AI infrastructure, especially purpose-built data centers, are creating a surge in power demand and foregrounding energy efficiency strategies
The rapid growth of AI and the investments into the underlying AI infrastructure have significantly intensified the power demands of data centers. Globally, data centers consumed an...
AI infrastructure market is facing a blockbuster boom—and pressures
The infrastructure needed to support artificial intelligence is expecting an across-the-board boom, as companies invest in chips, servers, data centers, fiber connectivity and more to enable more widespread adoption and use of AI.
The question is,...
Report on state of data centers: 'Unprecedented innovation, explosive data center growth, and market acceleration'
A new report on the state of the data center industry says that it is navigating "unprecedented innovation, explosive data center growth, and market acceleration."
“The data center has evolved from...
Iliad said that AI-focused investments will include data centers, computing power and research, among other fields
France-based Iliad Group has earmarked €3 billion ($3.09 billion) to enhance AI-focused infrastructure, including data centers, computing power, research and application layers.
In a release, the group noted that OpCore,...
Why hyperscalers are investing hundreds of billions in AI infrastructure—and why this isn't a bubble
In the sweep of all things artificial intelligence (AI) and attendant AI infrastructure investments, the goal, generally speaking, is two-fold: incrementally leverage AI to deliver monetizable, near-term capabilities that deliver...
Industry discourse around test-time inference scaling converging with edge AI—where real people really experience AI—continues to ramp, and an important focus area is around memory and storage. To put it reductively, modern leading AI chips can process data faster than memory systems can deliver...
Google plans $75 billion capex in 2025 to support AI demand which is outpacing capacity
As it continues to imbue core services with AI, Google parent Alphabet is planning to deploy $75 billion in capital in 2025. Reporting its fourth quarter and full-year 2024 financials...
Dell Technologies talks the device-edge-datacenter-cloud AI continuum, the rise of agentic AI and the outlook for federated learning
For years, AI discourse has been dominated by massive cloud-based models, trained on enormous datasets and running in centralized data centers. But as AI deployment scales, the...
NVIDIA on the importance of end-to-end solutions to solve enterprise AI adoption challenges
Editor’s note: NVIDIA has a free online course called “AI for All: From Basics to Gen AI Practice”. The team at RCR Wireless News has enrolled and, as we complete the units,...
The Meta CEO told investors that the Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses “are a real hit”
First things first, AI infrastructure is a continuum that spans cloud, datacenter, edge and devices. Distributing workloads improves latency, bolsters privacy and, generally speaking, makes the economics of the whole...
Falcon Shores now an internal test chip; AI infrastructure system coming with Juaguar Shores
Intel has struggled to compete against AMD and NVIDIA in the AI infrastructure space. While the company could potentially see an uptick in business as emphasis on low-power edge AI inference...
Yesterday was a busy one with quarterly earnings calls from major AI infrastructure players Microsoft and Meta. And, as expected, the CEOs fielded questions about Chinese AI startup DeepSeek’s splashy market entry and the implications of its software optimizations that reduced LLM training costs...
The new AI Connect suite from Verizon comes as McKinsey estimates 60% to 70% of AI workloads will be for inference by 2030
It’s been a busy two weeks in the world of AI. OpenAI and partners announced a planned $500 billion investment in AI...
Fast growth and oversubscribed funding rounds reiterate value of Databricks’ approach to “data intelligence” underlying successful AI implementations
Self-billed “data and AI company” Databricks on Jan. 22 announced the completion of a $10 billion series B funding round along with $5.25 billion in debt financing....
The initial AI investment is expected to be $100 billion, but the White House noted it could end up being five times that amount
One of President Donald Trump’s first actions in his reclaimed role was the announcement of a joint venture (JV) investing up...
So you want to turn you data and abstracted business logic into use cases that carry a clear ROI? And you want to do it autonomously? Well, good news because 2025 could be a breakout year for agentic AI.
What is agentic AI?
The name is...
Model size, dataset size and compute all depend on the availability of necessary AI infrastructure
In January 2020, a team of OpenAI researchers led by Jared Kaplan, who moved on to co-found Anthropic, published a paper titled “Scaling Laws for Neural Language Models.” The researchers...
HPE's liquid cooling technology for AI infrastructure may have helped it secure the 10-figure deal
HPE Senior Director Rupin Mohan this week on LinkedIn confirmed reports that HPE has won a $1 billion deal to supply Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, with AI servers. Neither...
The AI plan includes things like establishing a national data library and designated 'growth zones'
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer detailed The AI Opportunities Action Plan, designed to bolster AI growth and development across the country. The plan, said Starner, will help Britain become "one...
Telecommunications organizations play a crucial role in shaping the global digital ecosystem and fueling economic growth. By adopting advanced AI technologies, these organizations can enhance operational efficiency, improve customer experiences, and stay competitive in a fast-changing market.
This whitepaper explores key AI use cases, addresses...
Nokia is working with Lenovo to develop networking-and-automation solutions for the data centre industry. They said their joint products will support “massive and highly precise” compute, storage, and connectivity needs for escalating artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) workloads in the enterprise and...
Cloud repatriation trends speak to enterprise AI consumption preferences
IT heavy-hitters Broadcom and HPE both announced quarterly financial results this week, and both firms reported growth fueled by enterprise investment into AI infrastructure and attendant systems.
Broadcom, fresh off the heels of the VMware Explore event...
