Server/Datacenter

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 But outdated lithography tools, material dependencies, and a critical software talent gap threaten to stall progress.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.

Not long after its 18th anniversary, Oracle Linux is back with a new update, labeled 9.5. Java moves from OpenJDK 11 to OpenJDK 17, while .NET 9.0 comes with support for C#13 and F#9. Additionally, GCC Toolset 14 is available via the AppStream repository, not to mention the UEK and RHCK options.

Codenamed “Teal Serval” and available with the distributed kernel version 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, AlmaLinux OS 9.5 comes with improved security, refined development tooling, as well as performance enhancements. The list of changes includes updated compilers, improved system monitoring, stronger cryptography, crypto-policies, and more.

Often abbreviated to RHEL, Red Hat Enterprise Linux has just reached version number 9.5 after 24 years on the market. While continuing to provide fast, reliable, and affordable software services to enterprises, the latest update comes with improved file management capabilities, multiple package updates, and more.

Huawei unveils revolutionary Magneto-Electric Disk technology that combines SSD speed with tape storage capacity, promising 72 TB of data storage while using 90 percent less power than conventional drives. The first devices are set to launch in 2025, marking a potential paradigm shift in enterprise storage solutions.

NethSecurity 8.3 is now available with a focus on new features for subscriptions and an improved user experience. This updated Linux firewall solution sports a centralized unit update management interface, comprehensive real-time and historical monitoring, a new NAT helper configuration page, and more.

AI data centers started to proliferate in recent years, increasing the load on power grids worldwide. Data centers reportedly consumed 1% to 1.3% of the electricity generated in 2023. According to the most recent analysis, Electricity 2024 by the International Energy Agency (IEA), this figure could double by 2026.

Just as expected, Fedora 41 is finally here. Across various editions, the list of changes includes highlights such as GNOME 47 and KDE Plasma 6.2, the Mir and Wayland-based Miracle desktop environment in the new Fedora Miracle, new options for image mode, Secure Boot support for systems that require the Nvidia proprietary driver, and more.

Loongson Technology unveils ambitious plans for its CPU and GPU development, aiming to compete with major players in the semiconductor industry. The Chinese company's latest desktop CPU matches 14nm x86 chips, with future models targeting even higher performance.

Google plans to power its AI data centers with small nuclear reactors, partnering with Kairos Power. This bold move aims to meet the growing energy demands of AI technology while maintaining sustainability.

Rapid growth in AI demand has forced tech companies to retreat from more eco-friendly power sources like solar and turn to nuclear power plants to power the latest generative AI. Cooling massive AI data centers has also driven up water usage.

Yesterday, Ubuntu 24.10 finally came out of beta. Codenamed "Oracular Oriole," it sports the latest kernel (version 6.11), expanded toolchains with versioned Rust and Java TCK, tighter security controls via improved permissions prompting, GNOME 47, support for OpenVEX and OSV vulnerability reporting, and more.

On the way for the public release of Ubuntu 24.10 "Oracular Oriole," which is scheduled for October 10th, the Ubuntu team unveiled a new beta for the desktop, server, and cloud products. Ubuntu 24.10 beta allows users to test GNOME 47, including a new version of the Nautilus file manager, and much more.

One month before the stable release, Fedora Linux 41 beta arrives with a preview of what's about to come. Some of these changes are Python 2's removal, Valkey replacing Redis, the ability to install the proprietary Nvidia video driver with Secure Boot, DNF5 alongside bootc in Fedora IoT and the Atomic desktop versions, and more.

Initially supposed to arrive two weeks ago, Ubuntu 22.04.5 was delayed until yesterday. This point-release for the 22.04 LTS branch comes with multiple updates and fixes, as usual. The list of updated components includes Ruby 3.0, PHP 8.1.2, BIND 9.18.1, Apache 2.4.52, PostgreSQL 14.2, MySQL 8.0.28, and more.

During the company's last earnings call, Oracle co-founder and chairman Larry Ellison unveiled that the company has already received the building permit for no less than three next-gen small modular nuclear reactors. With an expected output of over one gigawatt, this nuclear trio will power one of Oracle's upcoming data centers.

Born back in 2015, Redox OS is still in a testing stage, but the latest update, labeled 0.9.0, brings it one step closer to the public release. Written in Rust, it now sports COSMIC desktop apps, a custom web server, as well as performance and stability improvements. Redox OS 0.9.0 also comes with a Nano text editor port.

Sugon's latest Hygon processors have been discovered to utilize AMD's cutting-edge SP5 packaging technology, allowing support for advanced features like DDR5 memory. This move suggests the Chinese company is finding ways to leverage AMD's most recent platform advancements.

This is a more compact variant of the existing RTX 2000 ADA featuring the same 2816 CUDA cores and 16 GB VRAM, but with only a single-slot cooling solution, no power connector and 50 W TGP.

Focused on delivering an easy initial setup and post-install configuration, IPFire is a Linux distro designed for firewalls. Version 2.29 Core 187 comes with an additional layer of protection against denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. This capability is useful in high-bandwidth and cloud deployment scenarios.

The world's first PCIe 6.0 SSD developed by Micron will initially be available for data centers and edge applications as part of a portfolio of memory and storage products to support the broad demand for AI. More details to be revealed later this week at the FMS 2024 event.

Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 services were affected by a Central US Azure outage at occured on July 18, 2024. A configuration change in Azure resulted in storage clusters and servers being disconnected, initiating an automatic reboot that took down affected services, which included Teams, OneDrive, and Defender. At this time, only Teams remains affected. This is unrelated to the global CrowdStrike outage incident.