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Generative AI and global power consumption: High, but not that high
Preliminary calculations by Uptime Intelligence suggest the initial impact of generative AI on global data center power use is low — but it will rise quickly as adoption increases
Preliminary calculations by Uptime Intelligence suggest the initial impact of generative AI on global data center power use is low — but it will rise quickly as adoption increases
Executives have set bold sustainability claims - a painful and expensive correction is coming
Support is split along geographic lines
OVHcloud was known as a bold innovator. When the cause of the SBG2 fire in Strasbourg is finally revealed, this may be a factor
PUE is a simple metric, but now we've reached levels of efficiency where it could become counter-productive
Even though the cloud offers resiliency, enterprise users are still shifting gradually from N+1 to N+2
It's not that simple. Here are the details...
Power usage effectiveness (PUE) improved rapidly at first. Now it has hit a plateau
Is it economic for large companies to use public cloud? Or does private cloud hold the answers?