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Thursday, July 26th, 2018
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| 7:16p |
Liquid Cooling Can Lower Data Center PUE, But That’s Not Its Main Draw
Experts agree that liquid cooling can produce energy savings, but power density is what drives companies to use it | | 7:39p |
Pentagon’s Winner-Take-All Move on Cloud Contract Expected to Favor Amazon
The US Defense Department issued a final RFP for a 10-year, $10 billion cloud services contract, Bloomberg reported
• Companies competing for the contract, including Microsoft, IBM, and Oracle, say the contest will favor Amazon Web Services
• Their main objection is that Pentagon plans to award a single contract to a single provider, rather than splitting it among several vendors
• The DoD told Congress that multiple awards would make for a slow process under current acquisition law | | 7:49p |
How Tape Storage is Changing the Game for Data Centers
By 2025, tape transfer rates are predicted to be five times faster than HDDs. | | 8:30p |
As Data Center REITs Report Q2 Results, Strategy and Relationships Trump One-Off Wins
DCK Investor Edge: In a market driven by a small group of hyperscale clients, it's all about who you know | | 10:08p |
Intel Gives Bullish Forecast With Data Center Surge Continuing
Intel data center group's revenue surged 27 percent to $5.5 billion in the second quarter, the company said Thursday
• Hyperscale data center operators like Google and Amazon continued pouring money into infrastructure, built on Intel chips
• Intel reported $17 billion in total sales for the quarter, up 15 percent |
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