Fat Rail vs Thin Rail in AI compute clusters

We are starting to hear about “Thin” and “Fat” rails in AI fabrics.  These are just another way to say a connection from compute into the Fabric.  The link either has sufficient capacity (Fat) or insufficient capacity (Thin). A thin rail provides the node with a single path into the fabric. That may be one … Read more

Packets Down Range #31:Meta, Google, Indiana Digital Equity

It’s the beginning of the year. Do you know what that means? It’s time for conferences. FISPA livejust wrapped up. Metro Connect and others are coming. Also lots of news out of my home state of Indiana this edition. Data Center News •Meta to open a data center in Jeffersonville, Indiana. •Google is set to … Read more

Packets Down Range #30:Lumen, Databank, and investments in networks

Greetings from the great frozen Tundra of Indiana. It was 21 degrees today, which has been a heatwave. In this issue, we have a lot of data center news. Lunmen shuts down their CDN, Databank expands, and some great tech topics. Data Center News •DataBank expands in Utah. •DigitalBridge announced a 6.4 Billion equity investment … Read more