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858TB of government data may be lost for good after South Korea data center fire

Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 2d

And today we discover the South Korean government may have lost 858TB of data because one of the drives that got destroyed (amusingly referred to as G-Drive, even though it's nothing to do with Google) has no backup. Yep: www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/858t...

Destroyed drive wasn't backed up, officials say

Second data center in a week catches fire in Daejeon, South Korea

Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 2d

Then, in a barely believable turn of events, a separate, unrelated, data center in the *same city* also caught fire last week. Also thought to have started with a dodgy battery, this time in the UPS room: www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/seco...

It's happened again...

South Korea data center fire: Government services could be offline for a month

Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 2d

Attempts to fix the fire-damaged data center, located in the Korean city of Daejeon, were not helped by a car catching fire in the car park while investigators were on the scene: www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/sout...

Ministers detail rebuilding process after damaging battery blaze

South Korea data center fire: Government services could be offline for a month

Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 2d

They reckon it's going to take a month to get government services in South Korea fully back online, though reports now suggest even this is optimistic. A whole month without some pretty basic stuff working: www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/sout...

Ministers detail rebuilding process after damaging battery blaze

Battery fire at South Korea's state data center brings government services offline

Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 2d

You may have read about a battery fire at a data center in South Korea ten days ago which burned through a few server rooms and took down pretty much every important digital service for Koreans. The story continues to roll on in a number of weird ways: www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/batt...

Prime Minister calls for action on ongoing blaze

Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 4d

Harris said we're "far from a Neil Harris finished article team" in his post-match today, and I really hope he hasn't become self-aware because otherwise that is spectacular phrasing 🧡🖤 #camutd

Jeff Bezos claims there will be gigawatt data centers in space in 10+ years

Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 5d

Bezos backs data centers in space. Worth clicking for the incredible image alone; www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/jeff...

Joining a growing list of space compute-focused billionaires

Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 11d

I'm nothing if not an optimist 😬 Think we need to commit another player forward, either by bringing on Bennett as a more attacking option at full back or by giving Pelly licence to roam - feels like he's under instructions to play deep with Ball

Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 11d

Kacha is gonna score today, got a feeling 🖤🧡 #camutd

OpenAI announces five more US Stargate data centers with Oracle and SoftBank

Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 14d

This just in from @wsj.com. CITATION NEEDED.

www.wsj.com/tech/openai-...

Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 14d

AI boom it keeps on booming. How much of it is real? Who knows. Who will pay? Who knows. What even is real in 2025? www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/open...

At full build-out would give the project 7GW of capacity

Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 15d

Peterborough has been stuck in this age for years.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 15d

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — UN chief warns world leaders that humanity has entered 'an age of reckless disruption and relentless human suffering.'

Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 18d

Kouassi has been decent and Mpanzu is having his best game in a while. Ref is a joker.

Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 18d

Definitely a win here for us if we can be a bit more decisive in the box. Equally, would not be surprised if we lose it 1-0. Perhaps this is a sign we're watching two mid-table teams, ho hum. #camutd

Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 19d

I mean sure, but all the money in this area is from America (or Middle East) - European countries eg France also taking it, would be bold for the UK not to do so if it's on offer. Data center market was growing at 50%+ each year pre-AI, not mad to think that would continue on the back of cloud etc

Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 19d

Disagree. Even if AI turns out to be a bubble (a not insignificant possibility), the world will still need a lot of data centres. From a UK economy perspective, you might as well take the money and deal with any consequences later.

Claire Hartnell @cjhartnell.bsky.social · 20d

Why is no-one talking about the tech deal on here? Why are our political commentators failing to discuss an absolutely critical strategic decision which will all but rule out ever rejoining the EU let alone building a Green economy? Where the hell is the analysis on this??

Nvidia to invest $5bn in Intel, companies will develop custom CPUs together

Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 20d

Intel's owners now include the US government and... Nvidia. Imagine suggesting this absolutely wild turn of events even five years ago: www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/nvid...

Will work to connect chip architectures using Nvidia’s NVLink technology

Oracle and OpenAI need a $300bn reality check

Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 25d

We've been fine and are worth our lead, but not exactly scintillating. If Grimsby and Swindon are the best this division has to offer then we should be aiming for play-offs at minimum

Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 25d

Main thing this half has done is confirm how much worse League Two is than what we're used to. Grimsby are neat and tidy and, based on points return, better than us, but they look at best a bottom-eight League One team. #camutd

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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 26d

I expanded on this in an opinion on our site. Oracle and OpenAI need a $300bn reality check: www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/opinions/...

Big numbers, bigger problems?

OpenAI signs $300bn cloud deal with Oracle - report

Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 27d

The whole thing makes little sense yet, judging by Oracle's soaring share price, appears to have just been swallowed as gospel by Wall Street. I don't get it.
www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/open...

But do the numbers add up?

OpenAI signs $300bn cloud deal with Oracle - report

Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 27d

For its part, Oracle needs 4.5GW of power just for OpenAI. I know everyone casually talks in gigawatts now, but where will it come from? How will it get enough GPUs? What will its other customers think? www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/open...

But do the numbers add up?

OpenAI signs $300bn cloud deal with Oracle - report

Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 27d

OpenAI's last reported annual revenue was $10bn. Even allowing for its admittedly rapid growth, how will it possibly have $60bn *just for Oracle* in 18 months time? And then another $60bn the year after. And so on. www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/open...

But do the numbers add up?