NewsHosting news - 19 Aug 2025 - Listing Page: 193

North American Data Centers Struggle as Vacancy Falls to Record Low - 📅 Aug 19, 2025 - The North American data center industry has entered a phase of unprecedented strain as vacancy rates plunge to historic lows and demand continues to soar. According to JLL's North America Data Center Report – Midyear 2025, the vacancy rate has dropped to just 2.3%, underscoring a profound imbalance between supply and demand.

With total inventory hitting 15.5 gigawatts (GW) and new projects struggling to keep pace, the industry is grappling with what JLL describes as a new reality: "power is the new real estate."

At the forefront of this dynamic is Northern Virginia, the largest data center hub in North America with 5.6 GW of capacity - more than three times that of the Dallas-Fort Worth [...]

BigScoots and Memberful Announce Partnership to Offer Premium Membership Website Hosting - 📅 Aug 19, 2025 - BigScoots, a leading provider of fully managed hosting solutions for WordPress, and Memberful, a powerful membership software platform, today announced a new partnership. The collaboration will enable Memberful clients to use premium membership website hosting on BigScoots Managed Hosting services to achieve unrivaled performance, robust security, and hands-off management.

Membership website hosting faces unique and demanding challenges that go beyond those of a standard site. Slow load times, downtime, and glitches can quickly lead to member frustration and increased churn, directly impacting the business's bottom line.

To overcome these hurdles, premium hosting services are essential. [...]

Secure AI Infrastructure for YOLO Analytics and Innovative Business Applications - 📅 Aug 19, 2025 - Why Dedicated GPU Servers Are Essential for YOLO-Based AI Applications
Copenhagen, Denmark – August 15, 2025 – A Danish development team required a robust hardware platform to support AI analytics applications powered by Ultralytics YOLO models. Their goal was to optimize business operations through AI-driven insights and automate processes via seamless integration of YOLO neural networks with analytics software. This demanded a flexible, high-performance, and secure infrastructure capable of handling intensive GPU workloads.
Supporting AI Workflows with Virtual Machines, Secure Data, and High-Performance Storage
The team needed:

GPU-enabled servers capable of handling neural network [...]

Get More for Less with an Affordable Dedicated Server - 📅 Aug 19, 2025 - In a digital world where milliseconds matter and downtime can mean lost customers, hosting isn’t just an IT choice—it’s a business decision. And for businesses that are growing fast, handling sensitive data, or running high-traffic platforms, shared hosting just doesn’t cut it. That’s where dedicated servers come in.

But here’s the good news: you no longer need a massive budget to enjoy the benefits of dedicated infrastructure. With modern providers like Webyne, you can get enterprise-level p

AI Tops Investment Priorities for Turkish Companies, Says DE-CIX - 📅 Aug 18, 2025 - Artificial intelligence is moving to the forefront of business investment priorities in Türkiye, according to new research commissioned by interconnection provider DE-CIX and carried out by Twentify. The study, conducted among 200 technology leaders from companies of varying sizes, shows that AI is no longer viewed as a distant concept but rather as a near-term strategic necessity.

The findings reveal that 44% of respondents see AI as the technology most likely to shape business in the coming years, outpacing hybrid cloud solutions (27%) and Industry 4.0 applications (23%). In terms of planned investments, AI also dominates the agenda, with 43% of companies intending to commit resources [...]

SK Telecom, VAST Data Launch Sovereign AI Cloud with Blackwell GPUs - 📅 Aug 18, 2025 - South Korea's SK Telecom (SKT) has entered into a partnership with VAST Data to accelerate its transformation into a leading AI-driven enterprise. The collaboration centers on building a sovereign artificial intelligence infrastructure using VAST Data's AI Operating System (AI OS), the latest NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs, and SKT's own Petasus AI Cloud platform.

Together, these technologies are being deployed to form the Haein Cluster, a next-generation GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS) environment designed to meet South Korea's growing demand for AI development and deployment.

The Haein Cluster has already been selected for the Ministry of Science and ICT's ‘AI Computing Resource Utilization [...]

Study: 60% of Enterprises See AI ROI Now or Within 12 Months - 📅 Aug 18, 2025 - As artificial intelligence shifts from experimental pilots to business-critical applications, enterprises are adopting more complex infrastructure strategies that emphasize hybrid models and geographic distribution. That is the conclusion of new sponsored research published by DataBank, a U.S.-based provider of enterprise colocation, connectivity, and managed services.

The study, Accelerating AI: Navigating the Future of Enterprise Infrastructure, finds that companies are moving away from relying exclusively on generic, cloud-based AI platforms. Instead, they are increasingly developing customized models and distributing workloads across colocation, on-premises systems, and cloud [...]

Leaseweb Named Official Shirt Sponsor of Dutch Football Team AZ - 📅 Aug 17, 2025 - Leaseweb has announced a new partnership with Dutch football club AZ Alkmaar, stepping in as the team's official shirt sponsor beginning with the upcoming season. The agreement brings together two organizations that highlight a shared focus on technology, data, and community impact, while signaling Leaseweb's intention to strengthen its visibility both in the Netherlands and internationally.

The sponsorship is framed as more than a branding exercise. Leaseweb, founded in 1997, operates a global infrastructure spanning 25 data centers across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. With more than 80,000 servers supporting cloud, hosting, and interconnection services, the company enables [...]

New Subsea Fiber Cable Deployed to in Canada by Bell - 📅 Aug 17, 2025 - Bell has announced the completion of a new Canadian undersea fiber optic cable system connecting mainland Newfoundland to Fogo Island and Change Islands, marking a significant milestone in extending reliable broadband to two of the province's most remote and culturally distinct communities.

The initiative, delivered in partnership with the Government of Canada through the Universal Broadband Fund (UBF), introduces Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) technology that will serve residents, businesses, and tourists with modern high-speed internet access.

The project involved laying more than 16 kilometers of double-armored submarine cable across challenging terrain and water depths reaching up to 49 [...]

Celestial AI Secures $255M to Scale Optical Interconnects for AI - 📅 Aug 16, 2025 - Celestial AI, a company specializing in optical interconnect technology designed for modern AI infrastructure, has secured $255 million in a Series C1 funding round. The round included strategic investments from VentureTech Alliance and Samsung Catalyst Fund, bringing the company's total funding to $520 million.

The new capital will be used to accelerate the commercialization of its Photonic Fabric technology, a system engineered to move data optically between processors and servers, addressing the growing performance and energy challenges of AI-scale workloads.

Now that $520 million has been raised, Celestial AI is getting ready to expand the commercial use of its Photonic Fabric with [...]