Weekly Edition of curated news about Digital Infrastructure
Microsoft MSFT 0.00%↑ signs a 50MW power purchase agreement with Helion Energy to get fusion power by 2028. Helion (partially funded by Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI) is going to use Helium 3, a rare type of gas used in quantum computing to develop a 40-foot plasma accelerator that heats fuel to 100 million degrees Celsius. According to the Helion site: “Helion's 6th prototype, Trenta, reached temperatures greater than 9 keV, equivalent to 104 million degrees Celsius. Helion is the first private fusion company to reach this temperature.”
Google GOOG 0.00%↑ announces A3 Supercomputer with 26,000 Nvidia $NVDA H100 Hopper GPUs. Read more about the recent amazing NVIDIA H100 GPU news here. The purpose-built system is targeted for customers performing AI functions and training large language models (LLMs).
SeekingAlpha has an excellent in-depth look at AI Cloud Infrastructure costs, trends and more (Google, Microsoft, Oracle).
DOE provides $40 million to advance the next generation of energy efficient and reliable cooling technologies. Through its COOLERCHIPS program the Department of Energy has selected 15 vendors and university labs to develop these technologies. The most exciting one (IMO) received $5 million — NVIDIA, for a “modular datacenter with a cooling system that combines direct-to-chip, pumped two-phase and single-phase immersion in a rack manifold with built-in pumps and a liquid-vapor separator.”
Amazon AMZN 0.00%↑ to receive $1 billion in tax breaks for Oregon data centers. The tax breaks were passed unanimously (as part of enterprise zone incentives) by officials in a remote northeastern Oregon county, for Amazon to build 5 more data centers.
Nutanix NTNX 0.00%↑ launches Universal Cloud Operating Model Nutanix Central. The company describes the new Nutanix Central as a cloud-delivered platform that extends the universal cloud operating model for organizations looking for a streamlined experience for managing hybrid multicloud environments. The focus for Nutanix Central is to offer a global control plane, seamless multi-product experience and enterprise cloud governance.
3D printed data center being built in Germany. Heidelberg iT Management announced it will use a 600 sqm (6,600 sq ft) 3D printed data center that is expected to be completed by the end of 2023. The project will use 450 tons of printing concrete, which is 100 percent recyclable.
Rackspace RXT 0.00%↑ earnings - Q1 2023 highlights included:
First quarter 2023 revenue of $759 million, down 2% year-over-year.
Public Cloud revenue grew 7% year-over-year to $445 million.
Private Cloud revenue was $314 million, down 12% year-over-year.
Cloud-native apps - addressing power consumption needs with Kepler metrics. Kepler (Kubernetes-based Efficient Power Level Exporter) is an open-source software project that reports power-use metrics in cloud-native environments. SiliconANGLE was at the Open Source Summit and interviewed Red Hat’s Huamin Chen about the project.
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