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Juan Pedro TomásThe Council for Science and Technology had previously emphasized the importance of building a sovereign AI chip design sector in the country In sum – what to know: New national plan – The UK government will launch an AI Hardware Plan aimed at strengthening domestic capabilities in chips and semiconductor technologies. Focus on design, not fabs – Policy direction points …
Sulagna Saha Rising data center power demand is straining grids, sparking interest in microgrids as a resilient, low-carbon on-site energy alternative Data center energy demands are rising sharply, pushing microgrids to the forefront as a more resilient and sustainable power solution. A looming energy crisis An explosion of data centers across the U.S. has caused an outpouring of concern over grid capacity. …
Alessandro Lombardi, chairman of Elea Data Centers told RCRTech that I Squared Capital’s investment gives Elea the long-term capital and global infrastructure expertise needed to accelerate the next phase of the company’s growth In sum – what to know: Brazil expansion focus – I Squared will acquire Elea to scale data center capacity in a market where demand is expected …
Susana SchwartzIn sum, what to know: Similar to a recent deal struck by OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Google signed a classified agreement with the Pentagon for use of its AI models for “any lawful government purpose.” This is the same language at the center of the Anthropic legal battle with the Pentagon over its designation as a “supply chain risk.” In that high-profile …
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 …
