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Evaporative cooling tech could curb data centers’ rising energy demands
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Evaporative cooling tech could curb data centers’ rising energy demands

Illustration of a fiber membrane removing heat from an electronic chip through evaporation. Credit: Tianshi Feng Engineers at the University of California San...

E2 SSDs aim to bridge performance and cost for modern data centers
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E2 SSDs aim to bridge performance and cost for modern data centers

E2 SSDs aim to balance storage performance capacity and efficiency New form factor fits rising demand for warm tier data storage High density...

High-speed DAC paves the way for faster and more energy-efficient optical and electrical links in data centers
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High-speed DAC paves the way for faster and more energy-efficient optical and electrical links in data centers

Imec’s new DAC combines high speed and energy efficiency. Credit: imec At the 2025 Symposium on VLSI Technology and Circuits, imec, a research...

Amazon to spend B on data centers in Pennsylvania, including one next to a nuclear power plant
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Amazon to spend $20B on data centers in Pennsylvania, including one next to a nuclear power plant

A data center owned by Amazon Web Services, front right, is under construction next to the Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Berwick, Pa.,...

Seagate’s wild new NVMe HDDs could change data centers forever – but your PC might never get one
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Seagate’s wild new NVMe HDDs could change data centers forever – but your PC might never get one

Seagate NVMe HDDs may unify storage protocols, but don’t expect speed records Enterprise systems might love NVMe HDDs, but gamers and creators won’t...

How your electric bill may be paying for big data centers’ energy use
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How your electric bill may be paying for big data centers’ energy use

Credit: Brett Sayles from Pexels In the race to develop artificial intelligence, large technology companies such as Google and Meta are trying to...

Old smartphones can have a new life as tiny data centers
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Old smartphones can have a new life as tiny data centers

Prototype. Credit: Kadri-Ann Kivastik Researchers at the University of Tartu Institute of Computer Science introduce a novel approach to reducing electronic waste and...

Shell introduces DLC Fluid S3 as data centers turn to liquid cooling for efficiency and thermal performance gains
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Shell introduces DLC Fluid S3 as data centers turn to liquid cooling for efficiency and thermal performance gains

Shell launches new cooling fluid to meet AI data center demands DLC Fluid S3 cools high-performance components like CPUs and GPUs The propylene...

Quantum startup claims its 20-square-meter machine will crush HPC giants and rewrite the future of data centers forever
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Quantum startup claims its 20-square-meter machine will crush HPC giants and rewrite the future of data centers forever

Nord Quantique promises quantum power without the bulk or energy drain Traditional HPC may fall if Nord’s speed and energy claims prove real...