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Gartner warns GenAI demand will lead to datacentre energy shortages

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The surging demand for generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) workloads is likely to lead to operational constraints in AI datacentres due to energy shortages, according to Gartner. The analyst is predicting that 40% of existing AI datacentres will be affected by power supply issues by 2027, because of how rapidly energy consumption is expected to rise…

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More data stolen in 2023 MOVEit attacks comes to light

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Eighteen months after a major cyber incident in which hundreds of organisations were victimised by a ransomware gang that exploited a zero-day SQL injection vulnerability in Progress Software’s MOVEit Transfer file transfer product, multiple new victims have come to light, including tech giant Amazon, which has confirmed that data on more than two million of…

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Server manufacturers ramp-up edge AI efforts

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Server manufacturers have long recognised the niche in public cloud computing that physical servers neatly fill. This has evolved over time to IT leaders and the industry recognising that some workloads will always be run on-premise; some may run both on the public cloud and on-premise; and some may be wholly cloud-based. Artificial intelligence (AI)…

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Microsoft and Google in war of words following launch of anti-competitive cloud coalition

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Microsoft has taken issue with a newly formed cloud-focused lobbying body, known as the Open Cloud Coalition (OCC), describing the organisation is an “astroturf group” organised by Google. The OCC debuted on Tuesday 29 October, positioning itself as a group focused on making the public cloud a more transparent, open and competitive market for enterprise…

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Scality Ring XP to offer object storage at scale with rapid access

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Object storage specialist Scality has launched Ring XP, a tuned-up version of its existing Ring platform aimed at artificial intelligence (AI) data lake use cases that promises microsecond (µs) storage access times. That tune-up centres on the use of a stripped-down version of S3 object storage application programming interfaces (APIs) – that lack performance-sapping functionality…

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Trying to get the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU? It seems only scalpers have it and they’re jacking up the price

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The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor sold out in most retailersScalpers have been doubling the prices on preorder listingsAs components sell in waves, this issue will be fixed soonTrying to get ahold of the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, one of the best processors on the market right now? Good luck, since it’s sold out pretty…

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Interview: Niall Robinson, head of product innovation, Met Office

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Niall Robinson, head of product innovation at the Met Office, is an experienced executive who turns novel ideas at the UK’s national weather and climate service into valuable outputs. He’s been with the organisation for 12 years and still finds places to drive change. “One of the cool things about the Met Office is the…

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tvOS 18.1 now available with Watchlist improvements while delaying awaited features

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After a packed tvOS 18 release, Apple is being modest with this cycle’s major software update, tvOS 18.1. So far, the only change spotted in this version is improvements to the TV app Watchlist.As spotted by Apple TV aficionado Sigmund Judge, Apple is adding a Watchlist to tvOS 18.1. According to him, “The new Watchlist…

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AWS expands datacentre hardware recycling programme to Dublin

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Amazon Web Services (AWS) is expanding its efforts to reuse and recycle its datacentre hardware by opening a reverse logistics facility in Dublin, Ireland, operated by its Re:Cycle Reverse Logistics subsidiary. The facility is designed to give a second life to the component parts of AWS datacentre hardware and server racks, including processors and network…

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UK sees over £6bn boost in datacentre investments

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To tie in with the government’s International Investment Summit, US tech firms CyrusOne, ServiceNow, Cloud HQ, CoreWeave and ServiceNow have announced major UK expansion worth a total of £6.3bn.   Last month, the government took steps to classify UK datacentres as critical national infrastructure (CNI), and in July, hired entrepreneur Matt Clifford to kickstart an…

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