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SK Hynix Showcases AI Memory Solutions

Credited to Business Korea · businesskorea.co.kr · 5h ago

New CXL-Based Memory and In-Memory Computing Aim to Boost Data Center Efficiency SK hynix joins 'OCP Global Summit'

SK hynix is accelerating its push into the global server market by putting forward next-generation memory solutions designed to overcome the limits of artificial intelligence infrastructure. Beyond simply supplying memory, the company’s strategy is to solidify its leadership in the AI era by demonstrating integrated solution capabilities that improve the efficiency of entire systems.

SK hynix said on Oct. 16 that it participated in the 'OCP (Open Compute Project) Global Summit,' held from Oct. 12 to 15 at the San Jose Convention Center in California, the United States, where it showcased next-generation memory technologies. At the event, which brought together IT and semiconductor companies from around the world, SK hynix devoted a substantial portion of its exhibition space to a 'system demo' section, underscoring its commitment to building a next-generation server ecosystem.

At the center of the exhibition was the second-generation 'CMM-DDR5' product based on the Compute Express Link (CXL) interface. The 256GB product features the CXL 3.2 standard and is characterized by bandwidth that is more than twice that of the previous generation. In particular, it improves energy efficiency by about 30%, making it a potential alternative for addressing the chronic power consumption problem at data centers.

CMM-DDR5 supports the use of a shared memory pool by multiple servers according to need. By enabling flexible allocation of limited memory resources, this helps maximize the efficiency of resource utilization across the entire system.

SK hynix also introduced the 'CMM-Ax' solution, which performs computing directly within memory. The technology dramatically reduces the power and cost burden on data centers by cutting down the process of data moving back and forth between the CPU and memory. Alongside this, the next-generation system 'MARS,' which integrates partner companies’ solutions into a single rack to improve efficiency, also drew attention from visitors.

Presentation sessions for technology sharing were also held at the site. Kim Ho-sik, vice president in charge of Memory System Research at SK hynix, and working-level staff explained in detail the structure of memory-centric server systems and the performance indicators of key technologies, emphasizing the company’s technology leadership.

SK hynix plans to continue technological innovation so that AI technology can keep advancing with memory at its center. The solutions unveiled at this summit are expected to establish themselves as core infrastructure for future high-performance computing and large-scale data centers.

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Salesforce, INSPIRE Partner on AI Transformation of MICE Business

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Salesforce, an agentic customer relationship management (CRM) solutions provider, said Oct. 7 that it will work with INSPIRE Entertainment Resort on the artificial intelligence (AI) transformation and digital innovation of its MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions/Events) business. INSPIRE operates an integrated entertainment resort in Yeongjongdo, Incheon, near Incheon International Airport's Terminal 2.

The two companies said they will cooperate in stages, from integrating sales data to building an AI-based decision-making system, with the aim of creating a new business-to-business (B2B) sales model for the hospitality and MICE industries. MICE refers to a high-value business tourism and services segment combining corporate meetings, incentive travel, international conventions, and exhibitions or events.

Salesforce said the partnership will turn experience and information accumulated in the field into corporate data assets and connect them to actual sales strategies and revenue generation. INSPIRE plans to introduce Salesforce's sales-focused solution, Sales Cloud, across its entire MICE B2B sales organization to establish a data-driven sales management system.

INSPIRE has accumulated data on event bookings and revenue through Delphi, a sales and catering management solution from global travel technology company Amadeus. The company said it is partnering with Salesforce to make greater use of the data for sales forecasting and strategy development and to establish an integrated sales system spanning data entry, analysis, decision-making, and field operations. Amadeus describes Delphi as its sales and catering management software for hotels.

INSPIRE plans to link event and revenue data accumulated in Delphi with Salesforce data on customers, sales opportunities, and sales activities, allowing it to manage the entire sales process from customer inquiries to final contract wins. The company expects to turn individual sales histories into an organization-wide data asset and improve the accuracy of revenue forecasts and decision-making capabilities through comprehensive analysis of sales activities.

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Florida counties cite state law on local control as data center moratoriums spread

Credited to Rackline · Claire Fontaine · mymanatee.org · 6h ago

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A Florida county has stopped taking applications for data centers and other big power users for a year, pointing to a new state law that confirms counties' control over where such projects go. The law creates no moratorium. But Manatee County's use of it, echoed in drafts elsewhere in Florida, shows local pauses on data center development becoming a standard planning tool.

The Manatee County Board of County Commissioners adopted Ordinance 26-42 on Oct. 8 after its second and final public hearing. It halts the "submission and acceptance of applications" for building permits, site plans, development orders, development agreements, special permit uses, rezonings and comprehensive plan amendments related to "data centers, large-scale data centers and other large load customers" in unincorporated Manatee County. It runs 12 months or until the board repeals it, and the board can extend it.

The reach is the point. The board's July 28 motion, as the county's business impact estimate describes it, covered "data centers and other large-load customers or facilities with substantial electrical, water, wastewater, or other utility demands." "The moratorium does not mean data centers have been permanently prohibited in Manatee County," the county said.

Manatee cited Chapter 2026-65, Laws of Florida, signed May 7 as Senate Bill 484. It says data centers and other large load customers "may present unique planning, infrastructure, and compatibility considerations" for local planning rules to address, and that local governments "shall maintain the authority" they already hold over such customers. It never mentions a moratorium. Manatee's ordinance rests on the county's home-rule powers and cites the law as confirming them.

Two provisions do give local zoning more weight. A large load customer, 50 megawatts or more at one site, "may not be considered an electric substation" under state siting law, which makes substations a permitted use in almost every zoning district. And state water regulators may not issue a water-use permit to a large-scale data center if the use is "prohibited by the applicable local government zoning regulations and comprehensive plan." Utilities also had to file large-load tariffs by Oct. 1 designed to make each such customer bear "its own full cost of service."

Others are borrowing the language. St. Johns County, near Jacksonville, put on its Oct. 6 agenda the first presentation of an ordinance freezing discretionary approvals for data center projects of 5 MW and up for about a year. The draft says it is "adopted for planning purposes in response to Chapter 2026-65." The county had scheduled a public hearing for Oct. 20, but the item is not on the board's posted agenda for that meeting. Panama City adopted Ordinance 3313, a one-year pause on large-scale data centers, on Sept. 22. Its findings say the law "expressly recognizes and preserves local government authority."

Outside Florida, the pauses that matter most to investors reach real projects.

In Salem, Ore., the city council adopted Resolution 2026-40 on Sept. 21 by a 7-0 vote, with two councilors absent. It bars the "construction and development" of data centers until Jan. 19, 2027, unless extended. It covers every data center that is a primary use and any accessory data center with more than 2 MW of capacity and a power usage effectiveness above 1.5. It lands on Verrus, whose subsidiary filed a land-use application on July 31 for Oakline at Mill Creek. The city, which puts the investment at more than $5 billion, deemed the application incomplete on Aug. 28. The city chose a pause, its findings say, because new rules "would likely not apply to pending applications."

In Gilroy, Calif., the council unanimously approved on Sept. 14 a 45-day urgency ordinance, extendable to two years, that stops the city from accepting, processing or approving applications for new data centers. The city has a pre-application from Amazon "for a possible second facility," and any formal application would fall under the moratorium. Amazon's data center already under construction in northeast Gilroy is not affected. On Monday, Oct. 19, the council considers extending the pause by 10 months and 15 days, through Sept. 3, 2027.

In Thornton, Colo., the city council voted 5-3 on Sept. 22 to pass on second reading an ordinance pausing the "submission, acceptance, processing, or approval" of applications for new or expanding data centers.

States are moving too. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's Executive Order 62, signed July 14, holds in abeyance applications for discretionary state environmental permits for data centers of 50 MW or more until the Department of Public Service finishes a statewide environmental impact statement. It sets no end date and doesn't reach local permits. On Sept. 17 the Public Service Commission, in Case 26-E-0045, ruled that the statement is required and released its draft scope for comment by next Tuesday, Oct. 20.

In New Jersey, two bills have been introduced; neither has passed. S4659, introduced Oct. 1, would bar construction and state or local permits for data centers with 25 MW or more of computing load until 90 days after a state environmental study due within 15 months. A5482, introduced Sept. 14, would stop approvals, subsidies and tax incentives for artificial intelligence data centers over 10 MW for six months. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's Sept. 21 order halting state environmental permits for data centers is a separate development.

Each local pause is temporary and framed as a step toward rules, not a ban. The form matters for developers. A pause on accepting applications, as in Manatee, Gilroy and Thornton, stops a project before it enters the queue; Salem's targets construction and development, catching a project already in the pipeline. And a year spent rewriting a land code can easily stretch once the new rules must be adopted.

​Salesforce, INSPIRE Partner on AI Transformation of MICE Business

Salesforce, INSPIRE Partner on AI Transformation of MICE Business