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Data Center Knowledge is a top online platform that delivers daily news and insights about the data center sector. We provide coverage on a variety of topics, including innovations in power and cooling systems, server and processor designs, networking, storage solutions, the colocation market, managed services, and cloud technologies. We also discuss trends in today’s web-scale data centers. Our readers consist of IT and operations experts who are involved in the construction and management of data centers.

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iMasons and GRESB to Launch Data Center Sustainability Benchmark

2 days ago | datacenterknowledge.com | Nathan Eddy

Environmental organization GRESB and Infrastructure Masons (iMasons), a nonprofit digital infrastructure professional network, have announced a partnership to create a global sustainability benchmark for data center investments. The initiative aims to provide institutional investors with standardized metrics to evaluate the environmental performance of data center assets.
European Data Center Investment to Top €100B by 2030 – Report

3 days ago | datacenterknowledge.com | Nathan Eddy

Europe’s data center industry is projected to receive €100 billion ($114 billion) in investment by 2030 as the continent focuses on data center sustainability, according to the European Data Centre Association’s (EUDCA) inaugural ‘State of European Data Centers’ report. The study, developed in collaboration with the European National Trade Associations (NTA), identifies the data center industry as central to Europe’s digital economy and sovereignty.
Understanding Key Differences Between AWS Cloud Services

4 days ago | datacenterknowledge.com | Christopher Tozzi

At a GlanceEC2 is an AWS IaaS offering that provides cloud-based server instances for hosting workloads. ECS is a managed container orchestration service designed specifically for deploying and managing containerized applications. EC2 and ECS serve distinct purposes, with different pricing models, tooling, and levels of control. If you're new to the world of AWS cloud services, you might assume that there are few major differences between EC2 and ECS.
TSMC Evaluates Building Advanced Chip Plant in the UAE

5 days ago | datacenterknowledge.com | Mackenzie Hawkins

(Bloomberg) -- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is evaluating building an advanced production facility in the United Arab Emirates and has discussed the possibility with officials in President Donald Trump’s administration, according to people familiar with the matter, a potentially major bet on the Middle East that would only come to fruition with Washington’s approval.
Understanding GPU Servers and Their Role in Data Centers

5 days ago | datacenterknowledge.com | Christopher Tozzi

You can’t train and operate most types of AI workloads without Graphics Processing Units, or GPUs. But you also can’t deploy GPUs without servers to host them. This is why conversations about the future of GPUs inside data centers must consider not just how businesses will acquire, configure, and power GPUs themselves, but also how they’ll build out the server infrastructure where the GPUs will live.
Infrastructure Meets Intelligence

1 week ago | datacenterknowledge.com | Sean Michael Kerner

Microsoft's Build conference has always been about developers, and in 2025 that very specifically means AI. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella kicked off the company's Build 2025 developer conference held in Seattle this week with announcements designed to position Microsoft as the central platform for what he called the open agentic web. Microsoft's Build 2025 conference showcased the company as both the infrastructure backbone and development platform.
Amazon Pledges to Continue Rapid Data Center Expansion

1 week ago | datacenterknowledge.com | Matt Day

(Bloomberg) -- Amazon’s cloud services chief says the company is aggressively expanding server farms globally and looking to boost access to the latest AI chips from Nvidia Corporation. Amazon Web Services (AWS), the world’s largest seller of rented computing power and data storage, opened a cluster of data centers in Mexico earlier this year, AWS Chief Executive Officer Matt Garman said Friday in an interview with Bloomberg Television.
Solar Firm Zeo Energy Targets Data Centers with Heliogen Deal

1 week ago | datacenterknowledge.com | James Walker

Zeo Energy Corporation, a Florida-based provider of residential solar power technologies, is expanding into the commercial space by acquiring clean energy tech firm Heliogen. Heliogen's commercial thermal storage systems address critical power quality and energy capacity issues faced by AI and cloud computing data centers, while aiding grid stability.
The Death of the CIO? Why Some Companies Are Eliminating the Role

1 week ago | datacenterknowledge.com | Pam Baker

Time continues to erode the CIO’s need to be hands-on, technically gifted, and decidedly geeky. Now, with their skills becoming increasingly redundant, the question becomes whether the role itself is antiquated. Change may be the only constant, but disruption is ruling this age. And it’s not just AI that’s breaking things. Economic uncertainty, political tension, market shifts, and fluctuating tariffs are wreaking havoc around the world.
Why the Forecast Is Only Partly Sunny

1 week ago | datacenterknowledge.com | Christopher Tozzi

Solar power is cheap, at least when compared to other renewables, like geothermal. It’s clean. It’s fast to install. Given these advantages, why aren’t solar-powered data centers more common in the industry? The short answer is that data centers are increasingly incorporating solar power, but they’re still a minority. The longer answer, which this article explores, involves the unique opportunities and challenges that solar energy presents in the context of data centers.