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Small businesses could see electricity bills surge 70% as AI data center energy demands skyrocket
Smaller firms will feel the strain from data center development as surging energy demands ramp-up costs, new research shows. The research, co-authored by the Jack Kemp Foundation and Capital Policy Analytics, suggested that US consumers and small businesses could see a 70% uptick in their energy rates on the back of data center power consumption. Already struggling against inflationary pressures,…
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Enterprises are struggling to fill senior cybersecurity roles — and it’s causing staff burnout to skyrocket
Four-in-ten cybersecurity teams are understaffed, with senior team members particularly hard to find, according to new research. While seven-in-ten junior cybersecurity staff positions are typically filled within six months and only 3% of roles take more than a year to fill, things are very different further up the hierarchy. More than half of companies told Kaspersky it takes between four…
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Data center carbon emissions are set to skyrocket by 2030, with hyperscalers producing 2.5 billion tons of carbon – and power hungry generative AI is the culprit
Data center carbon emissions are set to skyrocket over the next decade, according to research from Morgan Stanley, with generative AI prompting a massive spike in power consumption. A study by the investment bank predicted that the data center industry at large will produce 2.5 billion tons of carbon through 2030. Notably, the research found this rapid increase is three-times…
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