India may collaborate with Nvidia to provide GPUs for AI initiatives at subsidized rates, reflecting global trends in securing AI compute infrastructure. [ more ]
GTC 2024: Storage suppliers queue up to ride the Nvidia AI wave | Computer Weekly
Nvidia's core message at GTC 2024 focuses on the shift towards AI workloads centered on data generation.
Efforts include addressing the I/O bottleneck, integrating with Nvidia microservices like NeMo and NIM, and developing RAG pipelines for AI validation. [ more ]
CoreWeave expansion tops off impressive week for UK tech investment
The UK government celebrates a £2 billion investment in tech sector last week including a £1 billion deal from US AI firm CoreWeave, showing the growing global appeal of UK's tech industry. [ more ]
IBM brings Power 10 servers to bear on AI edge deployments
IBM unveiled Power 10 servers for AI processing at the network edge, emphasizing high-threaded workloads and reduced latency by processing data on-site. [ more ]
Opera browser's new AI cluster in Iceland, powered by 100% renewable energy, showcases another example of the shift to energy efficient data center ops
Opera plans to deploy an AI cluster at a green data center in Iceland.
The move is part of Opera's efforts to enhance its AI infrastructure.
The data center in Iceland will provide Opera with sustainable and renewable energy. [ more ]
China puts homegrown AI infrastucture on its to do list
China aims to become a world-leading source of AI infrastructure by 2027.
Beijing has listed facilities and technologies, including an 'ultra-large-scale new intelligent computing center', as important for a technologically advanced future economy. [ more ]