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AI’s Unprecedented Growth and Power Demand

As the AI boom continues into its third year, the industry is witnessing a surge in ambitious computing projects. One such endeavor is xAI’s plan to scale its Colossus AI supercomputer from 100,000 to one million GPUs. This expansion presents…

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CPU Roles in Modern AI Architecture

Since the launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, AI development has largely been driven by GPUs, although CPUs still play a vital role, particularly in AI inferencing tasks. While GPUs, notably those from Nvidia, dominate training large models due to their parallel…

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Nvidia Replaces Intel on Dow Amid AI Frenzy

Nvidia is set to replace Intel as the sole semiconductor representative in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, effective before market opening on November 8. This shift, announced by S&P Global, is meant to better reflect the semiconductor industry’s landscape. Intel’s…

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Nvidia and Foxconn Build Taiwan’s AI Powerhouse

Nvidia has announced a strategic alliance with electronics giant Foxconn to develop Taiwan’s most advanced AI supercomputing infrastructure. The project, leveraging Nvidia’s Blackwell architecture, aims to deliver more than 90 exaFLOPS of AI processing capability at the Hon Hai Kaohsiung…

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Supermicro Packs 18 GPUs into Compact 3U Server

While most GPU-enhanced servers accommodate up to eight GPUs, Supermicro introduces a more compact 3U model capable of housing 18 within its air-cooled framework. Dubbed the SYS-322GB-NR, this design includes 20 PCIe slots for various configurations, indicating a distinctive approach…

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Submer Grabs $55.5M to Boost Datacenter Cooling

Submer, a leader in cooling technology, has successfully secured $55.5 million in new funding to support its expansion efforts. With its headquarters in Barcelona and a manufacturing presence in Houston, Texas, the company is actively addressing sustainability in datacenters, a…

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China’s AI Advancements Unhindered by Sanctions

China Telecom’s AI Research Institute has successfully trained a 100-billion-parameter AI model named TeleChat2-115B using exclusively domestic computing resources. This development indicates that Chinese entities remain resilient against Western technology sanctions. The institute announced that the model was trained with…

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NTT Data and IBM Collaborate on Cloud Innovation

NTT Data has partnered with IBM to deliver a hybrid cloud service called SimpliZCloud, aimed at financial institutions in India. Based on IBM’s LinuxONE platform, this service is intended to optimize core banking and risk management workloads, offering enhanced performance…

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5.4MW Operational Data Center For Sale at Volo, Illinois

AUCTION STARTS ON JUNE 6 WITH A BID OF $5 MILLION Cushman & Wakefield has just listed an operational Volo data center for auction, a facility that was constructed by HSBC and most recently occupied by Capital One. Listed on…

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PDG Acquires Land for New 150MW Campus in Malaysia

PLANS RM 2 BILLION (USD 450 MILLION) INVESTMENT Data center provider, Princeton Digital Group (PDG), has just announced its plans to develop a new data center campus in Sedenak Tech Park (STeP), Johor, Malaysia. With plans to develop a 150MW…

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