AI Demand and Memory Costs Drive 92% Rise in Q2 Data Center Capex
AI demand and memory costs drove a 92% second-quarter data center capex increase
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Lightwave reports that data center capital spending rose 92% year over year in the second quarter, driven by AI demand and rising memory costs.
Sean is the Editor-in-Chief of Lightwave. He establishes and executes Lightwave's editorial strategy across its website, email newsletters, events, and other information products. Before coming to Lightwave in July 2023, he served as editor of Broadband Communities. Earlier, he served as senior editor of FierceTelecom and the editor of the former Telecommunications Magazine. He got his start in the optical industry in 1998 when he became the editor of enterprise and optical networks at Information Gatekeepers. He has a BA in English from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and lives in Dracut, Mass, with his wife, two sons, and his cat, Dove.
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