Background Work: From Cron Jobs to Distributed Systems
Consider what can happen when someone uploads a profile photo to a web application.. Depending on the use case, the application may…
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‘Out of Hyperbole’: Nvidia’s AI Boom Tests Data Center Infrastructure Limits
“I’m running out of hyperbole and adjectives.”. That was analyst Steven Dickens, CEO and principal analyst at HyperFrame Research, reacting to Nvidia’s…
Who let the agents in
Jared Palmer@jaredpalmer. @brian_armstrong You can go further than this to get even better writing output. Create a little script to analyze your…
How Data Centers Are Using AI to Run Cooler and Smarter
Data center operators are racing to build capacity for AI workloads, and as they do, they are increasingly deploying AI to run…
PJM’s Power Shortfall Puts Data Center Growth in Focus
PJM’s latest capacity auction left the RTO 6.8 GW below its Reliability Requirement for the 2028/29 delivery year, increasing pressure on the…
How to Make LLMs 3X Faster
Every agent already runs a loop. Loop engineering adds a loop around the agent itself, enabling it to evaluate its output, try…
OpenAI Moves Energy Planning Inside Data Center Organization
OpenAI is moving energy planning within its data center development organization, signaling that power technologies and flexible computing are converging into a…
AI helps design new materials that work in the real world
Today, anyone with a large enough artificial intelligence model can generate millions of new material designs in minutes. Unfortunately, that hasn’t led…
Raised on AI
When my oldest child was born, I immediately set up Gmail and Twitter accounts in her name. I broadly announced her birth…
DOE Keeps Eddystone Power Plant Online Amid Data Center Demand Surge
The Department of Energy (DOE) has ordered PJM Interconnection and Constellation Energy to keep 760 MW of generation at Pennsylvania’s Eddystone Generating…