In this RCRTV episode, we talk with Chetan Sharma about the “Quantumverse,” a frontier era in which quantum leaps are replacing incremental improvements across AI, 5G Advanced, 6G, compute, robotics, and other technologies.
The compounding effects and multiplying impacts will create real-world benefits, especially as an application ecosystem commensurate to AI infrastructure spend is built. Check out the interview, and our other top stories and industry news, below.
Susana Schwartz
Technology Editor
RCRTech
AI Infrastructure Top Stories
Chetan Sharma talks ‘Quantumverse’: In this RCRTV AI TechTalk episode, Chetan Sharma describes the synchronous S-curves of 5G Advanced, 6G, AI, robotics, and quantum computing that are creating jumps in innovation.
Nvidia $500M in Corning: The AI boom is no longer just about chips and models, as network “plumbing” is a differentiating factor, hence, Nvidia’s $500 million investment, and potential for $3.2 billion, in US photonics manufacturer Corning.
SKT and SK Innovation in Vietnam: SK Telecom and SK Innovation signed separate MOUs with Nghe An Province and the National Innovation Center to develop AI data centers and related infrastructure projects in this developing AI hub.
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Nvidia, Pulte, Span – ‘mini data centers’: Will homeowners embrace miniature data centers in their backyards? Span, Nvidia, and PulteGroup will leverage smart panels to find spare electrical transmission capacity in neighborhoods.
Meta Beaver Dam DC approved: Wisconsin regulators approved rates for Meta’s Beaver Dam data center, though PSC members ordered Alliant Energy to be transparent and set standard rates for loads of 100 MW or more in future projects.
Amazon thermal event: Amazon has resolved the cloud outage at its North Virginia data center – an issue it says was caused by a “thermal event.” The outage was the second overheating-driven disruption, with CME also suffering a cooling failure.
Box Elder water rights: An application to transfer 1,900 acre-feet of water from ranching to the Stratos Project hyperscale data center in Box Elder County was withdrawn after Utahns from across the state filed nearly 4,000 protests.
Metrobloks DC Indianapolis DC approved: The Indianapolis City-County Council will allow a data center to be built in the Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood, for which Metrobloks filed a rezoning request for a 14-acre vacant lot.
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Industry Resources
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Report: AI in testing: Developing trust, delivering results
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