Oracle's AI data centers utilize a closed-loop cooling system where water circulates without evaporation or refills: it is filled just once.
Oracle is launching educational programs to train a workforce capable of designing, maintaining, and developing data center infrastructure tailored for artificial intelligence tasks.
AI: Events
RDMA for Language Models: When Servers Learn to Talk Directly to Each Other
Technical context • Infrastructure
The Perplexity AI team has demonstrated how direct server-to-server data transfer technology helps language models run faster and more efficiently by eliminating bottlenecks in network infrastructure.
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How ChatGPT is Heating Up the Planet: An AI Conscience Crash Test
Artificial intelligence • Ecology
Every query to a neural network adds to our carbon footprint. We dive into how much energy AI models truly consume and whether it's possible to save the planet without abandoning our favorite bots.
Artificial intelligence is stuck between ambition and reality: we want to create a thinking machine, but the planet cannot withstand its appetite for energy and data.
Microsoft has revealed its second-generation in-house AI chip, designed specifically for running trained models rather than training them.
AI: Events
MareNostrum 5 Gets an AI Boost: New Contract to Expand the European Supercomputer
Infrastructure
The European EuroHPC initiative has signed a contract to modernize the MareNostrum 5 supercomputer – it will be augmented with capabilities for AI tasks.
AMD is set to build the Genesis supercomputer for the U.S. Department of Energy – a machine powered by EPYC processors and Instinct MI300A accelerators, designed for scientific tasks utilizing AI.
AMD detailed the utilization of the StormCast model for high-precision weather forecasting on Instinct MI300X accelerators powered by ROCm.