UK e-waste firm n2s is partnering with NTT Data to handle the sustainable decommissioning of IT equipment across Virgin Media O2’s UK data center portfolio. The three-year deal aims to process over 40,000 assets using advanced bioleaching to recover precious metals, supporting Virgin Media O2’s 2040
Julie Collison, director of Clear Strategy Limited, sees a clear shift from AI hype to pragmatism in 2024. She argues that without a strong data foundation, AI simply amplifies risk. Her own journey from data warehousing pioneer to award-winning scale-up founder while raising three kids solo informs
Vantage Data Centers is teaming up with Liberty Energy to secure its own power. The deal aims to deliver up to 1 gigawatt of on-site generation capacity over five years, starting with 400MW reserved for 2027. It’s a direct response to the power crunch facing data center expansion.
The explosive growth of AI data centers is colliding with a slow-moving power grid. According to an expert with over 100 patents, the industry’s key assumption about data centers as flexible grid resources is dangerously wrong, risking underbuilt infrastructure and ceding ground to China.
The problem of “secrets creep” is accelerating, with one report finding 23 million exposed secrets last year. Experts say convenience and an illusion of internal security are to blame, and AI tools are about to make it much worse.
Researchers at the Perimeter Institute have created a new public code called KISS-SIDM. It models the complex evolution of self-interacting dark matter halos, structures that host galaxies like our Milky Way, with greater speed and accuracy than before.
For a decade, hyper-converged infrastructure ruled the data center. But the unique, massive demands of AI workloads are breaking that model. The future is looking disaggregated, flexible, and far more efficient.
Seekr and advisory firm Stephano Slack have developed AI agents to automate financial data extraction. The tech reduces manual work from 50 hours to just two for certain audits. It’s part of a push to bring scalable AI to middle-market firms.
A scientist’s social media celebration about GPT-5 solving math problems turned out to be wrong. The real story is a lesson in AI hype versus reality, and a glimpse at what these models are actually good for.
The explosive growth of AI and hyperscale cloud workloads is transforming data center network design. A new whitepaper argues that managing fiber polarity is no longer a minor detail but a foundational requirement for reliability at scale.
