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Juan Pedro TomásGoogle noted that the project will integrate large-scale AI infra, data center capacity, clean energy systems, and expanded fiber connectivity In sum – what to know: Google’s $15B AI hub in Visakhapatnam – Marks the company’s largest investment in India, aiming to expand compute capacity and AI infrastructure under the Viksit Bharat 2047 initiative. Major connectivity upgrade via subsea cables …
The so-called Stargate Argentina initiative is part of a new partnership between OpenAI and local energy firm Sur Energy In sum – what to know: OpenAI targets Latin America – Plans for a 500 MW data center in Argentina mark its first regional footprint, part of the expanding Stargate global buildout. Massive $25B investment – The project, under Argentina’s RIGI …
Elea Data Centers said that the $419 million, 17-year contract will fund the construction of a 30-MVA high-capacity facility In sum – what to know: Elea secures Petrobras megaproject – The contract marks Latin America’s largest-ever IT infrastructure award. High-performance, low-emission design – The 30-MVA facility will host Petrobras’ supercomputers using advanced liquid cooling and 100% renewable energy. Regional sustainability …
The new permits for AI chip shipments by Nvidia apply only to U.S. companies operating in the UAE In sum – what to know: U.S. approves Nvidia chip exports – Licenses allow several billion dollars’ worth of Nvidia AI chips to be shipped to U.S. companies like Oracle operating in the UAE. Part of U.S.-UAE AI accord – The permits …
Sean Kinney One stop at a time Author’s note: I’m one of those AuDHD people you encounter in tech, media and tech media. CES and Las Vegas are exhausting, but I wanted to get this written while still having some fun. So, I landed on a format where I write a section, have a drink, take the monorail one stop, then repeat. …
Christian de LooperYou don’t have to own the hardware for AI. But should you? Every organization building with AI eventually has to decide whether to own the hardware or rent it. This isn’t necessarily always a financial calculation. It touches data security, talent pipelines, hardware obsolescence, and the fundamentally unpredictable nature of AI workloads. A startup spinning up its first large language …
Will open-source chips democratize the industry? In the early 1990s, a Finnish student named Linus Torvalds released a free operating system kernel called Linux. This new operating system, together with projects like Apache, proved that collaborative, open-source development could produce software that competes with and surpasses propriety alternatives. These days, Linux runs on everything from smartphones to supercomputers, and open-source …
Non-exclusive agreement transfers key talent and technology while Groq remains independent In sum – what we know: Nvidia and chip startup Groq have announced a non-exclusive licensing agreement reportedly worth around $20 billion. The announcement turned heads immediately — not just because of the price tag, which clocks in at nearly three times Groq’s $6.9 billion valuation from just months earlier, but …
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