Server/Datacenter

At WAIC 2025 in Shanghai, Zhaoxin introduced the KaiXian KX-7000N client CPU with an integrated NPU for offline AI workloads and the Kaisheng KH-50000 server chip delivering 96 cores, PCIe 5.0 lanes, and 384 MB L3 cache. Together, they span AI tasks from PCs to data centers in China’s push for chip self-reliance.

Micron’s new G9-NAND SSD portfolio combines the ultra-high bandwidth 9650 PCIe Gen 6 NVMe flagship, the capacity-focused 6600 ION series with up to 122.88 TB on PCIe 5.0, and the latency-optimized 7600 PCIe Gen 5 drive.

Tallgrass and Crusoe propose a 1.8 GW AI data center campus just south of Cheyenne that could expand to 10 GW—surpassing the combined electricity use of every home in Wyoming.

At WAIC Shanghai, China’s AI sector unveiled two strategic alliances — the Model-Chip Ecosystem Innovation Alliance and the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce AI Committee — to bridge GPU designers, LLM specialists, and industrial users under unified interfaces.

Europe’s $34.6 billion AI factory program moves from blueprint to reality, with 13 regional hubs funded and plans for gigawatt-scale sites housing 100,000 GPUs. Power supply and private investment emerge as critical challenges to meeting Europe’s computing sovereignty goals.

At WAIC Shanghai, Huawei unveiled CloudMatrix 384: a system of 384 Ascend 910C accelerators connected via a proprietary "super-node" interconnect, designed to rival Nvidia's GB200 NVL72 platform.

Despite export curbs, over $1 billion of Nvidia’s flagship B200 AI processors slipped into China even after Washington tightened restrictions. Anhui-based “Gate of the Era” emerged as a key gray-market conduit, moving racks at prices 50 percent above U.S. rates.

Kioxia’s new LC9 Series NVMe SSD doubles its top capacity from 122.88 TB to 245.76 TB, setting a new industry standard for both 2.5‑inch and EDSFF E3.L form factors.

The company has been acquiring renewable energy for its data centres across the world to decarbonise its operations. By 2030, Google aims to achieve net zero emissions.

Meta is pouring billions into massive AI server farms, kicking off with its one-gigawatt Prometheus cluster followed by a five‑gigawatt Hyperion build. Prefabricated tents and on‑site gas plants slash costs and speed deployment, aiming to outpace rivals in raw compute.

CEO Jensen Huang says Washington’s high-end export controls have backfired by spurring China’s homegrown hardware. He argues an open, U.S.-built tech stack must set the global AI standard for all developers.

The new P250Q-M80 M.2 drives from TeamGroup will let you wipe your data with the press of a button. The drives come in 256 GB up to 2 TB capacities but there is no information on when they will go on sale just yet.

Cerabyte plans 100 PB glass-ceramic archival racks with 2 GB/s throughput and sub-10-second access by 2030. A 2025 pilot will prove 1 PB racks at 100 MB/s, promising century-long media life at $1/TB while slashing carbon footprint.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on Aeza Group, a bulletproof hosting (BPH) provider based in Russia, for facilitating cybercriminal operations that affect victims across the globe. BPH providers such as Aeza Group deliver internet hosting services designed to resist takedown efforts and law enforcement intervention, thereby enabling unlawful or harmful online activity.

A recent report from TRM Labs has shed light on the inner workings of Nobitex, Iran's largest cryptocurrency exchange. TRM’s analysis revealed that the platform was built with obfuscation tools, VIP bypass logic, and deep integration into Iran’s restricted banking system — raising serious concerns about the intent behind its design.

After decades of near-total dominance, Intel is rapidly losing its grip on the server CPU market. AMD’s EPYC processors are capturing an increasing share of revenue and enterprise trust, while ARM-based server chips are also gaining momentum. Market analysts predict that by 2027, AMD and Intel could be on nearly equal footing.

Alphawave Semi is regarded as one of the world's foremost holders of compute and connectivity technologies - and will become part of Qualcomm soon, should the companies' planned merger go through in early 2026 as planned. The agreement is projected to help the latter secure a foothold in a potentially crucial area of the high-speed, high-efficiency AI market in the future.

A team of researchers recently set a new world record for data transmission via fiber optics. A cable with 19 glass cores achieved a data transfer rate of around 1 petabit per second over a distance of almost 2,000 kilometers.

Adidas confirms a data breach via a third-party vendor, exposing user contact details. No payment or login data was affected, but the incident raises concerns about vendor-related security risks.

Seagate warns AI-driven data growth will outpace hard-drive manufacturing capacity and drive data-center emissions sharply higher.

Earlier this week, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 was released, sporting a Linux 6.12 LTS core, Wayland instead of X11, AI-driven admin tools, enhanced security features, microarchitecture optimizations, and various other changes. A RISC-V Developer Preview is also available.

PixelDrain stands out from myriads of websites letting one store files such as videos online and easily share them with friends and strangers alike via a direct, permanent link. It has multiple advanced features such as rclone support, offers fast download/upload speeds - and it's affordable.

Nvidia will deliver 18,000 Grace Blackwell GB300 GPUs to power a 500-megawatt AI facility under Saudi Arabia’s new $10 billion infrastructure program.

Official Taiwanese trade data show Malaysia’s GPU inflow has eclipsed last year’s total in just four months, prompting fresh scrutiny of the country’s role in Nvidia’s supply chain and in U.S. export-control policy.

The Beelink AI Mini is a compact server solution powered by AMD's powerful Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor. Launching later this year, Beelink has already revealed a few details about the AI Mini, including support for clustering via dual 10 Gbps Ethernet connections.

The farm is expected to be operational by 2027, complementing the company's existing renewable portfolio in Taiwan. By 2030, Google wants to be a net-zero-emissions business.

xMEMS' XMC-2400 micro-cooling chip uses MEMS technology to dissipate heat efficiently in compact devices like smartphones and servers by moving air with sound with minimal power consumption.

Russia plans to launch its first domestic 28-nanometer chips by 2031, driven by MCST’s Elbrus CPU line and a state-backed equipment push. But outdated lithography tools, material dependencies, and a critical software talent gap threaten to stall progress.

The company signed an agreement with the Israeli cybersecurity startup for $32 billion, marking the biggest acquisition made by Google to date.

CheckMag In the rapidly evolving realm of quantum computing, photonic systems—those that utilize light particles, or photons, for data processing—are emerging as a promising frontier. Unlike traditional quantum computers that rely on superconducting qubits requiring ultra-cold environments, photonic quantum computers operate effectively at room temperature, offering a scalable and energy-efficient alternative.​

The GameLift Streams service allows game developers to quickly host and stream video games to customers worldwide without modifying their game code. This also eliminates the need for players to download and install games prior to play.

Startup Bolt Graphics claims its new Zeus GPU will outperform an RTX 5090 by a factor of 10, and comes with features that would make a consumer card turn it its grave. With a specification this crazy, you'd be forgiven for thinking April 1st has come early.

Based on Linux Debian 12.9 "Bookworm" and using the 6.8 kernel as default (with 6.11 as an option), Proxmox Mail Gateway 8.2 is now available with SpamAssassin 4.0.1, which packs updated rulesets. Additionally, this new release comes with ZFS 2.2.7, PostgreSQL 15.11, automated/unattended installation, and more.

SanDisk plans to develop petabyte-capacity SSDs using its advanced UltraQLC platform. This integrated solution combines 3D QLC NAND memory with a proprietary high-speed controller for optimized performance and power efficiency. Initial drives will offer up to 128TB, scaling to 1PB as NAND technology advances. But a release timeline has not been announced.

Financial Times reports that Arm plans to launch its own line of chips in the coming months. They will supposedly power servers at Meta, who is said to be Arm's first major client.

Lonestar Data Holdings has tested the integration of its Freedom lunar data center with the Intuitive Machines IM-2 Athena mission lander in preparation for a first quarter SpaceX moon mission.

Most PC manufacturers rely completely on ODM plants to make their PCs. Not so Lenovo. The biggest PC manufacturer by volume has a network of in-house factories all over the world - and since 2021, also in Europe. The 50,000 m² facility in the Hungarian capital Budapest produces ThinkSystem servers and Lenovo ThinkCentre desktop PCs.

This means that data centers around the world could save several terawatt-hours of energy with just 30 lines of code.

TikTok, AliExpress, Shein, Temu, WeChat, and Xiaomi openly admit to sending data to China in some cases. But according to EU law, data from EU customers may only be transferred to countries that do not undermine data privacy. Since this is hardly the case in an authoritarian surveillance state like China, the digital rights organization NOYB has now filed a complaint against some of the biggest players in the industry.

The electric system operator identifies increasing demand and limited new additions to the power grid. By 2033, New York City could face challenges in meeting the expected demand.

In order to meet the energy demand for its data centers, Google entered a partnership aiming to meet the growing energy demands of sectors like AI while improving grid resilience and sustainability.

Oklo, backed by Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, is expected to have its first commercial reactor online by late 2027. The agreement spans 20 years and is set to deliver 12 gigawatts of electricity.

Mara has acquired a wind farm in Hansford County, Texas, for $240 million. The wind farm, with a 240 MW interconnection capacity and 114 MW nameplate capacity, will power a data center Mara plans to develop at the site, providing 100% renewable energy and eliminating marginal energy costs.

Since openSUSE Leap Micro 6.1 has arrived, Leap Micro 5.5 has also reached EOL (End of Life). The update comes with a new opensuse-migration-tool, soft-reboot support, 2FA for PAM logins, vhostmd for SAP virtualization, and more. The downloadable images start below 1 GB (preconfigured) and go as high as 2.3 GB (VMware).

Community-developed ultralight Linux distro Alpine is back with version 3.21.0. The first release in the 3.21 stable series comes with loongarch64 CPU support, as well as multiple updated packages, including GNOME 47, GCC 14, PHP 8.4, and more. It also sports version 6.12 of the Linux kernel.

The facility is expected to require an investment of approximately $10 billion and will become Meta's 27th data center globally. The company has not yet disclosed the anticipated completion or operational date for the center.

Using the Linux kernel 6.8.12-4 as a stable default with 6.11 as an option, Proxmox Backup Server 3.3 sports ZFS 2.2.6 support and is based on the Debian 12.8 "Bookworm" release. The list of changes also includes removable datastores support, new change detection modes and push direction for remote sync jobs, and more.

The American tech giant has announced the third quarter (Q3) results of the fiscal year 2025, reporting a remarkable growth in revenue over the previous year. For the three-month period that ended in October 27, 2024, the company reported a revenue of $35.1 billion, a 94% YoY increase. Hopper and Blackwell products, used for language model training among other things, are the main reasons for this success.

Based on Debian 12.8 "Bookworm" and the Linux kernel 6.8.12-4 (with 6.11 as an option), Proxmox Virtual Environment 8.3 comes with multiple package updates, supporting QEMU 9.0.2, LXC 6.0.0, and ZFS 2.2.6. A new "Tag View" for the resource tree is also available, as well as Ceph Squid 19.2.0 support, faster container backups, and more.