Hardware Highlight 1 – Data Centre Digest

Is Nuclear Energy a Sustainable Power Source for Data Centers?

Westinghouse eVinci TM nuclear micro-reactor, sporting a diameter of less than 10 ft.

How much computing infrastructure and energy will the AI economy ultimately require, and how can power be supplied without eroding public support? Read more

Are Startups or Superpowers Shaping the Next Generation of Data Center Silicon?

The AI chip wars are not the fairytale story the industry wants them to be. They are not about brilliant underdogs toppling an entrenched giant, they are about superpowers consolidating control. Read more

Google Takes to Space to Test an Orbital Data Center

In a first-of-its-kind experiment, Google plans to place a prototype AI computing system in orbit as the tech giant explores new approaches to powering and cooling data centers in space. Read more

Data Centre Digest @ C-Level: An Interview with Microchip’s Data Center Chief, Brian McCarson

Data Centre Digest @ C-level interview with Microchip's Brian McCarson

The actual number of data centers to be built in the U.S. remains in flux, but there’s no question demand for compute power is rising exponentially. Data access, storage and protection are key requirements for storage systems used in Read more

Safety First: Why Dielectric Fluids Are a Reliable Choice in Data Centers

BAC explores how Immersion cooling and dielectric fluids are a safe, cost-effective, and low-maintenance solution for modern data centers. Read more

800 Volts and Beyond: Reinventing Rack-level Power Architectures for the GPU Era

800 Volts and Beyond: How Rack-level Power Architectures are Being Reinvented for the GPU Era

The GB200 NVL72 rack draws approximately 120 kilowatts. Its successor, the Vera Rubin NVL144, targets around 200 kW. At those densities, the 48-volt power architecture that served the cloud era well has become the bottleneck, and the industry has Read more

Addressing The Power Demands of Next-Generation AI Data Centers

Discover how data centers can meet rising power demands, improve efficiency, and maintain reliable operations with advanced power-management solutions. Read more

Europe’s Data Center Power Problem is Wires, NOT Watts

IEA analysis of data centre location data from Omdia's Data Center Building Tracker

Europe is not short on electrons or capital. It is short on transmission, substations, and administrative throughput. That makes the European power question a fundamentally different engineering and commercial problem than the one US developers are solving. Read more

How One New Mexico County Is Taking A Pragmatic Approach to Data Center Site Selection

There was a time, not all that long ago, when putting a new data center on the map was a fairly quiet affair. Find a decent site near transmission, make sure there’s enough water and a reasonable tax environment, shake a few hands at the county courthouse, and you could move from concept to groundbreaking without anyone outside the industry noticing. Read more

Why AI-Era Data Centers Need More Than Quarterly Thermal Inspections

When running at AI scale, relying on a static thermographic snapshot every three months leaves mission-critical gear completely exposed to hidden, fast-moving heat risks. Read more