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What Role Do Data Centers Play In Rising Energy Demand?

The global AI craze has given energy-intensive data centers yet another boost. But how big is their role in rising global electricity demand really?

ByKatharina Buchholz,

Contributor

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CXL Supports Higher Performance And DDN Enables Sovereign AI At SC25

The CXL consortium announced its 4th generation interconnect with up to 128GT/s performance.  DDN announced support for sovereign AI.

ByThomas Coughlin,

Contributor

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40TB LTO-10 Tape Cartridge And Vdura V12 Platform Uses SMR HDDs

The LTO Program announced 40TB LTO-10 tapes by 2026.  Vdura released a new data platform allowing higher capacity per rack using SMR HDDs.

ByThomas Coughlin,

Contributor

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With Funding In Limbo, Who Receives SNAP Benefits?

As the U.S. government shutdown drags on, SNAP recipients have not collected funds to purchase groceries. This has left many scrambling, including working families, single mothers, disabled and elderly Americans.

ByKatharina Buchholz,

Contributor

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Did Western Digital And Seagate Ship Fewer HDDs Last Quarter?

WDC and Seagate limited investor information on total HDD and particularly nearline units shipped as well as information on ASPs for CQ2 25. Do investors want to know?

ByThomas Coughlin,

Contributor

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ACA Premiums To Skyrocket In 2026

Major changes to Obamacare premiums will likely send insurance costs for Americans soaring next year, especially for those with medium incomes.

ByKatharina Buchholz,

Contributor

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OpenDrives Shows Cloud-Native Astraeus On-Premises Data Solutions

OpenDrives showed how their Astraeus cloud-native data service platform enables Kubernetes-based high-performance storage for on-premises and hybrid cloud workloads.

ByThomas Coughlin,

Contributor

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OCP E2, One Form Factor To Rule Them All

The 2025 OCP Summit featured developments on the E2 form factor, memory and SSDs for AI from Samsung and Kioxia as well as high bandwidth flash developments from SK hynix.

ByThomas Coughlin,

Contributor

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WDC Opens Data Center Customer Lab And Toshiba 12-Disk HDDs By 2027

Western Digital announced the opening of a test lab for qualification of HDDs for data centers.  Toshiba introduces a 12-disk HDD platform for 40+TB HDDs by 2027.

ByThomas Coughlin,

Contributor

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Number Of Centenarians Skyrockets In The U.S.

From 2010 to 2020, the number of centenarians in the United States grew by 50% to more than 80,000 as the realities of aging populations are catching up to the country.

ByKatharina Buchholz,

Contributor

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In The Near Future Data Center SSDS Will Require Liquid Cooling

Solidigm demonstrated a prototype liquid cooled SSD that may be needed for data center SSDs based upon the PCIe 6.0 and later generation SSDs.

ByThomas Coughlin,

Contributor

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Vdura Controls Costs While Providing Available And Durable AI Storage

Vdura offers lower capital and operating costs with high storage availability and durability for demanding at-scale AI applications using combinations of SSDs and HDDs.

ByThomas Coughlin,

Contributor

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Storage And Memory Price Surges Supporting AI Demand Likely Temporary

Increased prices for HDDs and memory products could be a short-term trend with a possible correction to more historical growth rates, likely by sometime in 2026.

ByThomas Coughlin,

Contributor

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How Agentic Orchestration Determines AI Autonomy

Will agentic AI orchestration will stay in tune & create richer harmonies while also start to extend itself to weave in new complex syncopations? 

ByAdrian Bridgwater,

Former Contributor

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How New York Comic Con Is Using Data To Shape The Fan Experience

ReedPOP is partnering with Australian digital marketing platform Komo Technologies to add a new layer of engagement to an already chaotic event.

ByRob Salkowitz,

Senior Contributor

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Should AI Agents Carry Identity Cards?

IT vendors in the identity access managemnet (IAM) space have always been keen to underline the fact that machines (like dogs) are people too.

ByAdrian Bridgwater,

Former Contributor

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How AI Recalibrated The Value Of Data

Data has value. Yet there is no formalized system of currency that denotes how much an organization should pay for a bushel, barrel, quart, or baker’s dozen of datum.

ByAdrian Bridgwater,

Former Contributor

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Hard Disk Drive Companies Could Become Dominate Laser Manufacturers

The 2025 IEEE MSST celebrated 40 years of NFS. HDD move to HAMR could make them the largest manufacturer of commercial lasers as well as enabling high-capacity HDDs.

ByThomas Coughlin,

Contributor

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SDC Focuses On Storage.AI, OCP Storage Work, Reducing Chiplet Power Consumption

At SDC, Storage.AI can improve data flow for AI Workloads, OCP storage initiatives, non-volatile memories offer ways to reduce energy consumption in AI.

ByThomas Coughlin,

Contributor

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AI And Fast Transfers For M&E Preservation And Workflows

Iron Mountain is using AI in its digital conversion and preservation workflows.  Masv is offering very fast and robust large file transfer technology.

ByThomas Coughlin,

Contributor