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ESB opens major battery energy storage site in Dublin’s Poolbeg
Operational since November last year, the project has the capacity to provide 75MW of energy to Ireland’s electricity system for around two hours.
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U.S. natgas pops nearly 10% to highest since mid-March on low storage build
The Best Nintendo Switch Micro SDXC Memory Card Deals: Get 128GB of Storage for Less Than $10
If you’ve started compiling a collection of digital games, you probably already know just how limited the Switch’s base storage capacity. The Switch and Switch OLED have 32GB and 64GB of internal storage respectively. Some of that is reserved for the OS. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom takes up over 18GB of storage all by itself. Other must-have titles like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Pokemon Sword or Shield tap out at 13.5GB each. There’s only one expansion slot in the Switch console so you want to make sure you get the biggest card you can afford.
The Lowest Prices on MicroSDXC Cards (Updated)
These Micro SDXC cards are 100% compatible with any Nintendo Switch, Switch OLED, and Switch Lite console. Some of them may be rated for higher speeds than the official Nintendo Switch branded memory cards. That doesn’t really matter though; the Nintendo Switch can only support U1 speeds, so a U3 speed will just be throttled back down to U1 speeds.
Steam Deck Owners Can Use These Cards Too!
The Switch isn’t the only gaming system that accepts these cards. If you’re a Steam Deck owner, you can also use this card, especially if you picked up the 64GB storage option.
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Pure Storage: No More Hard Drives Will Be Sold After 2028
HDD vendors sing a different tune, of course. Back in 2021, HDD vendor Seagate said the SSD most certainly would not kill disk drives. There’s a VAST vs Infinidat angle to it as well, with the former also stating disk drive IO limitations would cripple the use of larger disk drives in petabyte-scale data stores, with Infidat blasting back that it “must be joking.” Gartner has had a look in too, claiming that enterprise SSDs will hit 35 percent of HDD/SSD exabytes shipped by 2026 – though that would make Rosemarin’s 2028 cutoff unlikely. Pure recently stated SSDs would kill HDDs in a crossover event that would happen “soon.” Rosemarin, meanwhile, continued his argument: “Our CEO in many recent events has quoted that 3 percent of the world’s power is in datacenters. Roughly a third of that is storage. Almost all of that is spinning disk.
So if I can eliminate the spinning disk, and I can move to flash, and I can in essence reduce the power consumption by 80 or 90 percent while moving density by orders of magnitude in an environment where NAND pricing continues to fall, it’s all becoming evident that hard drives go away.” Are high electricity prices set to continue? “I think the UK’s power has gone up almost 5x recently. And here’s the thing … when they go up, they very seldom if ever come down … I’ve been asked many times do I think the cost of electricity will drop over time. And, frankly, while I wish it would and I do think there are technologies like nuclear that could help us over time. I think it’ll take us several years to get there. We’re already seeing countries putting quotas on electricity, and this is a really important one — we’ve already seen major hyperscalers such as one last summer who tried to enter Ireland [and] was told you can’t come here, we don’t have enough power for you. The next logical step from that is OK, so now if you’re a company and I start to say, well, we only have so much power, so I’m gonna give you X amount of kilowatts per X amount of employees, or I’m gonna give you X amount of kilowatts for X amount of revenue that you contribute to the GDP of the country or whatever metric is acceptable.”
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Microsoft permanently drops the price of Xbox Series X/S storage
Earlier this week, a handful of retailers discounted Seagate’s Xbox Series X/S Expansion Cards to new all-time low prices. Now, Microsoft is making those price cuts permanent (via Polygon). As of Friday, pricing for the Expansion Cards starts at $90 for the 512GB model, while the 1TB and 2TB variants will set you back $150 and $280, respectively. That’s 32 percent and 30 percent off the $220 and $280 the 1TB and 2TB models started at previously.
Think of all the new games you’ll be able to download and play now 👀
The @Seagate Storage Expansion Card is now available starting at a lower price: https://t.co/qjgbTRuMeBpic.twitter.com/RovCaXADmd
— Xbox (@Xbox) May 5, 2023
While you could (accurately) argue Microsoft’s proprietary storage solution for the Xbox Series X and Series S is still too expensive, a permanent price cut is a step in the right direction for the company’s ninth-generation consoles. It means those Expansion Cards will cost less with subsequent sales, making them more competitive with the regular NVMe drives you can buy for Sony’s PlayStation 5. Moreover, further price relief could be on the way. In April, Best Buy briefly listed a 1TB expansion card from Western Digital. At the time, the listing suggested the NVMe would cost $180 (now more expensive than Seagate’s 1TB model), but more competition could push prices lower.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-permanently-drops-the-price-of-xbox-series-xs-storage-192456920.html?src=rss
Xbox Series X storage just got cheaper
But $149.99 for 1 TB is still too costly
Xbox Storage Expansion Cards on Sale for New All-Time Low Price
If you own an Xbox Series X|S, and especially if you frequently make good use of Xbox Game Pass and its many available titles, you’ll likely want a way to upgrade your storage to hold all of your favorite games and the ones you want to play later. Thankfully, Amazon is here to help with an excellent deal on storage expansion cards specifically for Xbox users.
Right now, you can save 30% on a 1TB and 2TB Seagate Storage Expansion Card for Xbox Series X|S on Amazon. This brings the cost down for both to a new, all-time-low price, with the 1TB expansion card dropping from $219.99 to $149.99 and the 2TB card dropping from $399.99 to $279.99. Click the links below to see both deals in full.
Seagate 1TB and 2TB Storage Expansion Cards for Xbox Series X|S – Amazon Sale
These expansion cards from Seagate are specifically designed with Xbox in mind and replicate the Xbox Velocity Architecture. They play games smoothly and easily, so you don’t have to worry about diminished graphics, latency, load times, or framerates, and each has an incredible amount of storage space, so you can keep several titles stored on your Xbox Series X|S.
1 Month Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is 20% Off at Amazon
What are you going to load onto the extra storage space? You can get a month’s worth of Game Pass Ultimate on sale for 20% off on Amazon right now and have your pick of tons of excellent selections.
In the world of Xbox, there’s even more tech that’s on sale right now. You can also save big on the Xbox Wireless Headset at the moment. This headset has dropped 15% in price, from $99.99 to $85, making it a worthwhile pickup for those who own the console.
Right now, you can also save $10.50 on 12 Months of Xbox Live Gold by using the code “SSCR3Z25” at checkout. If you don’t already have Xbox Game Pass, you can redeem this and then convert it, and if you already have Game Pass Ultimate, this will automatically convert into a four-month extension.
Hannah Hoolihan is a freelance writer who works with the Guides and Commerce teams here at IGN.
The Best Nintendo Switch Micro SDXC Memory Card Deals: Get 512GB of Storage for Only $39.99
If you’ve started compiling a collection of digital games, you probably already know just how limited the Switch’s base storage capacity. The Switch and Switch OLED have 32GB and 64GB of internal storage respectively. Some of that is reserved for the OS. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, which is out on May 12, takes up over 18GB of storage all by itself. Other must-have titles like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Pokemon Sword or Shield tap out at 13.5GB each. There’s only one expansion slot in the Switch console so you want to make sure you get the biggest card you can afford.
Nintendo Switch Micro SDXC Memory Cards from $40
These cards are all 100% compatible with any Nintendo Switch, Switch OLED, and Switch Lite console. Some, like the Samsung EVO Select and Samsung EVO Plus are actually rated for higher speeds than the official Nintendo Switch branded memory card. That doesn’t really matter though; the Nintendo Switch can only support U1 speeds, so a U3 speed will just be throttled back down to U1 speeds.
Steam Deck Owners Can Use These Cards Too!
The Switch isn’t the only gaming system that accepts these cards. If you’re a Steam Deck owner, you can also use this card, especially if you picked up the 64GB storage option.
For more deals, take a look at our daily deals for today.
The Best Nintendo Switch Micro SDXC Memory Card Deals: Get 512GB of Storage for Only $34.99
If you’ve started compiling a collection of digital games, you probably already know just how limited the Switch’s base storage capacity. The Switch and Switch OLED have 32GB and 64GB of internal storage respectively. Some of that is reserved for the OS. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, which is out on May 12, takes up over 18GB of storage all by itself. Other must-have titles like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Pokemon Sword or Shield tap out at 13.5GB each. There’s only one expansion slot in the Switch console so you want to make sure you get the biggest card you can afford.
Nintendo Switch Micro SDXC Memory Cards from $35
Both the PNY PRO Elite and Samsung EVO Select Micro SDXC cards are both 100% compatible with any Nintendo Switch, Switch OLED, and Switch Lite console. They’re actually rated for higher speeds than the official Nintendo Switch branded memory card. That doesn’t really matter though; the Nintendo Switch can only support U1 speeds, so a U3 speed will just be throttled back down to U1 speeds.
Steam Deck Owners Can Use These Cards Too!
The Switch isn’t the only gaming system that accepts these cards. If you’re a Steam Deck owner, you can also use this card, especially if you picked up the 64GB storage option.
For more deals, take a look at our daily deals for today.