Top 5 Data Center Stories of the Week: April 9, 2021

Microsoft dips servers in fluid, Intel bets on secure enclaves for processor edge, Equinix expands bare-metal capabilities, and more.

April 9, 2021

1 Min Read
Boiling liquid carries away heat generated by computer servers at a Microsoft data center.
Boiling liquid carries away heat generated by computer servers at a Microsoft data center.Gene Twedt for Microsoft

Microsoft’s Tiny Data Center Liquid Cooling Experiment Is a Big Deal - It’s even bigger than that time its researchers sunk a submarine-like data center in the ocean.

Are Secure Enclaves Enough to Level the Stakes for Intel’s New Ice Lake Server Chips? - As inter-gen performance gains shrink, 3rd gen Intel Xeon Scalable messaging highlights hardware security and co-processor performance.

Equinix Expanding Capabilities of Its Open Source Bare Metal Automation Platform Tinkerbell - More enterprises are said to be taking interest in the platform now that it's been open sourced as a Cloud Native Computing Foundation project.

HPE OneView: An Overview of the Popular IT Management Platform - The platform is designed to turn servers, storage, and networking equipment in your data center into software-defined infrastructure.

Startup AirByte Aims to Make Its Open Source ETL Connector Specs 'the Standard' - And now it has $5.2 million in seed funding to realize its vision of taking the pain out of enterprise data extraction.

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