SoftBank will begin building its AI infrastructure by the end of 2023
Japanese operator SoftBank unveiled plans to invest a total of $138 million in advanced computing infrastructure with the aim of powering its own generative artificial intelligence (AI) model to target Japanese enterprises, local...
KT expects to expand its AI-related offerings in the fields of logistics, robots and healthcare
Korean telco KT announced plans to invest KRW7 trillion ($5.4 billion) to develop a large-scale artificial intelligence (AI) system and expand AI-based services by 2025, Korean newspaper Korea JoongAng Daily...
The data centers will support the development of artificial intelligence technology and other tools, said Google
Google revealed plans this week to build two more data centers in Ohio. The additions, which Google said will support the development of artificial intelligence technology and other tools,...
Comcast Business’ portfolio will now include a presence at more than 500 data center locations across the U.S.
Comcast Business announced the expansions of its Texas data center footprint, citing a “growing demand for cloud services and business solutions.” Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Austin are...
Despite macroeconomic volatility, Equinix sees growth as investment in cloud-enabled digital transformation continues
Looking back a decade, Equinix President and CEO Charles Meyers recalled service providers focused on networks and hyperscalers beginning what would become an incredible growth period. As the world of networks and...
Multi-year master lease agreements insulate American Tower from uncertain economic conditions
American Tower Corporation controls around 223,000 communications sites around the world, and has enjoyed steady growth as operators deploy and scale 5G infrastructure. Speaking earlier this month at the Citi 2023 Communications, Media and...
Technological innovation has immensely helped turn the impossible possible. In this episode, Carrie Charles sits with Tony Grayson, the General Manager of Compass Datacenters, to have a future-forward chat on data infrastructures and technology and what they can offer on sustainability. The two discuss...
Japanese IT firm Fujitsu is to start testing private 5G for equipment inspection at its major data centre in Yokohama, in the Kanagawa prefecture, as a springboard to drive “operational resilience and process automation” in the broader data centre market. The Fujitsu project, to...
Editor’s note: We are very thankful for friends like Jennifer who are there when parental moves come into the picture. Today’s opening picture was snapped last night as we prepared for the last leg of the “Planes, Automobiles, Hurricane, U-Haul, Trains” variant of the...
Arm ups performance and efficiency in new designs to compete with AMD and Intel
Fabless semiconductor maker Arm Ltd. has announced new chip designs that will power the next generation of cloud computing, 5G and High-Performance Computing (HPC) hardware coming next year, to compete with products from...
The new expansion promises support for any data center topology
Juniper Networks this week announced Apstra Freeform, a new expansion to their intent-based data center automation and assurance platform. Apstra Freeform’s cornerstone feature is a new reference design that covers any topology, providing additional flexibility for...
Zayo CEO sees edge as requiring data center capacity, networking and other service support
Multiple mega-trends impacting how telecommunications operators strategically evolve their own businesses while delivering solutions for the digital transformation of their customers depend on access to fiber optic infrastructure. Whether that’s network...
"Growth in 5G adoption" drove $600M in annual wireless revenue – CEO
Semiconductor maker Marvell Technology posted results for its second fiscal quarter on Thursday, with revenues of $1.52 billion for the June quarter, offering adjusted earnings of 57 cents per share. Those numbers were...
Supply chain issues affected Nvidia’s data center sales, and weak guidance suggests a soft Q3 as well
Nvidia announced Q2 earnings after the markets closed on Wednesday, posting revenue of $6.7 billion for the quarter ending July 31, 2022. Net revenue dropped 72% year over year (YoY)...
American Tower will retain managerial and operational control of the data center business
American Tower Corporation and Stonepeak, an investment firm specializing in infrastructure and real assets, announced that Stonepeak, on behalf of certain affiliated investment vehicles, will acquire an ownership interest of approximately 29%...
Microsoft will begin local power grid conditioning in Ireland later this year
The world is turning to renewable energy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve environmental quality. But renewable energy can be wildly variable — solar power efficiency is reduced on cloudy days and,...
Oracle will deploy dedicated cloud regions in Vodafone's main data centers that manage its European IT and network operations
Vodafone is accelerating its transition to the cloud with the migration of several of its systems to Oracle’s managed cloud region called Dedicated Region Cloud@Customer (DRCC). The...
Environmental sustainability has become a major goal for every industry. As the planet warms up, people are more concerned about the future. As a result, the shareholder pressure forces companies to adopt more sustainable business practices.
The IT industry is also under similar pressure. Therefore,...
In the world of network computing and data centers, any 2022 planning report destined for company decision makers likely has three familiar words in the summary text: distributed IT infrastructure.
Accelerated change brought on by the pandemic is forcing companies large and small to reimagine...
