Black Forest Labs' new Self-Flow technique makes training multimodal AI models 2.8x more efficient

This efficiency makes it viable for enterprises to move beyond generic off-the-shelf solutions and develop specialized models that are deeply aligned with their specific data domains ...
Computer Weekly

Scattered data, cloud transfers creating challenges in enterprise AI

The cost, speed, and governance of moving petabytes of across multi and hybrid cloud environments is becoming a challenge for enterprises looking to harness the benefits of AI ...
WFAE

Stein’s Energy Task Force considers data center protections for residents and businesses

A task force of policymakers, state regulators, local officials and energy experts has spent the past six months developing recommendations for North Carolina to meet rising electrical demand driven ...
The News-Gazette

Update: Participants sought for task force on data center regulations

The University of Illinois’ National Petascale Computing Facility, 1725 S. Oak St., Champaign, is an 88,000-square-foot facility housing computing, networking and data systems, including the ...
Frederick News-Post

City Council members mull data center task force

Members of a Frederick City Council committee said Thursday they want to form a data center task force to get ahead of a proposal by developers that would allow the facilities in the city. National ...
WDTN

Ohio bill would task bipartisan group with researching data center concerns

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — As Ohio communities push back against an influx of data centers, a new bill would address concerns with a bipartisan task group. House Bill 646 would establish the Data Center ...
GovCon Wire

USMS ITD Awards FORCE Task Order to NTT DATA

The U.S. Marshals Service Information Technology Division, or USMS ITD, has awarded NTT DATA a task order under an existing blanket purchase agreement in support of the agency’s Functional Operations ...
NBC Washington

Montgomery County data centers: How 2 competing bills aim to control development

Montgomery County leaders are behind two competing bills aimed at controlling data center development. The measures come amid booming data center growth in the D.C. area in recent years. First, a ...
WUSA

Montgomery County leaders propose new zoning, task force for data center development

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. — Montgomery County leaders will present two items focused on regulating data center development at Tuesday’s council meeting. The proposals take different approaches. Council ...
The News Journal

Delaware open government coalition calls for moratorium on data centers

Members of the Delaware Coalition for Open Government and other organizations are calling on state leaders to enact a temporary halt on hyperscale data center projects. The moratorium comes as ...
Computer Weekly

Readying data for AI remains a key channel task

Channel partners with skills around data preparation and artificial intelligence (AI) should continue to see strong demand for their services in the new year. With it broadly accepted that the journey ...