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Juan Pedro TomásThe EIB will work with the European Commission to evaluate project proposals that meet key technical and financial criteria In sum – what to know: AI gigafactory plan – The agreement sets a framework for financing and advisory support for large-scale AI data centers across Europe. €200 billion InvestAI fund – Includes a €20 billion fund dedicated to building three …
The new hub announced by OpenAI, Oracle, and Vantage Data Centers, will include four hyperscale facilities In sum – what to know: $15B+ AI data hub for Wisconsin – OpenAI, Oracle, and Vantage will build data center campus near Milwaukee with nearly 1GW of computing capacity, boosting regional jobs and investment. Sustainability at core of design – The project includes …
OpenAI noted that Japan’s data center market is expected to surpass JPY5 trillion ($33.2 billion) by 2028 In sum – what to know: JPY5 trillion AI infra market by 2028 – Japan’s data center market is projected to exceed this value, highlighting growing demand for AI-driven computing power. Coordinated DX and GX policies – The Blueprint emphasizes synchronized investment in …
James BlackmanA major AI-focused network project between Qatar’s GBI and Nokia highlights the critical role of subsea and terrestrial fibre in global connectivity. With a new terrestrial route through Iraq, GBI is enhancing east-west internet capacity, resilience, and route diversity. It tells us a lot about the anatomy of the whole global setup – and specifically the hidden connections between the …
Christian de LooperNew Broadcom agreements secure long-term TPU supply and 3.5 gigawatts of future capacity for Anthropic In sum – what we know: The Broadcom-Google-Anthropic love triangle continues. The three companies have announced a number of major new deals, largely focused on Broadcom. Under the first agreement, Broadcom will design and supply Google’s custom Tensor Processing Units through 2031. The second deal …
Cognichip just got $60 million in Series A funding to bring its concept to life In sum – what we know: There’s a ton of hype around AI chips, but what about AI-designed chips. That’s the idea behind Cognichip, which is building what it describes as the first physics-informed AI foundation model for semiconductor design — and it just closed a …
Nvidia’s big Marvell deal will see the two expand the NVLink Fusion platform In sum – what we know: Nvidia’s march into AI data centers continues. The company has announced a $2 billion investment in Marvell, alongside a significantly expanded technical collaboration covering AI infrastructure and next-gen telecom networks. The investment highlights where Nvidia thinks the next bottlenecks in the …
TurboQuant achieves up to 8x speed improvements on modern GPUs without sacrificing model accuracy Google Research has announced TurboQuant, a compression algorithm that could meaningfully change the economics of running large AI models. According to Google’s benchmarks, it shrinks memory usage by at least 6x and delivers up to 8x speed improvements on modern GPUs — with no accuracy loss. If …
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