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AMD’s 38x Efficiency Leap Sets Stage for Ambitious 2030 Goal
AMD improved energy efficiency 38x—roughly a 97% drop in energy for the same compute—and now targets 20x rack-scale gains by 2030, reimagining AI training, inference, and data-center design.
Dell Highlights Four Shifts Powering the AI Storage Revolution
Dell outlines how flash-first design, unified namespaces, and validated architectures are reshaping storage into a strategic enabler of enterprise AI success.
5 Fast Facts on Compute Efficiency with Flex’s Chris Butler
Exploring how Flex is rethinking data center power and cooling – from 97.5% efficient power shelves to liquid cooling and “grid to chip” solutions – with Chris Butler, President of Embedded & Critical Power.
Innovation with Empathy: A Q&A with Vivek Venkatesan
Vanguard lead data engineer and IEEE senior member Vivek Venkatesan shares how a pivotal Botswana project shaped his path, how trust turns innovation into impact , and much more.
Mark Grodzinsky on Building Ecosystems That Last
From Wi-Fi to AI, Mark Grodzinsky shares how chance turns, mentors, and market inflection points shaped his career – and why true innovation is about impact, not hype.
Compass & Schneider Launch Prefab Pod for AI Data Centers
The new EcoStruxure™ Pod accelerates data center readiness, reducing complexity, cost, and risk while boosting sustainability and AI workload support.
Qualcomm to Acquire Alphawave Semi for $2.4B in Data Center Push
The deal marks a strategic move to bolster Qualcomm’s AI and custom silicon capabilities amid challenging competition and the potential start of a wave of AI silicon acquisitions.
WEKA and Nebius Unite to Supercharge AI Workloads with GPUaaS Powerhouse
A new partnership combines WEKA’s AI-native storage with Nebius’ GPUaaS platform to accelerate model training, inference, and innovation with microsecond latency and extreme scalability.
AMD Doubles Down on Inference Efficiency with New Acquisitions
As the battle for AI market share continues, AMD’s recent acquisitions signal a strategic move toward optimizing both software and hardware for inference workloads and real-world AI deployment.
OpsRamp Shows Unified IT Operations for Fast Incident Management
The HPE-owned platform combines unified observability, smart alert correlation, and automation to tackle hybrid IT complexity while also working with existing monitoring tools.
MinIO Redefines Object Storage Architecture for Exabyte Scale
AIStor’s stateless, gateway-free design solves legacy storage issues, enabling high-performance object-native infrastructure for exabyte-scale AI and analytics workloads.
TechArena Great Debate: Google Talks OCP LOCK and Open Standards
Amber Huffman and Jeff Andersen of Google join Allyson Klein to discuss the roadmap for OCP LOCK, post-quantum security, and how open ecosystems accelerate hardware trust and vendor adoption.
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Podcasts
How Hedgehog Brings Hyperscaler Networking to Enterprise AI
Hedgehog CEO Marc Austin joins Data Insights to break down open-source, automated networking for AI clusters—cutting cost, avoiding lock-in, and keeping GPUs fed from training to inference.
Nebius at SC25: Building the Neocloud for Enterprise AI
From SC25 in St. Louis, Nebius shares how its neocloud, Token Factory PaaS, and supercomputer-class infrastructure are reshaping AI workloads, enterprise adoption, and efficiency at hyperscale.
Inside Runpod’s GPU Cloud for Long-Running AI Agents
Runpod head of engineering Brennen Smith joins a Data Insights episode to unpack GPU-dense clouds, hidden storage bottlenecks, and a “universal orchestrator” for long-running AI agents at scale.
Walmart and Cornelis Expose the Costs of Network Inefficiency
Billions of customer interactions during peak seasons expose critical network bottlenecks, which is why critical infrastructure decisions must happen before you write a single line of code.
Giga Computing on Rack-Scale AI: From Training to Inference
Recorded at #OCPSummit25, Allyson Klein and Jeniece Wnorowski sit down with Giga Computing’s Chen Lee to unpack GIGAPOD and GPM, DLC/immersion cooling, regional assembly, and the pivot to inference.
Data Insights at OCP: DataraAI on Edge Robotics
Durgesh Srivastava unpacks a data-loop approach that powers reliable edge inference, captures anomalies, and encodes technician know-how so robots weld, inspect, and recover like seasoned operators.
How Hedgehog Brings Hyperscaler Networking to Enterprise AI
Hedgehog CEO Marc Austin joins Data Insights to break down open-source, automated networking for AI clusters—cutting cost, avoiding lock-in, and keeping GPUs fed from training to inference.
Nebius at SC25: Building the Neocloud for Enterprise AI
From SC25 in St. Louis, Nebius shares how its neocloud, Token Factory PaaS, and supercomputer-class infrastructure are reshaping AI workloads, enterprise adoption, and efficiency at hyperscale.
Inside Runpod’s GPU Cloud for Long-Running AI Agents
Runpod head of engineering Brennen Smith joins a Data Insights episode to unpack GPU-dense clouds, hidden storage bottlenecks, and a “universal orchestrator” for long-running AI agents at scale.
Walmart and Cornelis Expose the Costs of Network Inefficiency
Billions of customer interactions during peak seasons expose critical network bottlenecks, which is why critical infrastructure decisions must happen before you write a single line of code.
Giga Computing on Rack-Scale AI: From Training to Inference
Recorded at #OCPSummit25, Allyson Klein and Jeniece Wnorowski sit down with Giga Computing’s Chen Lee to unpack GIGAPOD and GPM, DLC/immersion cooling, regional assembly, and the pivot to inference.
Data Insights at OCP: DataraAI on Edge Robotics
Durgesh Srivastava unpacks a data-loop approach that powers reliable edge inference, captures anomalies, and encodes technician know-how so robots weld, inspect, and recover like seasoned operators.
