, and experts will gather in Atlanta, Georgia from November 17 – 22nd at the Georgia World Congress Center. This year, Lenovo’s theme is Smarter ….

Lenovo Launches ‘100%’ Liquid Cooled Platforms with Nvidia for GenAI

Lenovo called the 6th generation ThinkSystem N1380 Neptune a “vertical liquid cooling breakthrough” that supports accelerated computing while reducing power consumption by up to 40 percent… Lenovo, of course, has long been active in liquid cooling ….