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Juan Pedro TomásAs part of the deal, Humain and Infra will also explore creating a dedicated AI data center investment platform In sum – what to know: $1.2bn financing framework set – Humain and the Kingdom’s National Infrastructure Fund (Infra) agreed on non-binding terms for up to 250MW of hyperscale AI data center capacity in Saudi Arabia. Institutional capital in focus – …
Google Cloud estimates that over the next five years, the new Bangkok region could contribute around THB 1.4 trillion ($41 billion) in economic value In sum – what to know: Local cloud capacity goes live – Google Cloud has opened a Bangkok cloud region to support low-latency workloads and in-country data processing for Thai enterprises and public sector users. Economic …
Susana SchwartzThe AI-related highlights from day 4 centered on some moonshot thinking and some practical advice for world leaders, and business and tech innovators. In sum – what to know: During the last day of the World Economic Forum, Elon Musk covered a variety of topics, including the need for interplanetary life to “ensure the light of consciousness is not extinguished …
Alibaba is one of the China’s largest cloud service providers, operating around 15 cloud regions and 59 availability zones across mainland China and Hong Kong In sum – what to know: Tech meets nuclear in China – Alibaba has formed a joint venture with CNNC, one of the world’s largest nuclear operators, highlighting growing links between energy infrastructure and digital …
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 …
