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UK news

Google unmasked as hyperscaler behind 3.75B UK datacenter

Environment

fromwww.theguardian.com

1 week ago

Google teams up with gas plant for AI datacenter in sharp turn from climate goals

Google partners with Crusoe Energy for a natural gas power plant to supply energy for its Texas datacenter, marking a shift from its carbon-neutral goals.

UK news

Google unmasked as hyperscaler behind 3.75B UK datacenter

Microsoft lays claim to Crusoe's new 900 MW DC campus

Crusoe plans to add 900 megawatts to its Texas datacenter to support Microsoft's AI initiatives.

#arm

Tech industry

AI-pilled Arm CEO teases mystery products for $1T TAM

Arm aims to expand its total addressable market to $1 trillion by introducing new AGI CPU products and targeting the datacenter sector.

Artificial intelligence

Arm rolls its own 136-core AGI CPU to chase AI hype train

Arm has unveiled its first homegrown silicon, the AGI CPU, designed for artificial general intelligence and set for deployment by Meta.

AI-pilled Arm CEO teases mystery products for $1T TAM

Arm aims to expand its total addressable market to $1 trillion by introducing new AGI CPU products and targeting the datacenter sector.

Artificial intelligence

Arm rolls its own 136-core AGI CPU to chase AI hype train

Arm has unveiled its first homegrown silicon, the AGI CPU, designed for artificial general intelligence and set for deployment by Meta.

more#arm

SoftBank builds AI mega-datacenter on nuke site

SB Energy will build a 10-gigawatt (GW) server farm and 10 GW of new generation capacity, with at least 9.2 GW being gas-fired, to support both the local grid and the datacenter.

Boston real estate

4 months ago

Qualcomm takes RISC on Arm alternative with Ventana buy

Qualcomm acquired Ventana to develop high-performance RISC-V CPU designs alongside its Arm-based Oryon cores for datacenter and edge applications.

Business

from24/7 Wall St.

SanDisk Pops 10% in After Hours on FY26 Q1 Earnings

SanDisk reported strong earnings, cash flow turnaround, and raised guidance driven by datacenter and edge demand, improving profitability and balance sheet.

Miscellaneous

Equinix revealed as occupant of 3.9B UK datacenter campus

Equinix will build an 85-acre, £3.9 billion datacenter campus near London's M25 with 250+ MW capacity, 100% renewable energy, and hundreds of jobs.

#meta

Silicon Valley

Meta to sell $30B in bonds to build AI datacenters

Tech industry

Meta convinces Blue Owl to cut $30B check for Hyperion DC

Silicon Valley

Meta to sell $30B in bonds to build AI datacenters

Tech industry

Meta convinces Blue Owl to cut $30B check for Hyperion DC

Intel rethinking how it contributes to open source community

Intel will remain committed to open source while reshaping contributions to secure greater competitive advantage and prevent competitors from benefiting more from Intel's investments.

Science

Square Kilometre Array datacenter needs two Faraday cages

SKA's Murchison datacenter nears completion and is encased in dual Faraday cages to prevent server radio emissions from interfering with the radio telescope.

Intel-Nvidia $5B tie-up spans NVLink racks and PC graphics

Nvidia will invest $5 billion in Intel to integrate Nvidia GPU chiplets into Intel PC processors and enable NVLink-enabled Xeon-based AI and datacenter systems.

Humor

7 months ago

Playing sport in a datacenter was dumb, but we were winning

Bored datacenter staff began playing indoor cricket in aisles, turning shifts into competitive leaderboards until a ball shattered an emergency alarm glass.

US politics

7 months ago

Georgia residents up in arms over mega datacenter project

Local residents and officials in Coweta County, Georgia oppose a proposed $17 billion hyperscale datacenter campus, prompting a temporary moratorium and calls for stricter regulations.

Science

9 months ago

Datacenters feeling the heat as climate risk boils over

Rising global temperatures significantly threaten the world's top datacenter hubs, increasing cooling demands and associated costs.

9 months ago

CoreWeave's $9B Core Scientific acquisition is a power play

CoreWeave acquired Core Scientific, adding 1.3 gigawatts of datacenter capacity and gaining more control over its GPU hosting.

9 months ago

Hyperscalers are eating global datacenter capacity

Hyperscale operators will dominate datacenter capacity by 2030 due to AI and cloud growth.

Digital Realty CTO: Storage a hidden datacenter challenge

Storage challenges are less discussed but critical due to AI's role in datacenter development.

Dell warns 'nonlinear' demand for AI servers may 'persist'

Dell has a $14.4 billion backlog for AI optimized servers but cautions about variability in future demand.

Artificial intelligence

Oracle reportedly plans $40B of Nvidia GPUs for OpenAI DC

Oracle invests $40 billion in Nvidia GPUs to enhance OpenAI's compute power, contingent on sufficient electricity from the new Texas datacenter.

France politics

Nvidia part of plans for giant 1.4 GW AI bit barn near Paris

Europe's largest AI datacenter will be constructed near Paris, aiming to boost AI development and adoption across multiple sectors.

Qualcomm confirms it's getting into the datacenter market

Qualcomm is re-entering the datacenter market with innovative products focused on AI capabilities.

CEO Cristiano Amon highlighted the importance of CPUs and the role of AI in future applications.

London startup

UK govt overrules local council to approve datacenter plans

The UK government overrides local council to approve a datacenter on green belt land, following updated planning policy.

11 months ago

Trump tariffs may ultimately cost America the AI race

Tariffs could raise prices for datacenter materials and impact AI investments in the US.

11 months ago

Google details 1 MW IT rack plans exploiting EV supply chain

This is about much more than simply increasing power delivery capacity - selecting 400 VDC as the nominal voltage allows us to leverage the supply chain established by electric vehicles for greater economies of scale.

DevOps