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Juan Pedro TomásThe acquisition aligns with SoftBank’s long-term ambition to support artificial super intelligence by securing the infrastructure required to train and operate AI models globally In sum – what to know: SoftBank deepens AI infrastructure strategy – The $4B acquisition adds data centers, towers and fiber assets critical to scaling global AI platforms. DigitalBridge remains operationally independent – The firm will …
Susana SchwartzEditor’s note: preceding the AI Infrastructure Forum, now available on-demand, Shawn Rosemarin, vice president of R&D – Customer Engineering at Pure Storage, spoke to RCR Tech about the difference between AI factories and general-purpose data centers — and why AI data-readiness is the critical prerequisite for both. From general-purpose data centers to AI factoriesUnlike general-purpose data centers, AI factories are …
GlobalData argues that ocean-based and off-planet data centers could help relieve the growing energy demand driven by AI-scale compute In sum – what to know: Relief for AI-scale energy demand – Underwater and floating data centers provide natural cooling, access to renewables, and reduced land requirements, easing pressure on terrestrial infrastructure. China advances commercial underwater deployments – A new 24 …
Microsoft noted that a significant portion of the investment will go toward expanding hyperscale cloud and AI data center capacity In sum – what to know: Microsoft commits US$17.5B to India over four years – Funding expands AI and cloud infrastructure, sovereign cloud options, and national digital platforms through mid-2026 and beyond. Skilling target doubled to 20 million people by …
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 …
