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“[Bare metal] is a much different business model than pure colocation with interconnection. So, at the end of the day, I imagine what likely happened was Equinix started looking at its growth trajectory and [its] margin on these services, then [realized] you know what? It doesn’t really make sense going forward,” he said. It’s not hard to see why. Equinix was competing with HPE, IBM, Oracle, all of the big hyperscalers like AWS and Google,…

Growth in artificial intelligence (AI) is surging, and IT organizations are urgently looking to modernize and scale their data centers to accommodate the newest wave of AI-capable applications to make a profound impact on their companies’ business. It’s a race against time. In the latest Cisco AI Readiness Index, 51 percent of companies say they have a maximum of one year to deploy their AI strategy or else it will have a negative impact on…

According to the International Energy Agency, the global data center power demand is expected to double between 2022 and 2026, Sharma noted. AI is especially power-hungry because of its dependence on GPUs for processing. With that in mind, Schneider’s announcement includes a new data center reference design, co-developed with Nvidia, that will support liquid-cooled, high-density AI clusters of up to 132 kW per rack. The design is optimized for Nvidia’s GB200 NVL72 and Blackwell chips…

ZDNET’s key takeaways The Wacom Movink is priced at $700 and comes with an OLED display It’s ultraportable, with a built quality that should last you years I just wish there was an integrated stand for a more comfortable drawing experience. more buying choices Wacom is well known as the leader in tablet and pen display technology for content creators and digital artists. In its latest offering, the company considers the nomadic, on-the-go lifestyle of…

Maria Diaz/ZDNET As a smart home reviewer, I have a healthy variety of smart plugs and outlets in my home. As you might expect, there’s also a variety of smart lights and smart light strips. But the Kasa Smart Plug Ultra Mini is the one smart plug I can’t rave about enough. It’s one of the most reliable ones I’ve ever tested, both in connectivity and voice control integrations. Plus, each one is 20% off,…

Roku/ZDNET Roku entered the smart home market a few years ago with affordable devices, including security cameras and video doorbells. Today, the streaming device manufacturer is rolling out an update to make the smart home more accessible through devices that users use daily — TVs, smartphones, and laptops. Also: Want to avoid the YouTube TV price hike? This trick worked for me (eventually) The updates include a new Camera Carousel accessible from your TV that automatically…

MF3d/Getty Images AI agents are on the rise, and cash is flowing to them. Over half of companies budget $500,000 or more annually for AI agents. The catch is most firms lack the technology infrastructure stack to deploy those agents effectively.  These are the takeaways from a new survey of 1,045 enterprise technology managers and professionals published by Tray.ai. The survey found that 42% of respondents expect to build or prototype more than 100 AI…

ZDNET’s key takeaways The EcoFlow Delta Pro Ultra battery and inverter unit is available now for $6,299 while the Smart Home Panel 2 is available for $1,899. The single unit has a 6kWh capacity and supports a 7,200W output and 5.6kW solar input, allowing it to run an entire home, especially when stacked with other units for increased capacity. The Delta Pro Ultra is a decidedly expensive solution for a home backup system, and though…

1. Broad adoption by observability platform vendors One key proof point for OTel is the fact that virtually all of the major observability vendors offer integrated support for the open-source standard. According to Gartner’s August 2024 Magic Quadrant for observability platforms, leading vendors such as Chronosphere, New Relic, Datadog, Dynatrace, ServiceNow, Splunk, and SumoLogic support OTel. In fact, Gartner takes points away from Microsoft because, according to the report, Microsoft’s Azure Monitor doesn’t yet offer…