Data Center Explorer
Data center colocation provider Cyxtera files for bankruptcy
The provider had been trying to find a buyer or reduce its debt load for months.
Gen 2 AMD server chips have a crash bug
A minor bug can cause a system crash after 1,044 days of uninterrupted uptime. Be sure to reboot before then.
Data center developers turn to emerging US markets
As popular locations such as Northern Virginia become saturated, data center developers are eyeing other US regions, including Atlanta, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, and Denver.
Intel looking likely to manufacture Nvidia chips
Nvidia CEO gives the strongest indication yet it will have Intel make some of its chips.
Inside Nvidia's new AI supercomputer
Nvidia's Grace Hopper CPU/GPU combo underpins its supercomputer the company claims can crank out nearly an exaFLOP of AI performance.
Intel revises its XPU strategy
Intel is switching up its data-center processor roadmap, and its proposed combination CPU and GPU, code-named Falcon Shores, will now be a GPU chip only.
Intel launches Agilex FPGA for smart networking
The new processor is built around processing network workloads to take the load off the CPU.
Now on sale at Bed Bath & Beyond: One slightly used data center
Its North Carolina facility may be the most valuable asset that Bed, Bath & Beyond has left to liquidate.
Ampere launches 192-core AmpereOne server processor
AmpereOne chips are the first built around cores designed in-house and promise two to three times the power savings over x86.
DOE funds $40 million for advanced data-center cooling
The US Department of Energy is funding 15 projects aimed at developing energy-efficient cooling technologies for data centers.
Startup NEO Semiconductor promises 8x increase in memory density
NEO is developing a 3D DRAM architecture that uses memory stacking to solve the DRAM capacity bottleneck.
Google launches A3 supercomputer VMs
The A3 supercomputer's scale can provide up to 26 exaFlops of AI performance, Google says.
US data center market nears full capacity
Demand for data center infrastructure persists amid power limitations, supply chain issues, and rising costs.
AT&T, Dell and VMware team to simplify 5G edge deployments
Joint offering combines 5G connectivity, edge computing infrastructure, and multi-cloud support in an on-demand service.
IBM offers bare metal LinuxONE instances through the cloud
IBM LinuxONE Bare Metal Servers let enterprises get the hardware of a mainframe for their own Linux environments via an off-premises IaaS model.
Broadcom's new switching chip links GPUs, aims to boost AI networks
The new Jericho chip can connect up to 32,000 GPUs concurrently and promises shorter job completion times for AI workloads.
Intel news roundup: chiplets milestone, server exit, and ARM deal
Three announcements from Intel pertain to chip manufacturing and divesting its prebuilt server business.
Nvidia touts MLPerf 3.0 tests; Enfabrica details network chip for AI
A software update for AI benchmarking and a new networking chip are the latest developments in AI speeds and feeds.
Failed hard drives lasted less than three years, analysis finds
Secure Data Recovery examined failure rates and lifespans of 2,007 hard drives from six manufacturers.
AMD announces video streaming accelerator
The Alveo-based card offloads video processing functions from the CPU to reduce latency and maximize channel density.
