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Data Center Standards

Singapore gov't launches data center efficiency standard 'Government claims standard will reduce IT energy consumption by 30 percent" [ DCD  20250912] TIA-942 Data Center Infrastructure Standard [ TIA ] Tier Classification System from the Uptime Institute [ Uptime Institute ]

Quantum Computing

Why IBM believes quantum computing is close to business reality [ 20250905, EDGE ] “Quantum mechanics behaves in strange ways that nobody fully understands, but we are now at a point where we understand them enough to take advantage of it to do computations,” Julian Tan, business development executive of IBM Quantum, tells The Edge Singapore. Nvidia Invests in Honeywell’s Quantinuum. What It Means for D-Wave, IonQ, and Quantum Stocks. [ 20250905, BARRON's ] Inside a quantum data center. [ 20250905, DCD ]

AI Use Cases

Nvidia's telco push "The GPU king has taken over data centers, now it’s turning its attentions to telecoms." [ DCD -20250410] What is AI-RAN? AI-RAN (Artificial Intelligence - Radio Access network) is a technology that enables full integration of AI into radio access network hardware and software to enable new AI services and monetization opportunities, in addition to the transformative gains in network utilization, spectral efficiency and performance. [ Nvidia -20250426] Scaling the AI-native telco "With telcos aiming to integrate AI throughout their organizations, here’s how they can unlock the full potential while positioning themselves for the next wave of innovation..." [ Mckinsey -20250315] How Seattle Seahawks are approaching genAI, model choices with AWS [ Constellation -20241010]  "The Seattle Seahawks are using Amazon Bedrock, generative AI and other AWS services to distribute video and content faster with a focus on quick returns as well as long-...

Data Center Business Strategy

Understanding AI deployment methods and locations Enterprises have various options on how and where to deploy their AI training and inference workloads." [ DCD -20250114] How Kao is de-risking growth in the AI data center boom "I nstead of going all in for AI, Loewe says that Kao sticks to an ‘ ACE ’ strategy - that is, AI, cloud, and enterprise. “Having that diversified customer base is our differentiator,” he says." [ DCD -20241203] "Kao Data is a leading developer and operator of advanced data centers in the UK. Founded in 2014, the company focuses on providing high-performance colocation services, particularly for cloud, HPC (High-Performance Computing), AI, and enterprise customers. Their data centers are designed to support GPU-accelerated computing and are engineered for 

Global Data Center Footprint

"KKR sees US$250 billion spent annually from data centre boom" [ BT -20241101] "Global Demand for Data Center could more than Triple by 2030"[ Mckinsey -20241029]                          Data Center Map - Colocation, Cloud and Connectivity In search of the world's largest data center in the world [ DCD - 20240518] "Finding out who owns the biggest data center on the planet is harder than you might think." Top 250 Data Center Companies in the World [ Dgtl Infra - Top 250 Data Center Companies in the World 20240114] Top 50 Biggest Data Centers Markets - Cushman and Wakefield              First Tier Public Cloud Data Center Operators Expansion for Next Five Years from 2022.           Global Data Center Capacity and Vacancy . (1H2023, Cushman and Wakefield)           Asia Data Centers are poised for faster growth....

South America Data Center

Scala AI City: Scala pitches $50bn Brazil data center campus of up to 4.7GW - [ DCD -20240911] "DigitalBridge -owned Scala Data Centers plans to build an enormous data center campus in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The company has pitched developing a campus that could cost R$300 billion (US$50bn) and grow to 4.75GW. But, for now, it will build a 54MW data center for an investment of R$3bn (US$500m)."