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Susana SchwartzOn RCR’s AI TechTalk, Elena Winters, vice president of international business at Elea Data Centers, talks about what makes Brazil unique in terms of renewable power, massive scale, and highly favorable land use and tax frameworks. Known as the “bridgeway to Latin America,” Elea Data Centers builds sustainable, high-performance AI data centers and cloud computing services across the LATAM region. Elea’s Rio …
Juan Pedro TomásNxera said that the first phase of the project, expected to deliver 64MW of capacity, is scheduled to go live in 2026 In sum – what to know: Construction milestone – Nxera and Telekom Malaysia have completed the structural phase of a new AI-focused data center in Johor. Capacity expansion – The first 64MW phase is due online in 2026 …
Bruno Berti, senior vice president of global product management at NTT Global Data Centers, told RCR Wireless News that demand in Kansai is gaining momentum as customers seek alternatives to Tokyo In sum – what to know: Kansai growth – Demand is rising as enterprises and hyperscalers seek AI-ready capacity outside Tokyo. Expansion path – NTT DATA is assessing further …
Like the Star Wars tension between the Dark Side and the Jedi side, there’s intrigue in the OpenAI-Anthropic race and the paradoxical surge Anthropic saw when it stuck to its “safety-first” roots. The “focused vs. scattered” strategies differentiate the two companies, who have a deeply personal, high-stakes rivalry that makes their respective dominance in the lucrative enterprise AI market all …
Christian de LooperQualcomm apparently wants to be the next major ASIC builder In sum – what we know: Qualcomm has reportedly agreed to supply ByteDance with millions of custom AI chips for data center workloads, according to a Bloomberg report citing people familiar with the matter. It’s a deal that, if it plays out as described, would mark one of Qualcomm’s first genuine large-scale …
AMD’s 256-core flagship targets agentic AI workloads In sum – what we know: AMD has moved its 6th Gen EPYC “Venice” server CPUs into volume production, marking the transition from engineering samples and pilot runs into scaled manufacturing at TSMC’s 2nm fabs in Taiwan. The chips are built on AMD’s Zen 6 core architecture and TSMC’s N2 2nm-class node, with commercial …
The new Google-Blackstone-powered provider targets 500 MW of capacity by 2027 In sum – what we know: Google and private equity giant Blackstone are teaming up to build a U.S.-based AI cloud provider built around Google’s custom Tensor Processing Units. The new joint venture will sell data center capacity, networking, operations, and TPU compute as a bundled service — effectively a turnkey …
Blaize and Winmate want to bring secure, real-time decision-making to defense and critical infrastructure without cloud reliance In sum – what we know: Edge AI is quickly becoming one of the most contested fronts in the broader AI infrastructure race, and this week brought another notable tie-up. Blaize Holdings and Winmate have announced an updated agreement to jointly develop sovereign, …
Telecom operators must rethink workforce training as networks and customer expectations evolve. Immersive, AI-driven roleplay and realistic practice environments can improve retention, strengthen customer-facing skills, and prepare distributed teams to …
As India accelerates its digital transformation, resilient, intelligent connectivity is becoming essential for global enterprises seeking to scale operations, ensure business continuity, and unlock opportunities across the country’s fast-growing AI, …
The company’s AI Data Center GPU Cloud is intended for customers facing restrictions on transferring data overseas and those seeking infrastructure optimized specifically for the Japanese market In sum – …
Panelists say defense networks must assume day-one attack and lean on civilian infrastructure to stay up The definition of resilience in defense communications is shifting, and so is the way …
