June 11, 2024 Oracle
Oracle, Microsoft, and OpenAI have revealed plans to expand the Microsoft Azure AI platform to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Supercluster, for training AI models. It can scale 64k Nvidia Blackwell GPUs or GB200 Grace Blackwell Superchips connected by ultra-low-latency RDMA cluster networking...
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June 10, 2024 CoreWeave
Quantum computing startup Atom Computing has secured a funding investment of 70 million DKK ($10.21 million) from the Danish government. State-owned EIFO, the national promotional bank and export credit agency of Denmark. Invest in Denmark, also involved in the deal, is part of the Ministry of...
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June 03, 2024 CoreWeave
Cryptomine and HPC hosting firm Core Scientific has rejected an acquisition offer from GPU provider CoreWeave after confirming that it received an unsolicited non-binding proposal from CoreWeave on June 3 to acquire all of the outstanding shares of the company on a fully diluted basis for $5.75...
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June 01, 2024 Google
Google has partnered with Purdue University, Indiana, on a project exploring the use of AI in designing low-carbon data centers and other industrial buildings. The project will deploy AI to explore new materials, technologies, and design strategies that can potentially reduce the carbon footprint...
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May 30, 2024 OVH Group
European cloud provider OVHcloud is launching a Local Zone Edge location suitable for workloads with latency-sensitive services such as real-time analytics, e-commerce websites, content delivery networks (CDN) for replay and streaming videos, and cloud gaming in Rabat, Morocco. The cloud provider...
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May 30, 2024 Google
Google has revealed its plans to invest $2 billion in developing its first data center and cloud region in Malaysia and has already selected a site for the development, which will be in Sime Darby Property's Elmina Business Park in Greater Kuala Lumpur.Ruth Porat, president, chief investment...
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May 30, 2024 Google
A new startup by former Google staff, offering land and power for industrial campuses is now targeting European data centers. “I am very pleased to announce the launch of Sepia Infrastructure,” Sepia CEO Fabien Vieau announced on LinkedIn this week. “Sepia Infrastructure delivers next-generation...
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May 28, 2024 OVH Group
European cloud provider OVHcloud has launched a Local Zone Edge location in Zurich, Switzerland, suitable for workloads with latency-sensitive services such as real-time analytics, e-commerce websites, content delivery networks (CDN) for replay and streaming videos, and cloud gaming. Services...
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May 24, 2024 Digital Realty Trust
Digital Realty this week announced the signing of several power purchase agreements (PPA) to power its European operations in France and Spain. The company signed a package solar deal comprising three separate 12-year agreements in Spain and two 15-year deals for wind energy in France. Together,...
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May 24, 2024 Aligned
Aligned Data Centers has revealed its plans to proceed with its previously halted data center campus in Maryland after recent regulatory changes. around backup generators, easing restrictions for data center firms. With this move, Aligned will now be moving ahead with its plans for a campus in...
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May 22, 2024 Google
Google has signed its first power purchase agreements (PPAs) in Japan with Clean Energy Connect (CEC), a partner of Itochu Corporation, in a deal which involves constructing a network of around 800 small-scale solar plants totaling 40MW across multiple grid regions in Japan. “This novel,...
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May 20, 2024 OVH Group
European cloud provider OVHcloud announced the opening of its first Public Cloud Local Zone in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The company noted that the zone was “in full compliance” with European digital sovereignty and security regulations, and fits stringent security policies of organizations such as...
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May 18, 2024 Oracle
Japan-based Nomura Research Institute (NRI) has deployed Oracle Alloy in its data centers and will now be able to offer its customers more than 100 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) services. Partners can operate Oracle Alloy independently in their data centers and fully control its operations,...
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May 17, 2024 Digital Realty Trust
Digital Realty this week announced the launch of a direct liquid cooling (DLC) offering, available in 170 Digital Realty data centers globally. The company noted that the offering includes a range of mechanical solutions, such as rear door heat exchangers (RDHx) and DLC, offering power densities...
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May 16, 2024 Google
Quantum computing firm Alice & Bob this week announced the immediate availability of its Boson 4 single cat-qubit chip series through the cloud via Google Marketplace. “When my co-founder and I started Alice & Bob, many thought cat qubits would never be more than a lab concept. We are now...
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May 15, 2024 Intel
Intel has selected Bloom Energy to expand the solid oxide fuel cell technology by installing additional megawatts of its fuel-cell-based Energy Server deployment at its Silicon Valley data center. “Intel is leading the industry in extreme energy-efficient high-performance computing data centers...
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May 11, 2024 Oracle
Government-owned Bangladesh Data Center Company Limited (BDCCL) has equipped its data centers with the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Dedicated Region wich can now be used by more than 30 government agencies in Bangladesh while meeting data governance and privacy requirements. Zunaid Ahmed...
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May 10, 2024 Digital Realty Trust
Digital Realty has broken ground on a new data center outside Tokyo, Japan, marking its third data center at the NRT campus in Inzai, Chiba prefecture. This new 31MW facility, known as NRT14, will be configurable to support private AI deployments at densities up to 70kW per rack via air-assisted...
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May 08, 2024 CoreWeave
AI cloud provider CoreWeave has revealed its plans to invest £1 billion in expanding its operations in the UK which will enable the launch of two data centers in the UK in 2024, with further expansion plans for 2025. The cloud provider has also opened an office in London, which will be its...
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May 04, 2024 Oracle
Oracle is set to deploy GPU-based infrastructure in a dedicated Digital Realty data center in Northern Virginia as a part of a collaboration between the two companies to provide artificial intelligence (AI) services for enterprises. Digital Realty’s website notes that the company has 16 data...
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