🛰️ Blue Origin applies to launch 51,000 datacenter satellites

｢ launch “up to 51,600 satellites operating in sun-synchronous orbits from 500–1,800 km, with inclinations between 97 degrees and 104 degrees, with each orbital plane containing approximately 300–1,000 satellites ｣
https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/20/blue_origin_project_sunrise_orbital_datacenter/

#datacenter #KesslerSyndrome

„Einen maßgeblichen Anteil am steigenden Stromverbrauch #Oberösterreich’s wird künftig das #Rechenzentrum von #Google in #Kronstorf (Bezirk Linz-Land) haben. Dort wird deutlich mehr #Strom verbraucht werden als in allen privaten Haushalten Oberösterreichs.
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Die beginnen jetzt einmal mit einer Ausbaustufe, und man wird sehen, wie sich dieses Rechenzentrum entwickelt. Das kann auch auf Leistungen von bis zu 1.000 Megawatt gehen.“

https://ooe.orf.at/stories/3346531/

#österreich #austria #datacenter #cloud

Thomas Kurian (@ThomasOrTK)

데이터센터 확장을 위해 1GW의 유연한 전력 수요를 전력망 안정성과 지역사회와의 조화를 고려해 통합하겠다고 밝혔습니다. AI 인프라 확장과 전력 운영의 지속가능성 측면에서 중요한 운영 업데이트입니다.

https://x.com/ThomasOrTK/status/2035033688015348171

#datacenter #grid #infrastructure #sustainability #ai

#DATACENTER #SMUGGLING || This report of 3 guys at #SuperMicro smuggling $2.5B of #NVIDIA B200 chips to China only tells half the story.

So I asked #CoPilot to derive how many chips and how much compute that might yield. Answer: "a 50–80 MW datacenter class for a production deployment of a 40k‑B200 cluster" which is "enough capacity to train and serve multiple frontier‑class LLMs concurrently, or run a single massive multi‑tenant AI platform".

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/19/us-tech-execs-smuggled-nvidia-chips-to-china-prosecutors-say.html

https://copilot.microsoft.com/shares/3R6bLiMx2WhFqd9cZKkVk

Feds announce huge natural gas plant, data center project in southern Ohio to "power AI" in a "unique public-private partnership with SoftBank and AEP Ohio to redevelop DOE land, modernize energy infrastructure, and develop advanced computing in Southern Ohio."

Two federal government agencies say a $33.3 billion natural gas plant in southern Ohio will power a major data center project.

The facilities, including the behemoth 10 gigawatt data center, will be constructed on U.S. Department of Energy-owned land in Piketon, according to a Friday news release from the agency. Construction to start later this year.

SB Energy, under SoftBank Group, will build the natural gas plant. SB Energy will also invest $4.2 billion in new transmission lines across southern Ohio, constructed by American Electric Power, or AEP #Ohio.

#DataCenter

https://www.energy.gov/articles/energy-department-announces-partnership-ensure-affordable-energy-and-power-americas-ai

https://www.statenews.org/government-politics/2026-03-20/feds-announce-huge-natural-gas-plant-data-center-project-in-southern-ohio

RE: https://mastodon.social/@grandrapidsnews/116261884832568529

Here's one more take on the #MicroSlop land acquisition for a new #Microsoft #AI #DataCenter . Keep in mind that this is from our local #FauxNews outlet, who wants to spin this out as if it's only a formality, and the deal is practically done. Total BS, of course.

Sudo su (@sudoingX)

데이터센터의 유휴 GPU를 독립 연구자에게 제공하면 기업보다 더 큰 오픈소스 가치가 빠르게 만들어질 수 있다는 주장이다. 남는 연산 자원을 연구 커뮤니티에 활용하는 것이 AI 생태계 발전에 중요하다는 점을 강조한다.

https://x.com/sudoingX/status/2034903933471043936

#gpu #opensource #research #datacenter #ai

Singapore and Batam are 20 km apart. Batam electricity costs 60% less. Land costs 40-100x less. Labor is 4-5x cheaper.

Yet most hosting companies still pick Singapore. Why?

I wrote an objective analysis with a decision matrix for six workload types. The answer depends entirely on what you are running.

https://resistancezero.com/article-19.html

#DataCenter #Singapore #Batam #Infrastructure #SoutheastAsia #CloudComputing