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Summaries are not the original full articles. ## Nvidia goes green to keep grid capacity from zapping its revenues DevFeed: [Nvidia goes green to keep grid capacity from zapping its revenues]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Tobias Mann Published: 2026-09-16T21:37:05Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [www.theregister.com - Articles]() Topics: [Nvidia](), [datacenter](), [Cloud]() Tags: [ai](), [ai-factory](), [cloud](), [datacenter](), [gpu](), [nvidia](), [systems]() ### AI overview The article reports that Nvidia is courting neocloud providers with more efficient and profitable data centers. ### Source excerpt GPUzilla woos neoclouds into another walled garden, promising smarter, more efficient, and profitable bit barns ## AWS says wartime damage means some Middle East cloud resources are gone for good DevFeed: [AWS says wartime damage means some Middle East cloud resources are gone for good]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Dan Robinson Published: 2026-09-16T12:11:56Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [www.theregister.com - Articles]() Topics: [Amazon Web Services](), [Cloud](), [Availability]() Tags: [amazon](), [availability](), [aws](), [cloud](), [datacenter](), [middle-east](), [off-prem]() ### AI overview AWS says wartime damage has permanently removed some cloud resources in the Middle East after Iranian strikes overwhelmed regional redundancy in Bahrain and left one UAE Availability Zone inaccessible. ### Source excerpt Iranian strikes overwhelmed regional redundancy in Bahrain and left one UAE Availability Zone inaccessible ## HALEU production remains limited as Nusano says federal backing could accelerate supply for datacenters DevFeed: [HALEU production remains limited as Nusano says federal backing could accelerate supply for datacenters]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Brandon Vigliarolo Published: 2026-09-15T17:39:03Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [www.theregister.com - Articles]() Topics: [datacenter]() Tags: [datacenter](), [datacenters](), [haleu](), [nuclear-power](), [offbeat](), [smr]() ### AI overview HALEU production remains slow, while Nusano says federal backing could eventually accelerate supply for datacenters. ### Source excerpt HALEU is still being produced at a snail's pace; Nusano says its federal backing could speed things up - eventually ## Datacenter developers want your backyard. FAS says negotiate harder DevFeed: [Datacenter developers want your backyard. FAS says negotiate harder]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Dan Robinson Published: 2026-09-14T17:26:00Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [www.theregister.com - Articles]() Topics: [datacenter](), [on-prem]() Tags: [ai](), [community-benefits-agreements](), [data-center-policy](), [datacenter](), [datacenters](), [federation-of-american-scientists](), [infrastructure](), [on-prem](), [report]() ### AI overview A report advises local officials to negotiate carefully with datacenter developers before approving projects, focusing on tax breaks, water use, noise, and decommissioning obligations. ### Source excerpt Tax breaks, water, noise, decommissioning - report tells local officials what to nail down before signing ## Teravolt looks to cannibalize older industries to meet AI power demand DevFeed: [Teravolt looks to cannibalize older industries to meet AI power demand]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Thomas Claburn Published: 2026-09-14T13:45:00Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [www.theregister.com - Articles]() Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](), [datacenter](), [Bitcoin]() Tags: [ai](), [ai-and-ml](), [artificial-intelligence](), [bitcoin](), [datacenter](), [electricity-grid](), [energy](), [infra]() ### AI overview Teravolt is considering repurposing Bitcoin farms, aluminum smelters, and other older infrastructure as datacenters to help meet growing AI power demand. ### Source excerpt Bitcoin farms, aluminum smelters, and other old infra is more lucrative to repurpose as a datacenter ## Nvidia's Groq acquihire is on the DOJ's radar, but it's already too late DevFeed: [Nvidia's Groq acquihire is on the DOJ's radar, but it's already too late]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Tobias Mann Published: 2026-09-12T13:26:00Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [www.theregister.com - Articles]() Topics: [Nvidia]() Tags: [ai](), [alternatives](), [datacenter](), [department-of-justice](), [groq](), [nvidia](), [systems]() ### AI overview The article reports that Nvidia's $20B Groq acquihire is attracting attention from the US Department of Justice, while arguing that alternatives could replace Groq even if regulators unwind the deal. ### Source excerpt Even if regulators did somehow unwind the $20B deal, there's a growing list of alternatives ready to take Groq's place, no merger required ## Unlock a LUKS root over SSH on Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux DevFeed: [Unlock a LUKS root over SSH on Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Josephine Pfeiffer Published: 2026-09-11T13:01:51Z Content type: tutorial Language: en Sources: [Red Hat](), [Red Hat Developer]() Topics: [Fedora](), [Linux](), [OpenSSH](), [ssh](), [systemd](), [datacenter](), [Network](), [Server]() Tags: [config](), [datacenter](), [developer](), [how-to](), [linux](), [network](), [red-hat](), [remote](), [rhel](), [server](), [ssh](), [systemd]() ### AI overview This tutorial explains how to unlock an encrypted LUKS root remotely over SSH on Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It describes adding NetworkManager and an SSH server to the dracut initramfs, configuring networking, rebuilding the initramfs, and using the rd.neednet=1 kernel argument. ### Source excerpt An encrypted server in a datacenter reboots and stops in the initramfs, waiting for a passphrase at a console nobody is sitting at. 3 commands and a kernel argument get NetworkManager and sshd into a Fedora or Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) initramfs, so a remote server with an encrypted root can be unlocked over the network. The post Unlock a LUKS root over SSH on Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux appeared first on Red Hat Developer. ## DeepSeek's new model sets a template for powerful LLMs that run lean DevFeed: [DeepSeek's new model sets a template for powerful LLMs that run lean]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Tobias Mann Published: 2026-09-11T07:15:00Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [www.theregister.com - Articles]() Topics: [deepseek](), [Large Language Model](), [Caching](), [Latency](), [Google]() Tags: [ai-and-ml](), [cache](), [compute](), [cost](), [datacenter](), [deepseek](), [embedding](), [flash](), [google](), [gpu](), [latency](), [llm](), [llms](), [model](), [release]() ### AI overview DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is a larger LLM whose architectural changes aim to reduce serving memory and compute needs. The article highlights lower KV-cache consumption, improved prompt processing, and an N-gram-based conditional memory module. ### Source excerpt DeepSeek V4.1 Flash proves that just because you build a bigger model doesn't mean you need more GPUs to serve it ## Nscale swallows lion's share of UK datacenter investment DevFeed: [Nscale swallows lion's share of UK datacenter investment]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Dan Robinson Published: 2026-09-10T14:08:00Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [www.theregister.com - Articles]() Topics: [datacenter](), [AI Platform]() Tags: [ai-infrastructure](), [datacenter](), [nscale](), [on-prem](), [united-kingdom]() ### AI overview Tracxn credits Nscale, an AI infrastructure company, with $3.7B of the UK datacenter sector's $5.7B investment haul. ### Source excerpt Tracxn credits one AI infrastructure outfit with $3.7B of sector's $5.7B haul ## d-Matrix drinks the Nvidia Kool-Aid with NVLink Fusion and MGX rack designs DevFeed: [d-Matrix drinks the Nvidia Kool-Aid with NVLink Fusion and MGX rack designs]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Tobias Mann Published: 2026-09-10T13:00:00Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [www.theregister.com - Articles]() Topics: [NVLink](), [d-matrix](), [AI Platform]() Tags: [ai](), [ai-infrastructure](), [amazon](), [d-matrix](), [datacenter](), [fujitsu](), [gpu](), [nvidia](), [nvlink](), [startup](), [systems](), [xpu]() ### AI overview d-Matrix, an AI infrastructure startup, is described as joining other companies as an NVLink supporter. The headline also references NVLink Fusion and MGX rack designs. ### Source excerpt AI infrastructure startup joins Qualcomm, Arm, Marvell, Amazon, Fujitsu, and MediaTek as NVLink true believers ## Samsung to help fortify OpenAI's semiconductor supply chain DevFeed: [Samsung to help fortify OpenAI's semiconductor supply chain]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Tobias Mann Published: 2026-09-09T20:18:35Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [www.theregister.com - Articles]() Topics: [samsung]() Tags: [ai](), [compute](), [datacenter](), [memory](), [openai](), [samsung](), [supply-chain](), [systems](), [tsmc]() ### AI overview Samsung is positioned to help strengthen OpenAI's semiconductor supply chain, with support spanning compute and memory. ### Source excerpt Semiconductor supply chains are hard, but Samsung offers OpenAI relief in many forms spanning compute and memory ## Hot Chips 2026: Intel's Crescent Island DevFeed: [Hot Chips 2026: Intel's Crescent Island]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: George Cozma Published: 2026-08-27T05:12:31Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [Chips and Cheese]() Topics: [intel](), [GPU](), [Artificial Intelligence](), [datacenter](), [Blackwell](), [deepseek]() Tags: [2026](), [ai](), [amd](), [blackwell](), [datacenter](), [deepseek](), [gpu](), [intel]() ### AI overview The article discusses Intel's upcoming Crescent Island datacenter GPU, focusing on its LPDDR5X-based memory subsystem, reported capacity of up to 480 GB, undisclosed memory bandwidth, Xe3P architecture, and full-rate FP64 support. It also compares aspects of the design with competing GPUs. ### Source excerpt Hello you fine Internet folks, ## The Never-Ending IPv6 Loopback Prefix Saga DevFeed: [The Never-Ending IPv6 Loopback Prefix Saga]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2026-08-17T06:02:00Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [ipSpace.net blog]() Topics: [Network](), [Hardware](), [datacenter](), [BGP]() Tags: [bgp](), [datacenter](), [hardware](), [ios](), [ipv6](), [is-is](), [netlab](), [network](), [ospf](), [vxlan]() ### AI overview The article examines the IPv6 loopback-prefix problem in high-speed routers and data-center switches. OSPFv3 requires loopbacks to be advertised as /128s, which can increase forwarding hardware demands when /64 addressing is preferred. It compares vendor behaviors and suggests IS-IS or BGP as possible alternatives. ### Source excerpt Remember the sage advice to simplify your life and use the IPv6 /64 prefixes everywhere? Not only does it make your life simpler (and wastes immesuarably less address space than the crazy "let's assign /64 to every device" stupidity), it also reduces the hardware requirements in your high-speed routers layer-3 switches. You see, doing lookups on 64 bits uses half the silicon it takes to do lookups on 128 bits. Alas, some people never got the memo. OSPFv3 standard clearly states in one of the bullets in section 4.4.3.9 that the loopback prefixes should always be advertised as /128s regardless of what's configured on the interface. Read more ... ## A low-carbon computing platform from your retired phones DevFeed: [A low-carbon computing platform from your retired phones]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2026-06-12T17:37:00Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [The latest research from Google]() Topics: [Green Software](), [cloud-computing](), [datacenter](), [Hardware](), [cpu](), [Google]() Tags: [climate-sustainability](), [cloud](), [cloud-computing](), [compute](), [datacenter](), [distributed-systems-parallel-computing](), [efficiency](), [energy](), [energy-efficiency](), [google](), [hardware](), [memory](), [performance](), [servers](), [smartphones](), [storage](), [sustainability]() ### AI overview Researchers at the University of California San Diego, with Google's support, are developing a low-carbon cloud computing platform from retired smartphones. A planned datacenter using 2,000 Pixel smartphones aims to provide low-cost computing while reducing the need for newly manufactured hardware and its associated emissions. ### Source excerpt Climate & Sustainability ## Worth Reading: BGP Route Leaks, TCP Latency, and Datacenter Packet-Processing Energy DevFeed: [Worth Reading: BGP Route Leaks, TCP Latency, and Datacenter Packet-Processing Energy]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Russ Published: 2026-04-29T19:44:35Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [rule 11 reader]() Topics: [BGP](), [Networks](), [datacenter](), [systems](), [Internet]() Tags: [bgp](), [datacenter](), [internet](), [networks](), [privacy](), [quic](), [systems](), [tcp](), [technical](), [worth-reading]() ### AI overview This developer reading roundup covers BGP route leaks that may be brief artifacts of normal convergence, the effects of long round-trip times on TCP, the energy costs of host-side packet processing in high-speed datacenter networks, changing satellite internet capabilities, orbital models, and what unsolicited QUIC traffic can reveal about deployments and metadata privacy. ### Source excerpt Many BGP route leaks reported by automated detection systems are actually brief, low-impact artifacts of normal BGP convergence. Long round-trip times have serious consequences for protocols like TCP, which rely on a steady stream of acknowledgements (ACKs) to manage sending rates, estimate delay, and trigger retransmissions. As datacenter networks evolve toward ultra-high-speed links, the energy footprint of host-side packet processing grows increasingly significant. The old perception of satellite internet as slow, expensive, and marginal is increasingly outdated. Today's market includes multiple orbital models, each with distinct technical and operational characteristics. What can we learn about QUIC deployments just by listening to unsolicited QUIC traffic? This question becomes specifically exciting since QUIC aims to enhance privacy by obfuscating metadata. ## The next phase of the Microsoft OpenAI partnership DevFeed: [The next phase of the Microsoft OpenAI partnership]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2026-04-27T06:00:00Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [OpenAI News]() Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](), [Microsoft](), [OpenAI](), [AI Platform](), [Azure](), [Cloud](), [datacenter](), [Cybersecurity]() Tags: [ai](), [azure](), [cloud](), [company](), [cybersecurity](), [datacenter](), [innovation](), [microsoft](), [openai](), [partnership](), [scale]() ### AI overview OpenAI and Microsoft announce an amended partnership agreement that simplifies their relationship, preserves Microsoft's role as OpenAI's primary cloud partner, and supports continued AI development and deployment at scale. The agreement also addresses product availability across cloud providers, licensing through 2032, revenue sharing, shareholder participation, datacenter capacity, silicon collaboration, and cybersecurity applications. ### Source excerpt OpenAI and Microsoft announce an amended agreement that simplifies the partnership, adds long-term clarity, and supports continued AI innovation at scale. ## Managed Databases Are Now Available in Laravel Forge DevFeed: [Managed Databases Are Now Available in Laravel Forge]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Laravel Team Published: 2026-03-17T15:48:55Z Content type: release Language: en Sources: [Laravel Blog]() Topics: [Laravel](), [postgresql clusters](), [Availability](), [Provisioning](), [Monitoring](), [Replication](), [Network](), [VPC]() Tags: [compute](), [databases](), [datacenter](), [high-availability](), [laravel](), [learn](), [memory](), [monitoring](), [network](), [postgres](), [replication](), [security](), [storage](), [vpc]() ### AI overview Laravel Forge now offers managed PostgreSQL clusters provisioned directly from its dashboard. The service handles patching, backups, replication, failover, and monitoring, with configurable compute, storage, region, networking, and high-availability options. ### Source excerpt Let Laravel Forge handle managed Postgres clusters for you with automated backups, PITR, high availability, and monitoring, all from your Forge dashboard. ## Who can light fibre in India? DevFeed: [Who can light fibre in India?]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2026-02-21T20:49:05Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [Personal blog of Anurag Bhatia]() Topics: [Internet](), [Cloud](), [hosting](), [datacenter]() Tags: [backhaul](), [cloud](), [connectivity](), [datacenter](), [hosting](), [india](), [infrastructure](), [mpls](), [regulatory](), [routers](), [vlan]() ### AI overview The article discusses Indian telecom licensing rules for deploying, lighting, and reselling fibre outside a building. It explains that IP-1 providers may lease passive dark-fibre infrastructure but may not light it, while appropriately licensed ISPs may light fibre for end-user internet access and their own backhaul, not point-to-point connectivity. ### Source excerpt Friend and his two homes... Recently, a friend of mine mentioned his plan to procure dark fibre to connect two of his homes. His idea was straightforward - get LCO to give a dark strand between both homes and run Bidi optics over it. I ended up telling him that while his idea is technically fine, as modern optics can easily cover that sort of distance, it would be illegal as per Indian telecom laws! It wasn't just him, but numerous content players, hosting companies, and Cloud players find it a bit odd when they find this out. In this post, I will document what is allowed and what is not allowed. Advance warning: I am a technical person & do not know much about regulatory. Whatever I am sharing here is what I have learned from my friends who have expertise in the subject. Indian telecom rules are overly complex and can have a different set of interpretations, and often go into the grey area. I welcome readers to share feedback if they are aware of something which isn't correct as per the regulation. With that warning out of the way, I will proceed with the post. Understanding licensing In India, when fibre is going outside of a given building, one needs to have a license to light it. In fact, not just "lighting up a dark fibre" but to deploy and resell dark fibre, one needs a license (IP-1). Infrastructure Provider Category 1 (or IP-1) is considered an easy license which can be used to sell passive assets such as dark fibre, ducts, towers, etc. Active infra i.e lighting up fibre, is not allowed under this license, and it's expected that an IP-1 holder leases their dark fibre only to a license holder who is authorised to light the fibre. Within a building, campus, datacenter, home etc one can deploy a light fibre but as soon as it goes outside of that it becomes a bit of a grey area depending on the use case. An Internet Service Provider (ISP) holding an ISP license or Unified License with ISP authorisation can light fibre but only for two specific purposes: Offering i ## Why I joined OpenAI DevFeed: [Why I joined OpenAI]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2026-02-06T13:00:00Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [Brendan Gregg's Blog]() Topics: [OpenAI](), [Artificial Intelligence](), [datacenter](), [ChatGPT]() Tags: [ai](), [ai-adoption](), [blog](), [chatgpt](), [datacenter](), [openai](), [performance-engineering]() ### AI overview The author explains joining OpenAI to work on datacenter and ChatGPT performance, motivated by the rapidly growing cost and scale of AI infrastructure. The article also describes conversations that changed the author's view of how widely people use ChatGPT in everyday life. ### Source excerpt The staggering and fast-growing cost of AI datacenters is a call for performance engineering like no other in history; it's not just about saving costs - it's about saving the planet. I have joined OpenAI to work on this challenge directly, with an initial focus on ChatGPT performance. The scale is extreme and the growth is mind-boggling. As a leader in datacenter performance, I've realized that performance engineering as we know it may not be enough - I'm thinking of new engineering methods so that we can find bigger optimizations than we have before, and find them faster. It's the opportunity of a lifetime and, unlike in mature environments of scale, it feels as if there are no obstacles - no areas considered too difficult to change. Do anything, do it at scale, and do it today. Why OpenAI exactly? I had talked to industry experts and friends who recommended several companies, especially OpenAI. However, I was still a bit cynical about AI adoption. Like everyone, I was being bombarded with ads by various companies to use AI, but I wondered: was anyone actually using it? Everyday people with everyday uses? One day during a busy period of interviewing, I realized I needed a haircut (as it happened, it was the day before I was due to speak with Sam Altman). Mia the hairstylist got to work, and casually asked what I do for a living. "I'm an Intel fellow, I work on datacenter performance." Silence. Maybe she didn't know what datacenters were or who Intel was. I followed up: "I'm interviewing for a new job to work on AI datacenters." Mia lit up: "Oh, I use ChatGPT all the time!" While she was cutting my hair - which takes a while - she told me about her many uses of ChatGPT. (I, of course, was a captive audience.) She described uses I hadn't thought of, and I realized how ChatGPT was becoming an essential tool for everyone. Just one example: She was worried about a friend who was travelling in a far-away city, with little timezone overlap when they could chat, but she c ## IA en sysadmin: ¿oportunidad o amenaza? DevFeed: [IA en sysadmin: ¿oportunidad o amenaza?]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Alois Published: 2026-01-13T00:00:00Z Content type: opinion Language: es Sources: [tengoping.com]() Topics: [AIOps](), [datacenter](), [Infrastructure as code](), [Terraform](), [Ansible](), [Command-line interface](), [Post Mortem](), [telemetry]() Tags: [aiops](), [ansible](), [datacenter](), [iac](), [logs](), [post-mortem](), [sysadmin](), [terminal](), [terraform]() ### AI overview This Spanish-language article examines how AI can assist systems administrators with log triage, anomaly detection, IaC manifest generation, incident summaries, runbook drafts, and command suggestions. It argues that AI reduces mechanical work but does not replace human diagnosis, review, or operational judgment. ### Source excerpt Reflexión sobre dónde ayuda la IA al sysadmin, qué riesgos reales conlleva en producción y cómo adaptarse sin perder criterio. ## Murat and Aleksey Read Papers: "Rethinking the Cost of Distributed Caches for Datacenter Services" DevFeed: [Murat and Aleksey Read Papers: "Rethinking the Cost of Distributed Caches for Datacenter Services"]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Aleksey Charapko Published: 2025-12-29T21:46:44Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [Aleksey Charapko]() Topics: [Caching](), [datacenter](), [cpu](), [systems]() Tags: [cache](), [caching](), [cpu](), [datacenter](), [distributed](), [efficiency](), [latency](), [one-page-summary](), [operational](), [performance]() ### AI overview This commentary reviews a paper arguing that distributed caches can reduce CPU costs and deliver savings in synthetic and open-source workloads, even while consuming more DRAM. It also discusses richer caching abstractions, cache placement, coherency, and strongly consistent caches. The author cautions that cache failures can sharply increase downstream database load, creating operational fragility and deferred maintenance costs. ### Source excerpt Murat and Aleksey read "Rethinking the Cost of Distributed Caches for Datacenter Services." This paper argues that distributed caches can save money by reducing CPU costs despite using substantially more of the costly DRAM. The authors claim up to 4X savings in synthetic and open-source workloads. The paper also calls for richer caching semantics to [...] ## What Does a Database for SSDs Look Like? DevFeed: [What Does a Database for SSDs Look Like?]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Marc Brooker Published: 2025-12-15T00:00:00Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [Marc Brooker's Blog](), [Marc Brooker's Blog]() Topics: [Databases](), [systems](), [cloud-infrastructure](), [datacenter](), [Latency]() Tags: [2025](), [cloud](), [database](), [databases](), [datacenter](), [datacenters](), [infrastructure](), [latency](), [mysql](), [network](), [networks](), [postgres](), [servers](), [sqlite](), [storage](), [systems]() ### AI overview The article examines how a relational database designed specifically for local NVMe SSDs might differ from databases created for spinning disks. It questions whether design choices such as write-ahead logging, large pages, bulk writes, and caching should change in light of faster storage, modern datacenter networks, abundant compute and memory, cloud infrastructure, and always-on global applications. It begins a quantitative analysis using the Five Minute Rule and 2025 hardware economics. ### Source excerpt What Does a Database for SSDs Look Like? Maybe not what you think. Over on X, Ben Dicken asked: What does a relational database designed specifically for local SSDs look like? Postgres, MySQL, SQLite and many others were invented in the 90s and 00s, the era of spinning disks. A local NVMe SSD has ~1000x improvement in both throughput and latency. Design decisions like write-ahead logs, large page sizes, and buffering table writes in bulk were built around disks where I/O was SLOW, and where sequential I/O was order(s)-of-magnitude faster than random. If we had to throw these databases away and begin from scratch in 2025, what would change and what would remain? How might we tackle this question quantitatively for the modern transaction-orientated database? But first, the bigger picture. It's not only SSDs that have come along since databases like Postgres were first designed. We also have the cloud, with deployments to excellent datacenter infrastructure, including multiple independent datacenters with great network connectivity between them, available to all. Datacenter networks offer 1000x (or more) increased throughput, along with latency in the microseconds. Servers with hundreds of cores and thousands of gigabytes of RAM are mainstream. Applications have changed too. Companies are global, businesses are 24/7. Down time is expensive, and that expense can be measured. The security and compliance environment is much more demanding. Builders want to deploy in seconds, not days. Approach One: The Five Minute Rule Perhaps my single favorite systems paper, The 5 Minute Rule... by Jim Gray and Franco Putzolu gives us a very simple way to answer one of the most important questions in systems: how big should caches be? The five minute rule is that, back in 1986, if you expected to read a page again within five minutes you should keep in in RAM. If not, you should keep it on disk. The basic logic is that you look at the page that's least likely to be re-used. If it's cheape ## How the EU Data Act Is Making Multi-Cloud Affordable DevFeed: [How the EU Data Act Is Making Multi-Cloud Affordable]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Ankur Raina Published: 2025-12-09T00:00:00Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [Cockroach Labs]() Topics: [Cloud](), [data](), [Amazon Web Services](), [Google]() Tags: [availability](), [aws](), [cloud](), [data](), [datacenter](), [eu](), [google](), [incident](), [microsoft](), [multi-cloud](), [outages](), [services]() ### AI overview The article argues that relying on a single cloud provider creates outage risks and that spreading data across clouds can improve resilience. It discusses cost and complexity barriers, including data egress fees, and says the EU Data Act may make switching providers easier. ### Source excerpt Every major cloud hyperscaler is having global impact outages. The 2024 Microsoft incident happened due to a bug in Crowdstrike. Google Cloud failed this summer because of a small configuration issue. AWS's most popular region US-East-1 was impacted in October 2025 due to a small change in one of their services. In each case, thousands of organizations worldwide saw their applications crash. ## Radio Kootwijk's communications history and Europe's dependence on American servers DevFeed: [Radio Kootwijk's communications history and Europe's dependence on American servers]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2025-02-02T12:57:10Z Content type: opinion Language: nl Sources: [Bert Hubert's writings]() Topics: [Server](), [datacenter](), [cloud-infrastructure]() Tags: [2025](), [autonomie](), [cloud](), [datacenter](), [servers]() ### AI overview The article connects the history of Radio Kootwijk with a critique of Europe's and the Dutch government's reliance on American servers for communication and file processing in 2025. The supplied text ends mid-sentence, so the argument is incomplete. ### Source excerpt In het mooie boekje Over en Uit: driekwart eeuw radiocommunicatie 1900 - 1975 lezen we: 1916: Als gevolg van de Engelse kabelcensuur is een vrije berichtenwisseling tussen de Nederlandse regering en de Gouverneur-Generaal van N.O.-Indië niet goed meer mogelijk. Nederland was afhankelijk van het buitenland voor communicatie, wat ook al eerder voor problemen had gezorgd: 1899: Tijdens de Tweede Boerenoorlog van 1899-1902 tussen Engeland en de Zuid-Afrikaanse republieken Oranje Vrijstaat en Transvaal worden telegrammen uit Nederland (...) door Engelse ambtenaren gecensureerd. [Next page]()