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Broadcom Unifies VMware Cloud Foundation in ‘Pivotal’ Release

1 week ago | datacenterknowledge.com | Wylie Wong

Broadcom has released VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0, delivering on the company’s promise to unify its VMware products and make it easier for enterprises to operate private clouds and deploy applications, company executives said this week. Last August, at its VMware Explore conference, Broadcom executives announced plans to better integrate the solutions that make up VCF, VMware’s flagship private cloud software.
When to Know It's Time to Repatriate Your Workloads

1 week ago | datacenterknowledge.com | Christopher Tozzi

For many businesses, the cloud is amazing. Its flexibility, scalability, and reliability make it the obvious way to deploy workloads. But in other cases, businesses that have moved workloads to the cloud — or that deployed everything in the cloud from the start — may find that the cloud doesn't offer the value they hoped for. It may cost more than they expected. It may not provide the necessary level of control. It might wed them to vendor ecosystems to which they don't want to be locked in.
Architecture Firm Unveils ‘First Data Center Designed Entirely by AI’

1 week ago | datacenterknowledge.com | Henry Chapman

In what may be an industry first, Cove Architecture has completed the design of a 10,000 sq.ft data center using entirely AI-driven processes, accomplishing in 30 days what traditionally takes months. AI data centers have emerged as one of the industry’s most critical focus areas, with operators increasingly leveraging AI for cooling optimization, data center infrastructure management (DCIM), and strategic site selection.
Amazon Plans $13B Investment in Australia Data Centers

1 week ago | datacenterknowledge.com | Ainslie Chandler

The commitment is aimed at supporting the growth in demand in Australia for cloud computing and AI. (Bloomberg) -- Amazon plans to invest A$20 billion ($13 billion) in Australia between this year and 2029 to develop its data center infrastructure. The commitment would support the growth in demand in Australia for cloud computing and AI, for which it would speed up adoption and capability, Amazon said in a statement.
5 Reasons to Work in IT Instead of Software Development

2 weeks ago | datacenterknowledge.com | Christopher Tozzi

If you choose a tech career path based primarily on how much you'll earn, working in software development clearly beats working in IT operations. Software engineers outearn operations engineers by a margin of more than 10% on average.
Jupiter Supercomputer Now Among Top Five Fastest in the World

2 weeks ago | datacenterknowledge.com | James Walker

The Jupiter supercomputer in Europe has reached speeds that rank it fourth among the top five highest-performance computers in the world, EU officials have confirmed. More than 793 petaflops were recorded on the supercomputer, which is still only partially built out. The result was announced during the International Supercomputing Conference (ISC25), Europe’s biggest conference dedicated to high-performance computing, which is taking place in Hamburg, Germany, this week.
AMD Bolsters AI Chips and Software to Further Challenge Nvidia

2 weeks ago | datacenterknowledge.com | Wylie Wong

Seeking a bigger share of the AI infrastructure market, AMD today (June 12) unveiled its latest AI chips and major software improvements while sharing more details of its product roadmap through 2027. AMD has started shipping the Instinct MI350 series GPUs, with the initial wave of server launches and cloud provider instances powered by the new GPU expected in the 2025 third quarter, AMD executives said.
DayOne Gets $3.5B Funding for Malaysia Data Centers

2 weeks ago | datacenterknowledge.com | Ram Anand

(Bloomberg) -- DayOne Data Centers Singapore secured 15 billion ringgit ($3.5 billion) of multicurrency financing to support its green data centers in Malaysia’s Johor state, according to a statement from Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation. OCBC and its Malaysian unit OCBC Bank Malaysia acted as joint coordinators for the syndicated financing, which comprises a 7.5 billion ringgit Islamic financing and a $1.7 billion offshore term-loan facility, the bank said.
A New Sustainability Standard

2 weeks ago | datacenterknowledge.com | Christopher Tozzi

Data center life cycle assessments are transforming how the industry evaluates environmental impact by examining the complete sustainability footprint across all phases – from construction and implementation through operations to eventual decommissioning. While traditional metrics focus primarily on operational efficiency, this holistic approach reveals the true environmental cost of digital infrastructure and identifies previously overlooked opportunities for sustainability improvements.
Apple’s Data Center Spending Still MIA

2 weeks ago | datacenterknowledge.com | Mike Dano

A new report indicates no ‘meaningful ramp in activity from Apple, despite the expectations of the data center industry.’ That's important to some telecom companies. According to the financial analysts at TD Cowen, Apple has not yet begun spending heavily on data center services as initially expected. “We have yet to see a meaningful ramp in activity from Apple despite the expectations of the data center industry.