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☆ Data centers are sprouting up as a result of the AI boom, minting fortunes, sucking up energy, and changing rural America
  + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Daniel Geiger | Ellen Thomas | Alistair Barr | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +11 min
The AI boom has triggered a surge in spending on data centers. The AI boom has supercharged a wave of spending on data centers. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe data center boom is set to double or triple the amount of energy consumed by these data centers. A recent Cowen research report estimated that AI data centers could require more than five times the power of traditional facilities. Amazon does not disclose how many data centers it occupies, where they are located, or how much electricity they consume.
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☆ The cloud uses massive amounts of energy. Generative AI will be way worse. A Microsoft data center veteran warns big changes are coming.
  + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Ellen Thomas | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
Training AI models in data centers uses up to three times more energy than traditional cloud tasks. A warning from a Microsoft data center veteranA Microsoft data center. MicrosoftTom Keane, who oversaw Microsoft's cloud data centers for about two decades, recently warned about this. An AI data center will need up to three times more power than a traditional cloud facility, he estimated. "The data center of the future is not in Virginia, it's not in Santa Clara, it's not in Dallas, Texas," Ganzi said.
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☆ Microsoft's most significant departures and hires of 2022, including execs who resigned following Insider reports on misconduct allegations
  + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
The list includes executives who resigned following Insider reports on misconduct allegations. The company's most significant departures include executives who resigned following Insider reports on misconduct allegations. Current and former Microsoft employees said Kipman repeatedly got away with inappropriate behavior toward female employees, including unwanted touching. Kipman resigned less than two weeks after Insider published the story. Kipman, Keane, and Ma have not responded to Insider's requests for comment.
☆ 'They are untouchable': Microsoft employees say 'golden boy' executives are still running wild, 8 years after the company vowed to clean up its toxic culture
  + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +23 min
The Microsoft executive walked into the small, windowless room in Studio C at about 8 o'clock that evening. Despite Nadella's public stance against those he has called "talented jerks," many inside the company say Microsoft retains a nearly unlimited tolerance for bad behavior by its top rainmakers and developers. "The Microsoft of 2021 is very different from the Microsoft of 2000 to me and to everyone at Microsoft," Nadella said. But some women say the investigations drag on for months or even years, with no clear timeline for resolution. What's more, some employees say Microsoft's efforts to promote racial equity often smack of tokenism.
☆ A review of Microsoft's sexual harassment policies found it could have acted earlier to address executive misconduct alleged in Insider report
  + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Microsoft released results of what it said was an independent review of its sexual harassment policies. The review cites Insider's report about allegations of misconduct from "golden boy" executives whose value gave them impunity. Current and former Microsoft employees alleged Kipman repeatedly got away with inappropriate behavior toward women employees, including unwanted touching. Microsoft, according to ArentFox's report, provided the firm with records related to allegations of misconduct by Kipman and Keane from 2021 and earlier. The firm did not investigate the allegations, but reviewed the results of Microsoft's own investigations into the allegations and found the company could have addressed inappropriate conduct earlier.
☆ Leaked Microsoft org chart shows the 12 people running its big future bets, from quantum computing to government cloud services
  + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Microsoft last year created an division for the company's big bets, from quantum to government IT. An internal org chart viewed by Insider shows the 12 people in charge of these emerging businesses. The org chart was part of a presentation about the team's first growth strategy. An internal Microsoft org chart shows the 12 people in charge of Microsoft's emerging technologies and businesses. Also included in the org chart are legal, finance, marketing, and human resources executives an internal presentation lists as SMT "business partners."
☆ Microsoft's MIT blackjack whiz who was accused of treating women unfairly is leaving, according to a leaked internal memo
  + stars: | 2022-08-29 | by ( Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Microsoft for Startups boss Jeff Ma, an MIT-trained blackjack whiz accused of treating women unfairly at work, is leaving the company, according to an internal email viewed by Insider. Charlotte Yarkoni, Microsoft's cloud and artificial-intelligence chief operating officer, announced the change internally on Friday, saying Ma is "leaving Microsoft to pursue his next adventure." "Jeff's expertise and impact on Microsoft for Startups has been notable," Yarkoni wrote in the email. While there's no indication Ma's departure is related to the allegations, Ma is the latest executive accused of mistreating employees to leave Microsoft in recent months. Current and former Microsoft employees alleged Kipman repeatedly got away with inappropriate behavior toward women employees, including unwanted touching.
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