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Ex-OpenAI Researcher’s $13.6B Fund Bets on Crypto Miners as AI Compute Plays
Ex-OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner’s $13.6 billion fund is betting big on crypto miners as AI-compute plays, CoinDesk reports. We examine why bitcoin mining sites — with their secured…
Intel’s 1:1 CPU-to-GPU Claim and the 18A Yield Pull-In
Intel says AI inference is pushing data center CPU-to-GPU ratios from 1:8 toward 1:1, and has pulled its 18A yield target forward to mid-year. We examine what that…
Bitdeer’s Tydal Lease: Bitcoin Miner Converts Norwegian Hydro Power to AI Colocation
Bitdeer signed a colocation lease for an AI data center at its Tydal, Norway site, converting hydro-powered bitcoin mining capacity into AI infrastructure revenue. We examine the miner-to-AI…
800VDC and the Megawatt Rack: How High-Voltage DC Reshapes Data Center Cooling
800VDC power architecture is pushing data centers toward megawatt racks, and cooling design must evolve alongside the electrical plant to keep pace. We analyze the liquid-cooling, operational, and…
Utah Hyperscale Campus Nears Approval With Power Needs Exceeding the Entire State
A hyperscale data center campus in Utah is nearing final approval with plans to generate and consume more electricity than the entire state currently produces. We break down…
US Advisory Warns of Active Cyber Threats to Programmable Logic Controllers
A US advisory warns that programmable logic controllers (PLCs) — the industrial computers running power, cooling, and water systems — face active cyber threats. We unpack what the…
Google Breaks Ground in Kronstorf: Austria Joins the Map
Google has broken ground on a data center in Kronstorf, Austria, pushing hyperscale construction beyond Europe’s established hubs into a new power market. The announcement itself is thin:…
AI Turns Cooling Into the Defining Constraint of Data Center Design
AI workloads are pushing cooling from an afterthought to the primary constraint in data center design, Data Center Knowledge reports. As rack densities climb past what air cooling…
Wisconsin Regulators Say Data Centers Must Pay the Full Cost of Their Power
Wisconsin regulators say data centers must cover the full cost of their energy needs, shielding other ratepayers from the price of hyperscale power demand. Here is what the…