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Susana SchwartzThe focus in AI is often models, hardware, algorithms, but perhaps its cross-industry collaboration that will be AI’s most transformative innovation. Cross-sector AI collaboration may be the single greatest advancement in the era of AI, as companies are coming together in unconventional ways to create solutions they would not be able to achieve independently: data center owners, operators, general contractors, …
Juan Pedro TomásValorC3 prioritizes locations where some level of power is immediately available and can scale over a five-year horizon to meet customer demand In sum – what to know: Power timing is decisive – In tier-one U.S. markets, grid access can take four to seven years, making immediate or near-term availability the top site selection criterion. Secondary markets gain relevance – …
Under the terms of the partnership, several thousand Tata Group employees will gain access to Enterprise ChatGPT In sum – what to know: 100MW AI infrastructure – TCS HyperVault and OpenAI will jointly build AI capacity in India, starting with 100MW and expanding to 1GW to support advanced AI workloads. Enterprise AI deployment across Tata Group – Thousands of employees …
Shirtless protests, strategic alliances, and another day of staggering financial pledges for AI infrastructure Where the first day of the India AI Impact Summit saw a bit of controversy over long queues, the last day saw a brief “shirtless protest” by Indian Youth Congress workers opposed to the India-U.S. Interim Trade Agreement. From that point on, the day went as planned, with …
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 …
