Intel also provides a product called Intel Data Center Manager (DCM) which allows software solution providers to manage power and thermals for large groups of servers.

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More recently, all four publicly traded data-center REITs took a tumble after hedge-fund manager Jonathon Jacobson, founder of Highfields Capital Management, raised questions earlier this month about how Digital Realty accounts for certain capital expenditures, while warning of rising competition.

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"Cloud computing has brought a sea change to the data center--dramatically altering the economics of compute by changing the workload and optimal characteristics of a server, " said Andrew Feldman, SeaMicro CEO, who will become general manager of AMD's newly created Data Center Server Solutions business.

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