Proxmox move: the way back to VMware stays unbuilt
In VMware-plus-Proxmox estates, the way back to ESXi remains the hard case: two to four hours plus half a day …
Data Centers
Articles on data centers, colocation, edge and energy for operators and infrastructure leads.
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Google Links TPU Payback to Five-Year Contracts
Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian expects Google's own TPUs to pay back in half the time of GPUs. Most infrastructure …
4 Percent in the Data Center, 54 at the Power Plant: Where Nvidia’s Water Promise Really Ends
Nvidia cools AI data centers with warm water in a closed loop, saving nearly everything on-site.
200 kW per Rack: firstcolo’s Liquid-Cooling New Build in Rosbach
firstcolo is building FRA7 in Rosbach: about EUR 250 million, 16 MW of IT load, up to 200 kW per …
Iceberg won the format war. Now the catalog counts.
Apache Iceberg has been established as the lakehouse standard. Now, the catalog determines governance and lock-in. What cloud teams need …
KRITIS in the Cloud: What Secures the Migration
Operators of critical infrastructures are shifting sensitive systems to the cloud.
The Cheap Cloud Chip with the Expensive Exit Route
AWS, Azure, and Google’s custom chips deliver up to two-thirds better price-performance. Catch: a new, silent lock-in. When switching makes …
800-Volt Direct Current in the Data Center: NVIDIA’s Pivot for the Cloud
800-volt direct current breaks the power barrier in AI data centers: less copper, more performance.
Cloud Backup with IaC: Resiliency over Restore Risk
Cloud backups built with a single click fail in emergency situations due to the missing restore path.
Disaggregated Inference: Why AWS and Cerebras Are Splitting with the GPU
Cloud inference is being broken down: AWS and Cerebras are separating prefill and decode onto their own chips.
Cloud Repatriation: When It Makes Sense to Bring Back Data
86 percent of CIOs are moving workloads back from the public cloud. When repatriation makes sense and which loads are …
Coolify Review: Self-Hosting instead of Vercel and Heroku
Coolify in the practical test: What the self-hosted PaaS really delivers against Vercel and Heroku, what it costs, and for …
If the AI Bill Blows Up the Cloud Budget
FinOps for AI workloads: Gemini's batch mode halves token prices, AWS Inferentia reduces GPU load. Multi-cloud strategies are cutting AI …
Edge Computing Logistics: 5 Building Blocks for Real-Time Operations
Edge in the supply chain starts with architecture: 5 building blocks that enable real-time performance under 10 ms, from K3s …
Cross-cloud Lakehouse and Egress-Caching: What Google Cloud Next 2026 Changes for DACH Architects
Google Cloud Next 2026 turns cross-cloud into a cost issue: How Lakehouse architecture and egress caching break vendor lock-in and …
Qumulo and Cisco activate idle GPUs
Only 5 percent average GPU utilization: Qumulo and Cisco’s Cloud AI Accelerator taps into unused capacity-here’s what DACH teams gain.
Cloud-native matures: What Knative and Kubernetes 1.34 mean for AI workloads
Knative has graduated, and Kubernetes 1.34 brings production-ready AI hardware scheduling to life-here’s what the latest cloud-native maturity means for…
FinOps Sees Everything, But Can’t Do Anything: Why Cloud Waste Isn’t Decreasing
Despite FinOps, 25 to 35 percent of cloud waste persists everywhere-and the figure isn’t dropping.
VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1: AI workloads and the sovereignty question in your own data center
VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 brings AI workloads in-house to your data center: GPU support, 500-node clusters, and sovereignty-why the licensing …
800-Volt Direct Current in Data Centers: What NVIDIA’s Power Shift Means for DACH Operators
NVIDIA is driving 800-volt direct current into the data center: 1-MW racks starting in 2027, over 20 suppliers on board.
Growth with Responsibility: How a German Data Center Operator Keeps Its Energy Balance on Track
PUE values at hyperscale levels, waste heat recovery, 100 percent renewable energy, and ISO 50001 certification—a practical look at synaforce’s …
Before Computex: Huang Meets TSMC, AMD Announces $10 Billion Investment in Taiwan
Nvidia's Huang meets with TSMC, AMD's Su invests $10 billion in Taiwanese packaging, crucial for GPU supply and DACH cloud …
AWS and Nvidia: GPU Surge Forces Platform Teams to Adapt
AWS, Microsoft, and Google are deploying Vera-Rubin and Blackwell GPUs. Here's what platform teams should budget for now, and which …
Cloudflare Containers: Outgrowing Workers
Cloudflare Containers is GA. What the Workers-Stack now delivers, where the edge advantage comes into play, and when switching from …
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