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Dr. Owen Rogers
5 days ago
Sweat dedicated GPU clusters to beat cloud on cost

Dedicated GPU infrastructure can beat the public cloud on cost. Companies considering purchasing an AI cluster need to consider utilization as the key variable in their calculations.

Intelligence Updates 6 min read
Daniel Bizo
18 Dec 2024
AI to trigger radical overhaul of data center electrification

Supersized generative AI models are placing onerous demands on both IT and facilities infrastructure. The challenge for next-generation AI infrastructure will be power, forcing operators to explore new electrification architectures.

Intelligence Updates 5 min read
Max Smolaks
11 Dec 2024
Nvidia’s vision for data centers may be a false prophecy

Nvidia’s dominant position in the AI hardware market may be steering data center design in the wrong direction. This dominance will be harder to sustain as enterprises begin to understand AI and opt for cheaper, simpler hardware.

Intelligence Updates 7 min read
Dr. Owen Rogers
6 Dec 2024
How tagging provides better management of cloud costs

Visibility into costs remains a top priority for enterprises that are consuming cloud services. Improving the tagging of workloads and resources may help them to spot, and curb, rising costs.

Intelligence Updates 6 min read
Max Smolaks
27 Nov 2024
Why bigger is not better: gen AI models are shrinking

Not all generative AI applications will require large and dense infrastructure footprints. This complicates AI power consumption projections and data center planning.

Intelligence Updates 6 min read
Daniel Bizo
19 Nov 2024
Maximizing server efficiency is becoming more difficult

Many organizations still do not tap into the potential power efficiency gains hidden in servers. Without operational focus on extracting those, future server platforms may bring marginal, if any, energy performance improvements.

Intelligence Updates 4 min read
Dr. Owen Rogers
13 Nov 2024
Understanding AI deployment methods and locations

Enterprises have various options on how and where to deploy their AI training and inference workloads. This report explains how these different options balance cost, complexity and customization.

Intelligence Updates 6 min read
Dr. Owen Rogers
22 Oct 2024
New quantum cloud region signals increased commercial focus

Although quantum computing promises a revolution in scientific discovery, its use is still constrained to research and continuing development. However, a new IBM quantum data center in Germany signals a growing interest in its capabilities.

Intelligence Updates 6 min read
Daniel Bizo
27 Sep 2024
Erratic power profiles of AI clusters: the root causes

AI training clusters can show rapid and large swings in power consumption. This behavior is likely driven by a combination of properties of both modern compute silicon and AI training software — and may be difficult to manage at scale.

Intelligence Updates 5 min read
Dr. Tomas Rahkonen
9 Sep 2024
Considerations of raised supply air temperatures

Increasing supply air temperature is gaining interest as an approach to potentially save data center energy. However, savings will not be universally possible and understanding its potential involves a complex multivariable analysis.

Briefing Reports 18 min read
John O'Brien
5 Sep 2024
Pulling IT power data with software

Pulling reliable power consumption data from IT is increasingly important for operators. Although third-party software products offer promise, significant roadblocks still hinder adoption.

Intelligence Updates 6 min read
Max Smolaks Daniel Bizo
1 Aug 2024
Hardware for AI: what makes it different

Most operators will be familiar with the outrageous power and cooling demands of hardware for generative AI. Why are these systems so difficult to accommodate, and what does this mean for the future of data center design?

Intelligence Updates 10 min read
Andy Lawrence Max Smolaks
22 Jul 2024
Global IT disruption highlights concentration, third-party risk

Several recent outages have exposed the global dependency on a small number of third-party suppliers — and governments around the world are already taking note.

Intelligence Updates 7 min read
Max Smolaks
29 May 2024
iPDUs: a critical step for next generation efficiency

Metered-by-outlet iPDUs present a relatively straightforward method of collecting server-level power consumption data. This information will be increasingly important to data center efficiency — making iPDUs a more popular choice.

Intelligence Updates 9 min read
Douglas Donnellan Andy Lawrence
27 Mar 2024
Annual outage analysis 2024

Avoiding digital infrastructure failures remains paramount for data center owners and operators. This report analyzes recent Uptime Institute data on IT and data center outage trends: their causes, costs and consequences.

Keynote Reports 35 min read