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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.

Dallas And Virginia Data Centers Sold By 365 Data Centers
Virginia and Dallas data centers owned by 365 Data Centers have been sold by the company in order to focus on its other existing data center properties.365 Data Centers, which delivers data center capacity to densely populated areas to provide content to end users and consumers, focuses primarily on Tier II U.S. Markets. This means that the organizations specializes in "edge data centers" located outside of the largest markets in the U.S., New York, Dallas and Silicon Valley, and instead focuses on cities like Cleveland, Detroit and Buffalo. The sale of its Virginia and Texas data centers mark the company getting...
Manchester Data Center Opened By FairPoint
A New Hampshire, Manchester data center was opened in early June 2015 by FairPoint Communications. It is the second in the state since the telecom company decided to get into cloud storage.This specific center is designed as a disaster recovery and IT expansion spot for businesses in the New Hampshire region. It continues FairPoint's general strategy of leasing data center space to organizations. The facility is not expected to add jobs to the region, as it will primarily be monitored remotely rather than staffed on-site. This staff-light method of expanding may prove to be an effective business strategy for managing costs while...
Ashburn Data Center Acquired by H5
Wholesale data center and colocation services provider H5 Data Centers purchased a Virginia data center in Ashburn in early June. The company's plan is to turn the building into a move-in-ready facility or build-to-suit project, then look to lease the space to a single tenant."We're looking for a large, sophisticated user to take over, but we can also provide the capital and work to get it even more ready," said H5 Chief Operating Officer David Dunn.The facility has a total of 70,000 square feet of powered shell data center space, and it can be expanded up to 100,000 square feet.Dunn also...
Micro Data Center Portfolio Offered By Schneider Electric
Energy management company Schneider Electric announced June 15 it would be expanding into the edge computing market with a new micro data center portfolio. The solutions are geared toward addressing latency, bandwidth and processing issues for customers."We are already seeing the emergence of edge applications in retail and industrial applications, and we believe the need for edge computing will only grow as the Internet of Things expands into commercial applications," said Dave Johnson, senior vice president of Data Center Solutions for Schneider Electric.Schneider's engineered-to-order micro data center is portfolio includes power, cooling and management software, along with a data center...
Singapore Data Center Opened By Telin Singapore
Telin Singapore announced in early June that it had broken ground on its new Singapore data center.The five-story facility, located in the Singapore Data Center Park in Jurong, will be Telin's third data center in the country. The company, which is fully owned by PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Telkom Group, also operates a Changi data center and a private area inside Global Switch's Tai Seng data center. Telin Singapore was awarded the initial plot within the Data Center Park which the company plans to use for an ambitious project of creating between six and eight data centers for an estimated available rack...