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Data Center Industry Veteran Lynn Comp Shares 3 Patterns Observed Over 30 Years in Tech

August 7, 2024

Data center industry veteran Lynn Comp shares insights from her career, discussing the importance of adaptability, emotional IQ, and practical tech. She highlights three patterns: customers prefer reliability over high-performance solutions, network limitations can negate compute power, and economic realities can override technological enthusiasm.

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Dog Days of Summer – Looking forward to OCP Summit

August 5, 2024

The upcoming OCP Summit in October will feature nineteen top-tier sponsors, up from just three in previous years, highlighting OCP’s role in AI infrastructure innovation. TechArena is excited to be a media sponsor, covering sustainable infrastructure, Sonic’s future, memory advancements, and power and cooling solutions with daily podcasts, video interviews, and stories.

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It’s Gettin’ Hot in Here: Industry veteran Jim Fister unpacks the history of the data center

July 30, 2024

In this blog post, industry veteran Jim Fister explores the evolution of data centers from early 2000s servers to modern AI/ML racks. Highlighting engineering and logistical challenges, he emphasizes the need for ongoing innovation and celebrates engineers while anticipating future advancements to meet increasing power demands.

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The State of Open Compute Infrastructure Innovation

June 5, 2024

TechArena spoke to over a dozen industry experts from OVH, Qarnot, PLVision, ZeroPoint Technologies, the Research Institutes of Sweden, London South Bank University, and the Open Compute Project to publish this comprehensive report on the state of open compute infrastructure innovation and how organizations should align data center planning and oversight with sustainability and performance objectives. If you manage an IT organization or oversee data center infrastructure, software, or sustainability initiatives, this report offers practical value for your organization.

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Microsoft and AMD Extend AI Collaboration at Build

May 22, 2024

TechArena’s take on Microsoft Build announcement of the world’s first MI300X instances arriving on Azure AI.

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Supermicro Leverages Its Heritage of Innovation to Fuel AI Era Compute

May 15, 2024

TechArena’s take on a recent Data Insights conversation featuring Supermicro and Solidigm on how Supermicro’s solutions are targeting AI data pipeline requirements and the role SSDs play in delivering high performance, efficiency and density for Supermicro solutions.

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1011 Fact-Based Guesses for 2025

December 19, 2024

Interested in what’s on the horizon for tech in 2025? Jim Fister’s latest article delves into the future of work, the emergence of AI-as-a-service, global innovation and several more geeky insights for the year ahead.

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Gigabyte: From Gaming Gear to Open Compute Trailblazer

December 12, 2024

Discover how Gigabyte expanded beyond gaming hardware to become a leader in data center innovation, AI infrastructure, advanced cooling solutions and open compute standards.

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Matty Bakkeren: 3 Trends That Could Transform Data Centers in 2025

December 9, 2024

In this blog, Momenthesis’ Matty Bakkeren explores how AI integration, OCP growth, and data centers as energy assets will reshape the future of data infrastructure in 2025 and beyond.

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Redefining Data Centers: AMD’s Take on AI and Compute Evolution

December 6, 2024

AMD’s Ravi Kuppuswamy discusses energy efficiency, open standards, and the evolution of computing in the AI era.

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Being Cool May Not Be Sustainable

December 5, 2024

In this blog, data center expert Vernon Turner explores how data centers stay cool while addressing their high environmental costs, highlighting innovative cooling methods and renewable energy solutions.

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Revolutionizing Data Storage: Harnessing 122TB SSDs for AI & HPC

December 5, 2024

In this video from SC24, experts discuss how the world’s largest SSD will transform their AI and HPC workloads, enabling faster access and accelerating growth while reducing data center footprints.

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Sneak peek: What to expect at the OCP conference with Schneider Electric’s Alex Rakow and Intel’s Eric Dahlen

July 26, 2024

Join host Allyson Klein in this insightful episode of Tech Arena, featuring Eric Dahlen from Intel and Alex Rakow from Schneider Electric. As co-chairs of the Compute Sustainability group within the Open Compute Project, Eric and Alex discuss their roles, the initiative's goals, and the impact of AI on data center sustainability. They delve into the challenges and innovations in power and cooling technologies, embodied carbon, and circularity practices. Get a sneak peek into what to expect at the upcoming OCP Summit and how industry leaders are pushing the boundaries of sustainable technology.

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Sprinting Towards an AI Future with Microsoft’s Nidhi Chappell

May 20, 2024

TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with Microsoft’s Vice President of Azure AI and HPC Infrastructure, Nidhi Chappell, in advance of Microsoft Build 2024. Nidhi shares how her organization is accelerating deployments of critical technology to fuel the insatiable demand for AI around the world and how Microsoft’s AI tools including co-pilot, Open AI and more have been met with overwhelming engagement from developers. She also talks about Microsoft’s silicon plans and strategic collaborations with NVIDIA and AMD.

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Accelerating European Data Center Buildout with OCP’s Raul Alvarez

May 3, 2024

TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with OCP’s Raul Alvarez on his new charter accelerating growth of the data center market in Europe as well as his ongoing work in immersion cooling technologies from OCP Lisbon 2024.

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Disruptive Chiplet Innovation Delivers the Next Wave of Data Center Performance with Palo Alto Electron’s Jawad Nasrullah

May 3, 2024

TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with Palo Alto Electron CEO Jawad Nasrullah about his vision for an open chiplet economy, the semiconductor manufacturing hurdles standing in the way of broad chiplet market delivery, and how he plans to play a role in shaping this next evolution of the semiconductor landscape.

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Driving Sustainable Data Center Infrastructure for the Next Wave of Greenfield Buildout with Jon Summers

May 3, 2024

TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with Research Institute of Sweden’s Jon Summers about the latest research his team has conducted on efficient infrastructure and data center buildout in the wake of massive data center growth for the AI era.

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Delivering a Sustainable Data Platform for the AI Era with Weka, Data Insights Series Sponsored by Solidigm

May 2, 2024

TechArena host Allyson Klein and Solidigm’s Jeniece Wnorowski chat with Weka’s Joel Kaufman, as he tours the Weka data platform and how the company’s innovation provides sustainable data management that scales for the AI era.

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CoolIT: Revolutionizing Data Centers with Liquid Cooling Tech

Learn how CoolIT Systems is driving efficiency and performance in AI and data centers with cutting-edge liquid cooling solutions in our latest Data Insights podcast.

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GEICO’s Rebecca Weekly on IT Transformation and OCP Innovation

In this episode, Rebecca Weekly shares how GEICO is rethinking cloud strategy and embracing OCP for improved efficiency, security, and cost savings in its infrastructure journey.

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Data Insights: Arm’s Eddie Ramirez on Data Center Innovations

Join Allyson Klein and Jeniece Wnorowski as they chat with Eddie Ramirez from Arm about how chiplet innovations and compute efficiency are driving AI and transforming data center architecture.

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From Desktops to Data Centers: Zane Ball on Silicon Innovation

In this episode – recorded live at the OCP Summit – host Allyson Klein catches up with Intel Corporate VP Zane Ball to discuss silicon innovation, AI evolution, and the future of enterprise adoption.

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How Flex Manages Power, Heat and Scale in the AI Era: Part 2

Join us as Rob Campbell from Flex discusses the challenges and innovations in data centers, focusing on power, heat, and scale, while shaping the future of AI and sustainable solutions.

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How Flex Manages Power, Heat and Scale in the AI Era: Part 1

Rob Campbell of Flex discusses how Flex is driving data center transformation with cutting-edge solutions like liquid cooling, AI-ready infrastructure, and vertical integration for global hyperscalers.

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