Nov. 4, 2024: According to a report from S&P Global Commodity Insights, the rising energy demands of global data centers are driving shifts toward renewable power sourcing with US data centers accounting for half of total US corporate clean energy procurement this year, but only around 20 percent in Europe. The US data center sector […]
Open Compute Project Foundation and Hyperscalers to Trial Low-Carbon ‘Green Concrete’
August 21, 2024 by
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 20, 2024 — Today, the Open Compute Project Foundation (OCP) announces a collaboration to test development and deployment of low-embodied carbon concrete or “green concrete.” While numerous emerging technologies exist to achieve production of low carbon concrete, adoption has not yet scaled. This proactive and collaborative demonstration project is an important step towards […]
Intersect360 Sizes HPC-AI Market at $85.7B, Up 62% Driven by Hyperscalers
April 29, 2024 by
Analyst firm Intersect360 Research has released its annual report placing the worldwide market for scalable computing infrastructure for HPC and AI at $85.7 billion in 2023, up 62.4 percent year-over-year. This was mainly due to a near tripling of spending by ….
Oregon Bill Would Penalize Data Centers for Failure to Meet Emissions Requirements Starting in 2027
March 30, 2023 by
A bill before the Oregon state legislature would penalize data centers for not meeting emissions standards starting in 2027 and could — if approved in Oregon and similar measures are adopted by other states — have significant implications for hyperscalers and HPC organizations with heavy electrical requirements. A story in yesterday’s The Oregonian reported that […]
OCP Global Summit to Be in San Jose, Oct. 18–20, 2022
April 22, 2022 by
The Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit will be held in person on Oct. 18-20 at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose. More information can be found here. The conference organizers said the event will include: Two days of engineering workshops. An extra day for the Expo Hall. The Future Technologies Symposium, which […]
Fungible Picks Avery Design Systems PCI Express VIP for Hyperscale Compliance, Connectivity
February 28, 2022 by
Tewksbury, MA., Feb 28, 2022 — Avery Design Systems, maker of functional verification solutions, today announced its PCI Express Verification IP (VIP) has been selected by Fungible Inc., a data center infrastructure company, for compliance and connectivity of its Fungible Data Processing Unit (DPU). The Fungible DPU is designed to address requirements in hyperscale data […]
