DCD>Studio: The cooling conundrum with Peter Worley, CloudHQ
Peter Worley from Cloud HQ speaks with DCD's Kat Sullivan about the cooling conundrum and whether AI is pushing data centers into treacherous territory.
Topics & Tech
Cooling
Critical Power
The Critical Power Supplement
The changing face of the power grid
Grid Level
DCD Podcast - Are utilities overstating data center demand growth?
Utilities in Southeast US plan to build 20GW of new gas generation by 2040
Rack Level
Fujitsu teams up with Supermicro, Nidec to launch data center energy efficiency initiative
Will be initially tested at Fujitsu’s Tatebayashi Data Center
Connectivity
Chunghwa Telecom to launch Taiwan’s first dedicated satellite with Astranis
Taiwan’s latest effort to onshore digital resilience further distributes their exposure to connectivity dependencies
Carrier Networks
Ericsson, Tre Sverige pair to create 5G slice at Swedish football game
The slice was created for a sports photography agency
Networking
System thinking for networking at one million GPU scales
Pensando’s co-founder on life at AMD
Sectors
Apple data centers consumed more than 2.5 billion Kwh over 2024
Used to power eight operational data centers and colocation facilities
Cloud & Hyperscale
Apple data centers consumed more than 2.5 billion Kwh over 2024
Used to power eight operational data centers and colocation facilities
Colocation & Wholesale
Fujitsu teams up with Supermicro, Nidec to launch data center energy efficiency initiative
Will be initially tested at Fujitsu’s Tatebayashi Data Center
Edge & IoT
nLighten and Shell Spain agree PPA for Madrid data center
Came into effect on 1 April
Enterprise
How virtualization can deliver energy efficiency for enterprise AI
Private AI models offer advantages that can deliver energy efficiencies, lower power consumption, and centralized organizational control
HPC & Quantum
QpiAI launches 25-qubit superconducting quantum computer in India
Wants to scale the system to 100 logical qubits by 2030
Telecoms & 5G
Chunghwa Telecom to launch Taiwan’s first dedicated satellite with Astranis
Taiwan’s latest effort to onshore digital resilience further distributes their exposure to connectivity dependencies
Cyber
Cloudflare adds wave machines to random encryption system in Portugal
Company adds liquid wall of entropy in Lisbon
Outages
UPS issue caused Google Cloud's March outage
Impacted Google Cloud's US-East5 region
Physical Security
Man sentenced to 47 years for South African cell tower battery theft
The thefts took place between 2018 and 2019
Software
How virtualization can deliver energy efficiency for enterprise AI
Private AI models offer advantages that can deliver energy efficiencies, lower power consumption, and centralized organizational control
AI & Analytics
How virtualization can deliver energy efficiency for enterprise AI
Private AI models offer advantages that can deliver energy efficiencies, lower power consumption, and centralized organizational control
Infrastructure Management
Sponsored The convergence of energy and data: Challenges and opportunities in data center growth
As global demand for access to high-performance AI models accelerates, the convergence of energy and data will continue to drive innovation in sustainable infrastructure, integrated energy-data systems, and efficient hardware
Sustainability
Apple data centers consumed more than 2.5 billion Kwh over 2024
Used to power eight operational data centers and colocation facilities
Government & Military
US gov’t imposes restrictions on Nvidia H20s, chipmaker claims will cost it $5.5bn
Follows Nvidia's announcement it plans to produce AI supercomputers in the US
IT Hardware & Semiconductors
Bitcoin and AI infrastructure startup Auradine closes $153m funding round
Company also launched new AuraLinks AI business unit
Security & Risk
US gov’t imposes restrictions on Nvidia H20s, chipmaker claims will cost it $5.5bn
Follows Nvidia's announcement it plans to produce AI supercomputers in the US
Business Operations
Bitcoin and AI infrastructure startup Auradine closes $153m funding round
Company also launched new AuraLinks AI business unit
Construction & Site Selection
Sharon AI and New Era Helium to expand Texas site for natural gas powered AI data center
Expanded from 200 acres to 235 acres
Investment / M&A
Bitcoin and AI infrastructure startup Auradine closes $153m funding round
Company also launched new AuraLinks AI business unit
Standards & Regulations
Democrat senators propose bill to mitigate energy consumption of crypto and AI facilities
Dubbed as the “Clean Cloud Act of 2025”
Workforce & Skills
South Korean gov’t announces increase in chips industry support package amidst incoming US tariffs
Government also approved Samsung’s request to increase work week for chip employees above legal maximum
