Category: Data Center

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AI Tools Handed to 28,000 UK Tax Staff

The UK tax authority HMRC is significantly expanding its use of Microsoft Copilot, distributing around 28,000 licenses after trials highlighted an average daily time saving of 26 minutes per user. Spearheaded by Chief AI Officer James Mitton, HMRC aspires to…

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Golden Shield Initiative: $3.2B in Contracts with Tech Edge

The US Space Force (USSF) has granted contracts to 11 companies, including giants like Raytheon and newcomers such as Anduril, to develop orbital interceptors under the Golden Shield Initiative. These agreements, totaling up to $3.2 billion, are established through Other…

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Core Scientific’s New AI Leap

Core Scientific is making a strategic shift by transforming a 300-megawatt Bitcoin mining facility in Pecos, Texas, into a 1.5-gigawatt AI data center campus. This pivot aims to capture the growing token demand before the crypto-mining bubble bursts. The company…

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Intel’s AI Ambitions Aim to Revitalize CPU Market

Intel is turning to artificial intelligence as a strategy to alter its current financial trajectory. The company is wagering that the central processing unit (CPU) can again become the core of computational efforts, even amidst ongoing manufacturing hurdles. CEO Lip-Bu…

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Outdated Gov.uk Data Misguides AI

Content designers from the Department for Business and Trade reveal that AI summaries from tools like Google are providing inaccurate UK government information by retrieving data from outdated GOV.UK pages. Senior content designer Giorgio Di Tunno and operations lead Neil…

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Tesla’s Bold Move with Intel’s Unfinished Chip

During Tesla’s recent earnings call, Elon Musk disclosed ambitious plans to develop AI chips using Intel’s forthcoming 14A process, which is still under development. He emphasized Intel’s enthusiasm for partnering with Tesla on this effort, despite the unfinished state of…

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AI Demands Squeeze Supply of Server Chips

The current chip shortage is extending to crucial power and management controller silicon, risking server production as manufacturers reallocate resources towards more profitable AI server components. Market analyst TrendForce has cut its 2026 server shipment growth estimate from 20% to…

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Google’s TPU 8 Accelerates AI Ambitions

At the annual Cloud Next conference in Las Vegas, Google introduced two innovative AI accelerators designed to optimize both training and model serving costs. The TPU 8t and TPU 8i, constructed on shared foundations, are tailored for unique workload bottlenecks…

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Grafana Introduces Free AI Tool, Advises Moderation

Grafana has announced its AI assistant will now be free for open source and on-premise users, unveiled at their conference in Barcelona. CEO Raj Dutt humorously suggested users exercise caution with its usage. The company has also launched Grafana 13…

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UK Outsourcing AI Workloads Abroad Amid High Energy Costs

Rising energy costs have driven a fifth of UK businesses to shift their AI workloads overseas, posing concerns for a government banking on AI for economic progress. A report by CUDO Compute highlights the hurdles British firms face, echoing sentiments…

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