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SK Telecom targets North American market with AI personal assistant

SK Telecom said that its Aster service is scheduled to launch a closed beta in North America later this year, with a full market launch planned for 2025 Korean carrier SK Telecom unveiled ‘Aster(A*)’, an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven personal assistant tailored for global users, at...

Equinix signs $15 billion JV to build AI data centers in US

The investment will be used entirely on U.S.-based xScale buildouts, ultimately adding more than 1.5 gigawatts of new capacity Global data center infrastructure company Equinix has announced a joint venture with Singaporean wealth fund GIC and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) to invest $15 billion...

Checking in on the Intel five nodes in four years plan

Intel has entered the angstrom era with 20A and 18A process nodes Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger took the top job at the semiconductor design and manufacturing company in February 2021. A big part of his remit was to  manage a turnaround, including the ambitious five...

AWS announces new investments in the UK, Brazil

AWS plans to invest $10.5 billion over the next five years building, operating and maintaining data centers in the U.K. Amazon Web Services (AWS) plans to invest £8 billion ($10.5 billion) over the next five years building, operating and maintaining data centers in the U.K....

Broadcom CEO: The future of enterprise IT (and AI) is on premises

VMware looks to help customers ditch the public cloud to address cost, complexity and compliance LAS VEGAS—VMware Explore kicked off today and Broadcom CEO Hock Tan made crystal clear that Vmware by Broadcom is a very different company. Broadcom closed its acquisition of VMware in...

AWS launches Infrastructure Region in Malaysia

AWS also said it is planning to invest an estimated $6.2 billion in Malaysia through 2038 Amazon Web Services (AWS) officially launched the AWS Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region, the company said in a release. The company said that the new launch will allow developers, startups, entrepreneurs...

Google signs renewable energy deal to power AI data centers

The renewable energy deal with Energix will also help Google achieve its wider net-zero goals Google has signed a long-term agreement with Energix Renewables, a U.S.-based company that develops, constructs, owns and operates renewable energy projects. For Google, the deal is a step towards its...

AMD buys ZT for $4.9 billion to boost AI GPU capabilities

AMD has a string of AI-related investments; this one focuses on hyperscaler AI compute In its continued pursuit of a stronger arsenal of artificial intelligence capabilities, chip company AMD announced another major acquisition: A $4.9 billion cash-and-stock agreement to acquire New Jersey-based ZT Systems, which...

AWS looks to expand its presence in India’s Hyderabad

AWS already has a significant presence in this Indian city Amazon Web Services (AWS) is looking to expand its presence in the data center segment in Hyderabad, India, according to local press reports. AWS affirmed its decision to expand its investments in Hyderabad following discussions between...

Deutsche Telekom boosts automation in port logistics

For this project, Deutsche Telekom deployed a 5G network with a special connection and an edge data center German carrier Deutsche Telekom has deployed its technology at the publicly funded "AutoLog" project in the port of Emden to introduce automation into the facility' workflows at...

Why should telcos build data centers now? Hint—it’s for telco AI

For telco AI workloads, on-prem data centers are the future, according to Dell Technologies At the recent Telco AI Forum, Dell Technologies and silicon partner AMD announced the Dell PowerEdge XE9680 Server with AMD Instinct MI300X Accelerator and ROCm 6 open software platform. Optimized for...

Four ways telco AI will evolve over the next decade

Spirent Communications looks at the future of telco AI across the RAN, devices, data centers and operating models In its position as a provider of test, measurement and service assurance solutions to operators worldwide, Spirent Communications has a unique view on where operators are directing...

Amazon, AWS announce new investments in Germany

Amazon Web Services (AWS) plans to make a €8.8 billion investment in Germany by 2026 Amazon announced a plan to invest an additional €10 billion ($10.7 billion) into its cloud infrastructure and logistics network in Germany, as part of the company’s efforts to expand its...

AWS Region in Thailand to launch by early 2025

AWS confirmed it will invest $5 billion in Thailand by 2037 Amazon Web Services (AWS) confirmed that its new AWS Asia Pacific (Bangkok) Region will be live by early 2025, the company said in a release. AWS said that this investment of more than 190 billion...

AWS plans to invest $17 billion in its Spain region

The AWS Cloud spans 105 Availability Zones within 33 geographic regions Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced plans to invest €15.7 billion ($17 billion) in Spain in its AWS Europe (Spain) Region, which will support an estimated 17,500 full-time equivalent jobs in local businesses on an...

AWS to invest an additional $8.8 billion in Singapore by 2028

AWS said this investment will be executed during the 2024-2028 period Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced plans to invest an additional S$12 billion ($8.8 billion) into its existing cloud infrastructure in Singapore from 2024 to 2028, with the aim of meeting growing customer demand for...

Microsoft to build $3.3 billion AI data center at failed Foxconn site

The AI data center will result in 2,300 union construction jobs and around 2,000 permanent jobs over time, said the White House President Joe Biden announced this week Microsoft’s plans to build a $3.3 billion artificial intelligence (AI) data center at the failed Foxconn site...

AWS to launch infrastructure region in Saudi Arabia in 2026

As part of its long-term commitment, AWS is planning to invest more than $5.3 billion in Saudi Arabia Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced plans to launch an AWS infrastructure region in Saudi Arabia in 2026. AWS said in a release that the new infrastructure region will...

NTT and Schneider integrate private 5G into edge data-center bundle for Industry 4.0

MWC, Barcelona: UK-headquartered NTT has announced a go-to-market deal with energy management and automation specialist Schneider Electric to combine private 5G with the French firm’s ‘modular data centre’ proposition. They are pitching to industrial firms with large factories and remote sites. The solution uses...

Singtel works with NVIDIA to bring AI to Singapore, Southeast Asia

Singtel said its NVIDIA-powered AI Cloud will be hosted by Singtel’s Nxera regional data center business Singaporean telco Singtel said it has joined the NVIDIA Partner Network Cloud Program, which will enable it to bring NVIDIA’s full-stack AI platform to enterprises across Southeast Asia Singtel’s NVIDIA-powered...

The DataBank Difference: Behind the Curtain with Raul Martynek

With shifting markets easily weeding out the strong from the weak, DataBank has proven itself as a force in the data center sector. In today's episode, Carrie Charles sits down with none other than DataBank's CEO, Raul Martynek. DataBank had 6 data centers in...

Data center capex growth hit three year peak – report

Data center capex growth hit a three year peak and will continue to grow, but at a limited rate thanks to supply chain issues, says Dell'Oro.

With an eye on multi-cloud, Dell plots strong data center growth

Dell pointed to strong infrastructure group sales as indication that it's on the right track for growth despite industry supply chain woes.

Telia’s Helsinki Data Center balances local electric grid 

Nordic telco Telia's Helsinki Data Center is balancing the regional power grid as part of the Fortum Spring 'virtual battery' initiative.