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The rapid expansion of AI is impacting both technology infrastructure and workforce strategies. Massive investments, high energy demands and environmental considerations mean HR leaders must plan appropriately for this new era.
Massive data center = massive investment
I’ve spent a lot of time learning about the AI built into (or added onto) HR tech products. While the problem-solving capabilities of new tech rightfully get most of the attention, the power behind it also deserves a peek under the hood.
This month, Oracle introduced OCI Zettascale10, the world’s largest AI cloud supercomputer, built with NVIDIA GPUs to power multi-gigawatt AI workloads. Developed in collaboration with OpenAI in Abilene, Texas, the system forms a key part of the Stargate initiative, announced at the White House earlier this year.
But what exactly is it? OCI Zettascale10 connects hundreds of thousands of NVIDIA GPUs across multiple data centers, forming massive clusters capable of delivering up to 16 zettaFLOPS of peak performance, an unprecedented measure of supercomputing power.
For many people, this might sound like jargon (or nonsense). That’s how it sounded to me at first, so I did some research. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, one gigawatt is equal to the power
