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UK’s new AI Energy Council targets 20x compute growth by 2030

The AI Energy Council will play a key role in ensuring that AI technologies are not only powered efficiently, but also sustainably In brief – why this matters –The U.K. has launched an AI Energy Council to align clean energy goals with the growing power needs...

AI infra brief: From Dell, NexGen Cloud, Cerebras and more

In this regular update, RCR Wireless News highlights the top news and developments impacting the booming AI infrastructure sector. Dell Technologies unveils infrastructure innovations for AI-ready data centers Dell Technologies has introduced a broad range of infrastructure innovations to help organizations modernize their data centers and...

AI infra brief: From DOE, NTT, CyrusOne and more

In this regular update, RCR Wireless News highlights the top news and developments impacting the booming AI infrastructure sector. DOE identifies 16 federal sites for data center and AI Infra development The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released a Request for Information (RFI) to inform...

What is a TPU (Tensor Processing Unit)?

Unlike traditional CPUs or GPUs, a Tensor Processing Unit is specifically built to handle the complex calculations required for deep learning models Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the world, and powerful hardware is needed to support its growth. One of the most important components in...

AI infra brief: From Related Companies, Crosoe, Scala and more

In this regular update, RCR Wireless News highlights the top news and developments impacting the booming AI infrastructure sector. Related Companies accelerates push into data centers with capitalization of Related Digital to fuel its $45 billion pipeline Real estate company Related Companies announced the formal launch...

AI infra brief: From Nexthop AI, Oklo, Microsoft and more

In this regular update, RCR Wireless News highlights the top news and developments impacting the booming AI infrastructure sector. Nexthop AI bids to build efficient Al infra for hyperscalers Nexthop AI launched with $110 million in funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. Additional investors include Kleiner...

What are hyperscale AI data centers?

A hyperscale data center is a facility built with the main aim of handling large-scale computing and data processing needs As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to grow, the demand for powerful computing infrastructure has led to the rise of hyperscale AI data centers. These massive...

AI infra brief: From NVIDIA, Cisco, Equinix and more

In this regular update, RCR Wireless News highlights the top news and developments impacting the booming AI infrastructure sector NVIDIA, xAI join BlackRock and Microsoft's $30 billion AI infrastructure fund NVIDIA and Elon Musk’s xAI are joining BlackRock and Microsoft in the AI Infrastructure Partnership (AIP),...

Top six AI data centers in Asia

As artificial intelligence (AI) adoption accelerates, Asia is emerging as a global hub for high-performance AI data centers These AI data centers are critical for AI training, deep learning models as well as large-scale cloud computing. The region’s leading AI data centers leverage cutting-edge technology,...

AI infra brief: From xAI, Oracle, Core Scientific and more

In this regular update, RCR Wireless News highlights the top news and developments impacting the booming AI infrastructure sector xAI expands Memphis presence with major property acquisition Elon Musk’s xAI has acquired a one-million-square-foot property in Southwest Memphis. This expansion follows the December 2024 announcement of...

AI infra brief: From OpenAI, Chevron, Iron Mountain and more

In this regular update, RCR Wireless News highlights the top news and developments impacting the booming AI infrastructure sector SoftBank and OpenAI to develop AI agents in Japan SoftBank plans to convert a former Sharp LCD plant in Osaka, Japan into a large-scale AI data center...

Microsoft to invest $300m in AI infra, cloud in South Africa

Microsoft noted that this investment will enable a wide range of organizations to access the cloud and AI solutions to improve operational efficiency and productivity Microsoft recently announced plans to spend ZAR 5.4bn ($298.6 million) by the end of 2027 to expand its cloud and...

Intel head of data center and AI to be new Nokia CEO

Nokia CEO Pekka Lundmark to step down March 31; Intel EVP Justin Hotard takes over April 1 Nokia announced today that CEO Pekka Lundmark will step down from the top spot at the end of March. Intel Executive Vice President and General Manager of the...

Trump reveals $500 billion AI infrastructure project

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...

SK Telecom inks collaboration on AI data center solutions

This collaboration builds on a $200 million strategic investment agreement between SK Telecom and Penguin Solutions in July 2024 Korean carrier SK Telecom signed a new deal with SK hynix and Penguin Solutions to advance research, development and promotion of artificial intelligence data center (AIDC)...

AWS announces new Region in Thailand

The AWS Region in Thailand features three Availability Zones Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the general availability of the AWS Asia Pacific (Thailand) Region, featuring three Availability Zones and the API name ap-southeast-7. In a blog posts, AWS noted that this new region marks the firm’s...

Microsoft to capture ‘golden’ AI data center opportunity with $80 billion investment

While Microsoft is thinking on a global scale, the company's Vice Chair and President noted that more than half of this total investment will be in the U.S. In a recent blog post, Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith revealed that the tech giant...

SK Telecom announces restructuring to advance in the AI field

SK Telecom also merged its AI R&D efforts to strengthen AI and digital transformation (AT/DT) capabilities Korean telco SK Telecom (SKT) unveiled its 2025 organizational restructuring and executive appointments to achieve progress in its dual focus areas of telecommunications and artificial intelligence (AI). In a release,...

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...