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IBM: Tencent to Run OpenPower Servers in Its Data Centers

Tencent, China’s answer to Facebook which this week became the country’s most valuable publicly traded company, is integrating new servers powered by OpenPower, IBM’s alternative to Intel’s ubiquitous x86 chip architecture. Continue reading

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Ten Most Connected Data Centers

Data centers are perennially difficult to rank, due mostly to the fact that different data center users place different amounts of value on each server farm characteristic. Continue reading

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Russia for China Is More Cyber Prey Than Predator, Firm Says

While the West sees Russia as a cyber predator, hackers in the East increasingly view it as prey, according to online security company Kaspersky Lab, which says there’s been a sharp spike in attacks from China. Continue reading

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Report: Beijing Bans Data Centers with High PUE

The City of Beijing, one of the world’s most polluted cities, recently issued an outright ban on data centers whose Power Usage Effectiveness, or PUE, is above 1.5. Continue reading

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China’s Kingsoft Aims to Take on Alibaba in Cloud Computing

Kingsoft Chief Executive Officer Hongjiang Zhang is banking on new businesses from mobile games to cloud computing to help pull the company out of the red. Continue reading

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