📅 - Gartner has identified the key themes influencing cloud adoption in the upcoming four years. These include industrial solutions, sustainability, digital sovereignty, AI/ML, multicloud, and cloud discontent.
As Joe Rogus, Director, Advisory at Gartner, stated in the opening keynote of the Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Strategies Conference in Sydney, "These trends are accelerating the shift in how cloud is transforming from a technology enabler to a business disruptor and necessity for most organizations." New business models, competitive advantages, and methods of accomplishing corporate goals will all be made possible by cloud computing in the coming years. Gartner [...][... Check source for end of article ...]
📅 - AI Boom Drives Global Rise in Water-Hungry Data Centers - The environmental cost of powering artificial intelligence is rising at an accelerating rate. According to Bloomberg, data centers are becoming more and more concentrated in areas that are already experiencing severe water shortages, which is causing the AI revolution to quickly worsen global water stress. This tendency would pose increasing difficulties for local communities as well as the sustainability objectives of the digital behemoths propelling the AI revolution.
Huge amounts of water and electricity are needed to run data centers, which are enormous buildings with servers that store, analyze, and send data. It takes a lot of water to cool the servers, especially when using [...]
📅 - Libya Inaugurates Medusa Cable to Boost Connectivity with Europe - Libya has officially launched the Medusa subsea cable, a critical milestone in its post-war ambitions to become a regional digital hub. Inaugurated on May 11, the 8,700-kilometer submarine cable directly links Libya to Europe's vast digital infrastructure, positioning the North African nation for deeper integration into the global digital economy.
The project, spearheaded by the state-owned Libyan Post, Telecommunications and Information Technology Company (LPTIC), is being described by industry observers as a transformative development for Libya's telecommunications sector.
Rather than serving solely as a high-speed data conduit, the Medusa cable is intended to be the backbone of [...]
📅 - Zendo Energy Raises €2M to Build AI-Driven Energy OS for Data Centers - Zendo Energy, a UK-based technology startup focused on the decarbonization of data center computing power, has secured more than €2 million (£ 1.75) in pre-seed funding to develop what it describes as the first ‘Energy OS' for the data center industry.
The investment round, led by DeepTech venture capital firm Fly Ventures, with participation from Octopus Ventures, Pact VC, and several angel investors from the data center sector, is intended to accelerate the company's efforts to help data centers manage increasing AI workloads while navigating volatile global energy markets.
Founded in 2024 by industry veterans Jade Batstone and Drew Barrett, Zendo Energy is addressing one of the most [...]
📅 - BDx Secures Funds to Debut Hyperscale Data Center in Hong Kong - One of Asia-Pacific's fastest-growing data center operators, BDx Data Centers (BDx), has announced that project funding for the construction of its first dedicated hyperscale data center in Hong Kong has been successfully closed. The funding for this project has been obtained from SMBC, UOB, and Clifford Capital.
With significant support from top infrastructure lenders in Asia-Pacific, the loan signifies BDx's entry into the Hong Kong market and highlights its availability of debt financing across countries. After two previous loans in Singapore and Indonesia, this one is BDx's third project financing facility and shows that lenders have faith in the company's capacity to perform in the [...]
📅 - German Firms Embrace Azure OpenAI Despite Limited Use Cases - German enterprises are ramping up adoption of Microsoft's AI tools, particularly Azure OpenAI, as they seek to drive automation and efficiency in the face of economic uncertainty. This is one of the key findings from a new report published by Information Services Group (ISG), a global technology research and advisory firm.
The 2025 ISG Provider Lens Microsoft AI and Cloud Ecosystem report for Germany outlines growing interest in generative AI solutions offered through Microsoft's platforms, though concerns remain around ROI and operational readiness.
The ISG study highlights that while many German businesses are still in the early phases of generative AI adoption, there is marked [...]
📅 - AMD Unveils EPYC 4005 Series CPUs, Powering Bare Metal and Cloud - AMD has introduced the EPYC 4005 Series, a new family of CPUs targeting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), hosting providers, and cloud service providers seeking enterprise-grade performance in more accessible, scalable configurations. The release underscores AMD's continued efforts to democratize high-performance computing by bringing server-class capabilities to a broader market.
The AMD EPYC 4005 Series CPUs are engineered for efficient deployment across virtualized environments, dedicated servers, and cloud-native applications. Built on the established AM5 socket architecture, these processors are compatible with a range of enterprise-grade form factors, including towers, [...]
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