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Juan Pedro TomásSchneider Electric said the first reference design provides a unified framework for power and liquid cooling management In sum – what to know: Reference frameworks – Schneider Electric has released two validated designs with Nvidia, integrating power management, liquid cooling, and operational controls to accelerate AI data center deployment. Nvidia supports – The second design targets AI factories of up to 142 kW per rack, …
Under the deal, Hitachi will supply power transmission and distribution equipment to OpenAI’s data centers In sum – what to know: Hitachi power – Hitachi will supply transmission and distribution systems to OpenAI, helping to reduce energy consumption across its global AI infra network. Stargate project – Hitachi joins SoftBank, Oracle, and MGX in the Stargate initiative to scale compute capacity through …
OpenAI will use AMD as a core compute partner for large-scale AI workloads, extending an existing collaboration In sum – what to know: 6GW of AMD GPUs – The multi-year agreement begins with a 1GW deployment of MI450 GPUs in 2026, expanding to 6GW across future generations. Equity incentives – OpenAI receives up to 160 million AMD shares, vesting as …
Groq currently operates data centers across the U.S., Canada, Europe, and the Middle East, with new sites planned in Asia In sum – what to know: Post-2025 expansion – Groq plans to exceed its 2025 buildout of 12 data centers, with new sites coming online across Asia and other regions next year. Surging AI demand – Chairman Jonathan Ross said …
Christian de LooperBlaize 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, …
The potential agreement would mark a shift in how Anthropic sources specialized silicon for its models In sum – what we know: Anthropic is in early-stage talks to buy inference accelerators from Fractile, a London-based chip startup, according to reporting from The Information. It’s a small deal on the surface, but there might be a little more to it. Anthropic …
Operators are rapidly shifting from traditional air cooling to advanced liquid-to-air distribution systems Data centers are going through a massive shift. Facilities that used to measure capacity in megawatts are now pushing toward gigawatt territory, driven by the relentless compute demands of AI training, inference workloads, and cloud expansion. The result? More servers, but also a whole lot more heat. …
Verkor autonomously generated a layout-ready RISC-V core from a short requirements document In sum – what we know: Chip design startup Verkor.io has made a pretty bold claim — that its agentic AI system, called Design Conductor, has autonomously designed a complete RISC-V CPU core in 12 hours flat. The design started from a 219-word requirements document, and the system …
Why CSPs are losing the customer relationship betting on half the experience and where they can grab the other half. Just three weeks ago, Verizon CEO Dan Schulman said the …
Research firm says worldwide RAN revenue, excluding services, increased at a low single-digit year-over-year rate during the quarter In sum – what to know: Stable conditions – Worldwide RAN revenue …
A panel at the Defense Communications Forum put timelines on drone detection, waveform debates, and the limits of sensing from space At the Defense Communications Forum, a panel moderated by …
Vodafone and other major European operators are advancing a federated telco edge-cloud designed to support sovereign AI and IoT workloads, positioning it as a home-grown alternative to hyperscaler platforms. The …
