DCD Magazine #62 - The coming wave
Will compute at sea sink or swim?
News - Rack Level, Meta
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
DCD Magazine #62 out now
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Trump expands Ratepayer Protection Pledge with 200-plus new signatories
Including utility heavyweights Southern Company, PPL Corp, NextEra Energy, Duke Energy, and American Electric Power
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Meta to deploy 366MW of modular gas units to power 1GW data center in El Paso, Texas
Facing opposition from the local council and community groups
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Big tech firms account for 49% of corporate clean energy deals over 2025 - report
Meta, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft dominate clean energy procurement, as overall PPA volumes fall by 10 percent
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Meta secures up to 6.6GW of nuclear power from TerraPower, Oklo, and Vistra
One of the largest nuclear deals in the sector to date
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How Meta achieves 120kW a rack in 20kW air-cooled data centers
Company details Catalina pod deployments at Hot Chips
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Hyperscalers prepare for 1MW racks at OCP EMEA; Google announces new CDU
Hyperscalers look to disaggregate power from IT to reach 1MW racks
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Microsoft and Meta reveal open AI rack design with separate power and compute cabinets
Could this usher in the 400V era?
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Meta shows AI system and liquid-cooled racks at OCP Summit
Facebook owner shares Grand Teton, and updates us on Open Rack Version 3