Tom Shaw
@tom.developer • 164,900 subscribers
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I visited an AI data center that trains Meta’s AI models! Meta’s data center campus in Altoona powers services such as Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp and Meta AI! 🤖 Each server room has dedicated designs for the different use cases, but they all generally fit under: - Compute 🚀 - Storage 💿 - AI Training 🧠 - AI Inference 🤖 In this video we’re taking a look at the racks used for AI Training! 🧠 We’ve published a longer video from this tour on my YouTube Channel! 📺 Thanks to Meta for the tour! 💙
Tom Shaw183,500 views • 4 months ago
I visited one of the biggest data centers in Europe! 🌍 Microsoft’s Dublin data center powers cloud services and AI services for businesses, governments and organisations across Ireland, the UK and much of Northern Europe. Hyperscale data centers like this one can host tens of thousands, and sometimes even hundreds of thousands of servers! What I found insane wasn’t actually the number of servers, it was the huge amount of infrastructure (power, cooling, etc) that helps to keep this data center running. Thanks to @Microsoft for the invite on the tour! :)
Tom Shaw285,700 views • 8 months ago
Share this with a Developer that wants to work in Formula 1! 🏎️ At the British Grand Prix earlier this year, I grabbed some time with Claire Spark, the Head of Portfolio & Technical Initiatives for Formula 1, to ask her how people at the start of their career can get into the sport! So in summary, you don’t need a degree!! 🎓
Tom Shaw12,700 views • 12 days ago
What’s actually inside of a data center? 🤔 Most traditional data centers, the facilities that power websites, apps and everyday internet services rather than being purpose-built for AI, can be broken down into five main systems: 💻 Compute – The servers responsible for processing tasks, from Google searches to interactions with your favourite apps. 💾 Storage – The systems that store enormous amounts of data, including photos, videos and files. 🌐 Networking – The infrastructure that allows servers to communicate with each other and the outside world. ⚡ Power – The electrical infrastructure that keeps everything running around the clock, including backup systems if the grid fails. ❄️ Cooling – The systems responsible for removing the heat generated by all of that computing equipment. Of course, data centres designed specifically for AI can look quite different, particularly when it comes to their computing hardware, networking and cooling requirements. But these five fundamental systems underpin the infrastructure that makes the modern internet possible. Pretty impressive technology! 🤯 (This video is based on general industry knowledge and does not contain any private or confidential information from any data centers that you may have seen on my channels)
Tom Shaw10,400 views • 28 days ago
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