During an opening keynote at Data Center World 2024, execs from Intel and AMD detailed the massive shift AI is bringing to the data center – and their visions for where the industry is heading.

China telcos have been given three years to find a domestic-built chip that can replace Intel and AMD. Local alternatives are lacking.

At Data Center World’s Omdia Analyst Summit, industry analysts described the challenges AI workloads are creating for the data center industry – and where we go from here.

The subsidy is the latest wave of funding in the Biden administration’s ongoing efforts to bring advanced computer chip-making capacity back to the U.S.

The market for silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductors is growing as data centers strive to improve their energy efficiency and meet carbon reduction goals.

While the exact power supply and size remains uncertain, Blackstone estimates the site could accommodate a facility of as much as 750 megawatts, which would make it Europe’s largest.

Can solutions like direct-to-chip cooling and rear-door heat exchangers bridge the gap and help data centers meet the overwhelming demands of the AI revolution?