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Susana SchwartzDoes a commitment to AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, and workforce strengthen the ‘tech alliance’ between Washington and Tokyo? Microsoft is positioning itself as a trusted alternative to regional rivals in Japan with its largest-ever commitment in the country. Today’s $10 billion (¥1.6 trillion) announcement aims to deeply integrate Microsoft technology into Japan’s national security, economic policy, and critical infrastructure – ostensibly shifting …
Juan Pedro TomásIn Thailand, Microsoft has committed to invest more than $1 billion between 2026 and 2028 to build and expand cloud and AI data center infrastructure In sum – what to know: Southeast Asia focus expands – Microsoft is investing heavily in Thailand and Singapore to grow its regional AI and cloud infrastructure footprint. Thailand targets AI gap – The $1 …
Three layers define the AI boom, and each moves at its own speed In sum – what to know: Adapt for growth and change – Data center operators are adapting to handle more than just growth, but also ‘big, fast’ change Navigating speed and tension – Three layers of AI infrastructure are moving at different speeds, opening “gaps” in speed-to-power …
Jeremy Deutsch, president of Asia-Pacific at Vantage Data Centers, told RCR Wireless News that scale has become a defining requirement for AI infrastructure In sum – what to know: Speed becomes critical constraint – AI chip economics are driving urgent deployment timelines, making time-to-market a key competitive factor for data center operators. Scale requirements are increasing – Demand is shifting …
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 …
