Cloud Computing and Data Centers

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Why Is AI Driving Data Centers Toward an 800-Volt Power Architecture?

The bottleneck in AI data centers is shifting from accelerator capabilities alone to the entire power-conversion chain, from the medium-voltage AC grid to the sub-one-volt power rails inside chips. The 800VDC architecture, along with solid-state transformers, SiC and GaN materials, and PMICs, is emerging as a way to reduce conversion stages, thermal losses, and copper consumption, but it introduces new safety, design, and operational requirements.

2026-08-17

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

Azure Kubernetes Service Manages Kubernetes Workloads from the Cloud to the Edge

Microsoft offers Azure Kubernetes Service for managing, deploying, and scaling containerized applications, with capabilities for automation, monitoring, security, and multicluster management. The service supports running Linux, Windows, and artificial intelligence workloads in Azure, data centers, and edge environments across different pricing tiers.

2026-08-15

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

Azure Database for PostgreSQL Offers a Managed Database Optimized for AI Applications

Microsoft offers Azure Database for PostgreSQL as a fully managed PostgreSQL database, with support for vector search, Azure AI integration, and a highly available architecture. The service supports scaling, database migration, automated backups and updates, and is available in more than 60 Azure regions.

2026-08-15

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

Microsoft Introduces Azure Managed Redis with Scaling Options and Support for AI Applications

Microsoft has introduced Azure Managed Redis, a fully managed service featuring the latest Redis innovations, availability of up to 99.999%, and options for geographic scaling and cost optimization. The company recommends migrating to it before the Azure Cache for Redis tiers are retired, although the page itself contains a conflicting retirement date for the Enterprise tier that requires review.

2026-08-15

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

The Debate Over One-Megawatt Racks: Is High Density Becoming a Dead End?

Semiconductor Engineering examines the data center race toward racks consuming up to one megawatt, and the changes this requires in cooling, power distribution, and three-dimensional design. The article presents an alternative path based on distributed computing, specialized chips, and optical interconnects to avoid concentrating this load in a single rack.

2026-08-13

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

Optical Fiber Redraws the Boundaries of AI Cluster Scaling

Semiconductor Engineering explains that the traditional reliance on copper inside a server or rack is no longer a fixed rule as AI clusters grow, as loss, distance, and power constraints drive the introduction of optical links into the scale-up range. Optical circuit-switching networks are also gaining increasing attention, alongside the evolution of infrastructure-scaling terminology and methods.

2026-08-13

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

CNCF Announces Cloud Native Buildpacks Graduation After Expanded Adoption in Container Building

The Cloud Native Computing Foundation announced the graduation of the Cloud Native Buildpacks project after it reached a level of maturity supported by broad adoption in production environments, vendor-neutral governance, and security practices. The project helps transform source code into OCI-compliant container images by automating language detection, dependency installation, and image-layer creation.

2026-08-11

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

NVIDIA and Financial Partners Plan to Mobilize More Than $500 Billion to Finance AI Infrastructure

NVIDIA announced partnerships with Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs and KKR to create independent financing platforms aimed at mobilizing more than $500 billion in external capital to build AI infrastructure. The company says AI factories have become financeable productive assets, while investment decisions and risk assessments remain independently in the hands of financial institutions.

2026-08-11

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

Does Kubernetes DRA Eliminate the HAMi Project for GPU Sharing?

A CNCF analysis concludes that Dynamic Resource Allocation does not make HAMi redundant. Instead, it absorbs part of GPU quota scheduling while HAMi-core remains responsible for enforcing limits inside containers. The article presents the architecture of HAMi-DRA, its operating requirements, and the limitations to consider before migrating to it.

2026-08-07

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

Amazon DynamoDB Adds Real-Time Vector Search Without a Separate Database

AWS announced the general availability of native vector search within Amazon DynamoDB, with single-digit millisecond latency and recall exceeding 99%, supporting scaling to trillions of vectors without managing servers or additional infrastructure.

2026-08-05

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

Texas Tightens Review of New Data Center Projects Amid Growing Pressure on the Power Grid

Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced that all new data center projects will be subject to review by the Public Utility Commission and the state grid operator after grid interconnection requests doubled to 474 gigawatts, with data centers accounting for about 90% of them.

2026-08-04

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

Microsoft Expands Azure AI and High-Performance Computing Infrastructure in Partnership with AMD

Microsoft is adding AMD’s Helios AI platform and next-generation EPYC processors to Azure, paving the way for the launch of three new virtual machine families dedicated to data processing, chip design, and AI inference.

2026-07-20

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

Microsoft Reduces Water Usage Intensity in Its Data Centers by Nearly 90% Since the Early 2000s

Microsoft said that the average water usage efficiency of its data centers declined from 2.3 to 0.27 liters per kilowatt-hour in 2025, while reaching the point of replenishing more water globally than it withdrew during fiscal year 2025. The company combines low- or zero-water-consumption cooling technologies, reuse, and investment in local infrastructure.

2026-06-24

Cloud Computing and Data Centers

Microsoft Announces Construction of a 2-Gigawatt Data Center Campus in Texas

Microsoft plans to build a new data center campus in Pecos, Texas, adding approximately 2 gigawatts to its global capacity to meet growing demand for artificial intelligence and cloud services. The project includes a multibillion-dollar investment over five to seven years, with more than 6,000 construction jobs and hundreds of permanent operational positions.

2026-06-22