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Juan Pedro TomásCarrier noted that the region’s data center cooling market is projected to reach $7.3 billion by 2031 In sum – what to know: Integrated AI cooling – The QuantumLeap platform combines liquid and air cooling with predictive controls for more efficient, scalable data center operations. Liquid cooling in Asia – Carrier introduces its direct-to-chip cooling solution to meet rising thermal demands from AI and …
Schneider 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 …
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 …
The U.S. broadband duopoly of cable and telcos is fading as fixed wireless, Starlink, WISPs, and fiber overbuilders expand rapidly. Increased competition from carriers and alternative providers is giving consumers …
The GSMA and CTIA have misrepresented early 6GHz Wi-Fi adoption data to justify reallocating spectrum for mobile use, arguing the technology remains in a normal growth phase with significant long-term …
Defense communications has entered a new phase of urgency. Networks are no longer just the pipes that move information across the battlespace; they are becoming the sensing, compute, coordination and …
Germany’s sovereign cloud push is advancing with Deutsche Telekom and SAP winning a BMDS AI platform tender built on the “Deutschland-Stack”, while Thales expands its Google Cloud-powered sovereign model in …
