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Data Center Security and Spending Skyrocket Amid AI Boom

Newswire.ca - Fri May 31, 9:00AM CDT

USA News Group Commentary Issued on behalf of Avant Technologies Inc.

VANCOUVER, May 31, 2024 /CNW/ -- USA News Group – With the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution fully underway, the importance and security of the data centers that power the new technology is surging. The role and preservation of these data centers is generating multiple calls for them and their power sources to be recognized as a matter of national security. Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt went so far as to predict that AI data centers will one day be "on military bases surrounded by machine guns,"  as stated in an interview with Noema Magazine. According to analysts at Dell'Oro Group, data center spending is forecast to grow at an astounding 18% CAGR over the next 5 years. Behind the scenes, tech companies are working tirelessly to provide new developments that will make this transition go smoother, including from Avant Technologies Inc. (OTCQB: AVAI), Equinix, Inc. (NASDAQ: EQIX), Vertiv Holdings Co (NYSE: VRT), Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM), and Snowflake Inc. (NYSE: SNOW).

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