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2 weeks ago | fiercetelecom.com | Diana Goovaerts

Valvoline's brand is closely associated with cars but it's making a name for itself in the data center liquid cooling spaceThe company's head of R&D shared with Fierce what characteristics make for a great coolantNew Dell'Oro numbers show the market continues to see explosive growth. If you’ve listened to enough tech keynotes, you may have heard AI and high performance compute chips systems compared to Formula 1 racecars.

2 weeks ago | fiercetelecom.com | Masha Abarinova

Trump called the Digital Equity Act “unconstitutional” amid the admin’s broader anti-DEI pushExperts warned that reversing the law could make the digital divide worseThe White House still hasn’t decided what to do with BEAD, where digital equity is a core componentPresident Donald Trump wants to do away with the $2.75 billion Digital Equity Act, a move that’s hardly surprising but could hinder efforts to close the U.S. digital divide.

2 weeks ago | fiercetelecom.com | Linda Hardesty

The Smart Town initiative was begun by the vendor CalixIt’s a way to provide Wi-Fi roaming throughout small communitiesBy offering a mobile value-add, small broadband providers can better compete against the likes of StarlinkYou’ve probably heard of smart cities, where a lot of public infrastructure, such as traffic lights, is connected to the internet. But have you heard of smart towns?

2 weeks ago | fiercetelecom.com | Diana Goovaerts

Natural gas is poised to play a key role in meeting rising power demand from data centersThe U.S. is expected to be a leading producer of natural gasEnergy providers across the country say talks are heating up as data centers hunt for power to fuel their AI-driven expansionsNuclear generation may be a long-term solution for the data center energy crunch, but in the short term renewables and natural gas are poised to be king.

2 weeks ago | fiercetelecom.com | Diana Goovaerts

AI re-platforming that is increasingly being thrown around by executives and analystsIt refers to AI-driven evolution – rather than replacement – of hardware, software and applicationsVertical integration across all these layers could completely change the face of the industry's value chainIf you’re anything like us, you’ve started hearing a lot of talk about “AI re-platforming.” But what the heck does that term even mean? And what does it look like in practice?