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Google Cloud unveils AI-optimised infrastructure enhancements

Google has announced game-changing updates to its AI-optimized cloud, featuring fifth-generation TPUs and NVIDIA H100 GPUs. Companies like Gridspace have reported a 5x increase in AI model training speed using the TPU v5e. This move highlights the demands of generative AI and large language models, which have seen their ‘parameters’ increase tenfold annually. Another notable advancement is the introduction of Multislice technology, which supports scaling of AI models beyond the physical limits of TPU pods. This capability is expected to materially boost Google Cloud’s performance. Lastly, as Google and other hyperscalers industrialize, it is increasingly evident that compute is migrating to regional hubs of power with friendly development environments. These hubs are revitalizing our industrial stock and evolving into the central backbone of our modern compute industry.

Boston Data Center Building Bought By Markley Group
Colocation and cloud services provider Markley Group announced mid-June it would be expanding its reach in Massachusetts with a new Boston data center. The company recently purchased a 350,000-square-foot building in Lowell, Massachusetts, which is about 40 miles from Boston, and has plans to turn it into a data center.The new facility, of which the first phase will go online in October 2015, will offer 50 megawatts of computing power for Massachusetts customers interested in the company's multi-site cloud solution.This will be Markley's second Boston data center. The first, which at 920,000 square feet of data center real estate...
Sacramento Data Center for Lease
The Cassie Hills property is in an appealing location, attractive, and well maintained with ample parking, and a competitive long or short term lease rate. Formerly a Wells Fargo facility, the data center infrastructure characteristics make the property suitable as a Call Center or Flex Space property that appeals to tenants with multi-use needs.
Finland Data Center Construction Announced By TeliaSonera
Major Scandinavian telecommunications company TeliaSonera announced in mid-June that it plans to build the largest Finland data center to date.TeliaSonera is the largest operator of fixed-voice, broadband and mobile networks in the region. The company has a strong wholesale network, but isn't as capable with its IT infrastructure. TeliaSonera hopes the new Helsinki data center will satisfy its customers' growing demands for cloud and colocation services in the area.Finland is an ideal location for data centers, as the country provides access to low cost electricity and has a naturally cool climate suitable for free-air cooling. TeliaSonera plans to utilize...
New Google Data Center Design Processes One Petabit Per Second
Google revealed some of the details on the functioning of its major data centers this week. The Internet search provider is a well-known leader in data center design due to the sheer amount of information it must sift through in order to power its services. Google's designers follow three principles when designing data center networks. They employ a Clos topology, centralized software stacks to manage switches, and builds its own software and hardware.The latest configuration of Google's network architecture is known as Jupiter, which has over 100 times the capacity of Google's first in-house network technology. This is the organizations'...
Data Center Finance: OnRamp Names New VP of Operations
Hybrid cloud hosting and colocation services provider OnRamp named a new vice president of operations June 16. Matt Hammons, who has extensive experience in management of data center services, will oversee data center operations for the company, along with other business functions such as customer satisfaction and service delivery.Hammons previously worked as director of engineering for Rackspace, where he spent six years before joining OnRamp. He helped launch Rackspace's Sydney, Australia data center.OnRamp has three facilities in the U.S., including two Austin data centers and a Raleigh data center. The company offers services in private and hybrid cloud infrastructure and colocation. The first Austin data...