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British Gas launches trial scheme to reuse waste heat from data processing – and it involves installing a tiny ‘virtual data center’ in homes
British Gas is carrying out a trial using excess heat from data processing to provide free hot water in homes. The company has signed a deal with sustainable cloud business heata that will see the heat generated by corporate data processing channeled directly into hot water cylinder in the home. Not only could this cut heating costs for homeowners, British…
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AMD & G42 will build a powerful AI computing center in France
France’s president Emmanuel Macron recently announced a total of 109 billion Euros ($112 billion) in private investments in the artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem. Shortly after, G42, a prominent AI technology group from Abu Dhabi, has also shared that it’s setting up a cutting-edge AI computing center in Grenoble, France. The project, announced at the AI Action Summit in Paris, will…
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Talking Cars 464: Live From CR’s Auto Test Center
This special “Talking Cars” podcast serves as a “recap” of our first-ever live episode of a show focused on the state of electric vehicles in 2025. We welcomed live viewers and listeners who shared questions for real-time engagement with the panel. As you might imagine, there was plenty to talk about. Conversation focused on whether or not the EV products…
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Scientists say they can cut data center energy consumption by changing just a few lines of code
Data center energy consumption could be cut by up to 30% simply by changing a few lines of code, according to new research. Most data centers around the world use the open source operating system Linux, and researchers from Canada’s University of Waterloo said this can create efficient data flows, thereby causing energy consumption to increase. “Information arrives at data…
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Europe’s largest data center approved for development in UK
Europe’s largest data center has been approved for development in the UK, according to an announcement from DC01UK. DC01UK’s planning application for the site has been accepted by Hertsmere Borough Council’s planning committee, a district in Hertfordshire north of London. The site will be up to two million square feet and is set across 85 acres of ground, 54% of…
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Bill Gates’ nuclear energy startup inks new data center deal
TerraPower, a nuclear energy startup founded by Bill Gates, struck a deal this week with one of the largest data center developers in the US to deploy advanced nuclear reactors. TerraPower and Sabey Data Centers (SDC) are working together on a plan to run existing and future facilities on nuclear energy from small reactors. Tech companies are scrambling to determine…
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Joe Biden signs executive order to speed AI data center construction
President Biden issued an executive order today aimed at speeding the development of AI data centers in the US. It directs the Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Energy (DOE) to lease federal sites to private companies building gigawatt-scale AI data centers and clean power facilities. It also tells federal agencies to “prioritize” and speed up permitting of AI infrastructure.…
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Data center hardware spending surged last year
Last year saw record worldwide spending on data center hardware and software – and the boom is set to continue. Spending grew by a third, according to analysis from Synergy Research Group, but while there was growth across the board, the rise was mostly down to a 48% jump in spending on public cloud infrastructure, which now accounts for 55%…
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AWS eyes ‘flexible’ data center expansion with $11bn Georgia investment
AWS has announced its latest round of infrastructure investment focused in the US, pledging $11 billion for data centers in the state of Georgia. The news follows a similar announcement of $10bn in funding for data centers in Ohio at the end of last year, and comes days after Microsoft said it will spend half of an $80bn tranche of…
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How to Pick the Right Omnichannel Contact Center
Imagine giving your team the ability to see all the information your company has on any lead or customer while also making it possible to contact them via any channel your company uses — all from a single platform. That’s what an omnichannel contact center does. It ties together everything a team of agents might use — from social media, text…
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