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AI Elevates 5G in Xi’an
Xi’an, a city with a rich history in China, welcomes over 300 million tourists annually, challenging its mobile network capabilities. Traditional ‘one-size-fits-all’ models often fail during peak visits, causing network delays, disrupted streaming, and payment issues, affecting both the tourist…

Microsoft Connects Datacenters for AI Supremacy
Microsoft is gearing up to tackle the future of AI by deploying interconnected datacenter hubs capable of supporting vast AI models. This ambitious project aims to efficiently train AI models requiring hundreds of trillions of parameters by linking remote facilities…

Broadcom’s AI Certification for VMware Servers
Broadcom has announced an initiative allowing hardware partners to self-certify their equipment as compliant with a freshly developed spec for AI workloads under VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), enhancing the framework’s extensibility. Dubbed ‘AI Ready Nodes,’ the specification aligns with VMware’s…

Arm’s AI PC Leap Forward
As Windows 10 support ends, technology professionals look towards alternatives like Arm, which steps up with sustained AI efficiency and up to 22 hours of battery life. Arm devices, long known for their mobile efficiency, are now significant competitors in…

AI and HPC: A Symbiotic Evolution
Opinion Recent conversations with industry peers highlight growing AI demand juxtaposed with a perceived decline in HPC. This article argues against the notion that AI is overshadowing HPC investment. My assertion, here on The Reg, is that the idea of…

Taxpayer Money Fuels Unseen Datacenter Subsidies
The US datacenter sector is benefiting from significant state-level subsidies, but information about these incentives is limited. Reports indicate that projects are mostly funded at taxpayer expense, with most states concealing beneficiary details. According to Good Jobs First, a watchdog…

Datacenters Turn to Battery Power Amid Trade Struggles
As the demand for AI infrastructure grows, battery energy storage systems (BESS) are becoming integral to datacenter operations. Analysts are seeing a potential deployment of 20 GW of capacity over the next ten years. Leading tech companies view BESS as…

Infrastructure OS: Next-gen Datacenter
Enterprise infrastructure is at a pivotal moment. Companies are juggling cost pressures, ransomware defenses, and AI implementation while dealing with complex multi-vendor technology stacks. Traditional infrastructure, with its separate tools for virtualization, storage, and networking, is outdated.

AMD vs Nvidia: Helios System
As AMD prepares to launch its Helios rack-scale architecture in 2026, the company is positioning itself to compete directly with Nvidia in the AI infrastructure space. This ambitious move hinges on the integration of AMD’s forthcoming MI400 series GPUs and…

Lenovo’s Mid-Air Datacenter Vision
Lenovo argues that current datacenter facilities fall short of sustainability needs, urging transformation to support businesses’ future in the EMEA region. According to their research, nearly half of IT executives find their current infrastructure inadequate for energy efficiency. In a…

AI Shopping ‘Helpers’ Not Yet Safe for Credit Cards
Microsoft’s recent study employing the Magentic Marketplace simulation warns against relying on AI agents for transactions involving credit cards. These agents, employed by many companies as customer-facing assistants, are still easily manipulated during transactions and by misleading strategies lik
