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Hosted.com® Examines How Training Data Shapes Modern AI Models - 📅 - Machine Learning is the primary method for training AI models. Rather than relying on fixed rules and hard-coded instructions, they are designed to identify patterns and relationships in large datasets to generate outputs. The main sources of training data include:
Publicly available web content gathered by AI crawlers. User-Generated Content (UGC), such as forums and social media platforms. Licensed datasets from content owners.
Each of these affects how LLMs and generative AIs respond, what they prioritize, and where they may fail.
Additionally, Hosted.com® looks at the growing reliance on synthetic data generated by other AI systems. As high-quality human-created content becomes [...]
An Executive Guide to Data Center Cooling Strategies - 📅 - Global demand for digital infrastructure is accelerating at a pace that is reshaping the economics, design and environmental footprint of data centers worldwide. As hyperscale operators, colocation providers and enterprises scale infrastructure to accommodate increasingly dense workloads, one issue sits at the center of strategic planning: heat.
The modern data center is no longer simply a warehouse of servers. It is an energy-intensive compute engine supporting generative AI models, financial trading platforms, global content distribution and real-time analytics. Each of these workloads generates heat at densities that would have been considered extreme only a decade ago.
The rise of AI [...]
The modern data center is no longer simply a warehouse of servers. It is an energy-intensive compute engine supporting generative AI models, financial trading platforms, global content distribution and real-time analytics. Each of these workloads generates heat at densities that would have been considered extreme only a decade ago.
The rise of AI [...]
Palo Alto Acquires Koi for AI Endpoint Security - 📅 - Palo Alto Networks has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Koi, a startup focused on what it calls "Agentic Endpoint Security," in a move aimed at addressing emerging risks tied to AI-driven workplace tools. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
The acquisition, disclosed by the California-based cybersecurity vendor, comes as enterprises globally accelerate adoption of AI agents and automation frameworks that increasingly operate with broad system access.
The deal reflects a growing concern among security leaders that traditional endpoint defenses are ill-equipped to monitor and control AI-native software components. Unlike conventional applications, AI agents [...]
The acquisition, disclosed by the California-based cybersecurity vendor, comes as enterprises globally accelerate adoption of AI agents and automation frameworks that increasingly operate with broad system access.
The deal reflects a growing concern among security leaders that traditional endpoint defenses are ill-equipped to monitor and control AI-native software components. Unlike conventional applications, AI agents [...]
Cisco Readies VMware Alternative Hypervisor - 📅 - Cisco is preparing to introduce its own hypervisor as an alternative to VMware for customers running its unified communications applications, signaling a strategic shift in response to changes in VMware's product and pricing model under Broadcom ownership.
The move, outlined in updated virtualization guidance, positions Cisco to offer a purpose-built virtualization layer for its calling platforms, including Unified Communications Manager, with general availability expected in the first quarter of 2026.
For years, Cisco has supported its calling applications running on VMware virtual machines, requiring customers to deploy vSphere to host core collaboration workloads. However, since [...]
The move, outlined in updated virtualization guidance, positions Cisco to offer a purpose-built virtualization layer for its calling platforms, including Unified Communications Manager, with general availability expected in the first quarter of 2026.
For years, Cisco has supported its calling applications running on VMware virtual machines, requiring customers to deploy vSphere to host core collaboration workloads. However, since [...]
Neysa Secures $1.2B to Scale India AI Platform - 📅 - Neysa has secured commitments for a $1.2 billion capital raise to accelerate its ambition of building India's leading AI infrastructure platform, marking one of the largest funding initiatives in the country's artificial intelligence ecosystem to date. The announcement, made this week in India, signals a major step in scaling sovereign AI compute capacity as demand for domestic GPU infrastructure intensifies across enterprise and public sectors.
The transaction includes up to $600 million in equity from private equity funds affiliated with Blackstone and co-investors. Based on that equity commitment, Neysa intends to secure an additional $600 million in debt financing, subject to [...]
The transaction includes up to $600 million in equity from private equity funds affiliated with Blackstone and co-investors. Based on that equity commitment, Neysa intends to secure an additional $600 million in debt financing, subject to [...]
Official Notice: .TZ Expiry Window Now Only 7 Days (TCRA Registry Policy Update) - 📅 - There’s an important change you need to know if you own a .TZ domain (example: biashara.co.tz, company.tz). TCRA has updated the .TZ Registry Policy, and the Registry has shortened the expiry grace period from 30 days to 7 days only.That means: if your .TZ domain expires and you don’t renew fast, your website and email can go offline sooner than before.
What exactly changed?
Previously, most .TZ domains had a longer buffer after expiry (commonly treated as 30 days) before serious service inte
Legrand Expands Data Center Power and Cooling - 📅 - Legrand is sharpening its strategy in the fast-evolving data center market with two coordinated moves aimed at strengthening both power distribution and advanced cooling capabilities. The global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures has acquired Colorado-based Kratos Industries and invested in Accelsius, a developer of two-phase, direct-to-chip liquid cooling systems.
Taken together, the initiatives signal Legrand's intent to expand its footprint across the full data center infrastructure stack, addressing mounting demand driven by artificial intelligence workloads and increasingly dense compute environments.
Kratos Industries, headquartered in Arvada, Colorado, [...]
Taken together, the initiatives signal Legrand's intent to expand its footprint across the full data center infrastructure stack, addressing mounting demand driven by artificial intelligence workloads and increasingly dense compute environments.
Kratos Industries, headquartered in Arvada, Colorado, [...]
Europe Launches Euro-Q-Exa Quantum System - 📅 - Europe has added another building block to its growing quantum computing infrastructure with the inauguration of Euro-Q-Exa in Munich. The new system, unveiled on 12 February at the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ), becomes the latest addition to the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking's expanding family of quantum computers.
Euro-Q-Exa is a 54-qubit digital quantum computer supplied by IQM Quantum Computers. The system is owned by EuroHPC and represents a total investment of €25 million, with €10 million funded directly by EuroHPC and the remainder provided by German federal and Bavarian state authorities. Plans are already in place to scale the system supplied by IQM to more than 150 qubits by [...]
Euro-Q-Exa is a 54-qubit digital quantum computer supplied by IQM Quantum Computers. The system is owned by EuroHPC and represents a total investment of €25 million, with €10 million funded directly by EuroHPC and the remainder provided by German federal and Bavarian state authorities. Plans are already in place to scale the system supplied by IQM to more than 150 qubits by [...]
AI Boom to Drive $1.7T Data Center Capex by 2030 - 📅 - Dell'Oro Group projects that the global data center industry is entering a capital expenditure supercycle driven by artificial intelligence, with cumulative spending expected to reach $1.7 trillion by 2030. The firm's latest Data Center IT Capex 5-Year Forecast indicates that hyperscale cloud providers, emerging AI model builders, neo-cloud operators and sovereign AI initiatives are accelerating infrastructure buildouts at an unprecedented pace.
According to the research, the four largest U.S.-based hyperscale providers - Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft - entered 2026 with strong momentum. Combined, the group has pushed cumulative data center capital expenditures toward $600 billion, [...]
According to the research, the four largest U.S.-based hyperscale providers - Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft - entered 2026 with strong momentum. Combined, the group has pushed cumulative data center capital expenditures toward $600 billion, [...]
Corero, EdgeUno Expand DDoS Protection in Latin America - 📅 - Corero Network Security has entered into a strategic partnership with EdgeUno to deliver automated, real-time distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) protection as a fully managed service across Latin America. The agreement aims to strengthen service availability for regional enterprises and service providers facing increasingly sophisticated and short-duration DDoS attacks.Under the partnership, EdgeUno will integrate Corero's SmartWall ONE platform into its network infrastructure, offering customers automated mitigation designed to respond instantly when attacks occur. The service will initially be rolled out to EdgeUno's IP Transit customers before expanding to a broader enterprise and [...]