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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.

Cleveland Data Center Expanded By Bytegrid
Cloud and managed services provider Bytegrid announced in early June it would expand its Cleveland data center. The Cleveland Technology Center is a 333,125-square-foot facility with access to one of the largest fiber point-of-presence sites in Ohio. The expansion will add 45,000 square feet of data center space and 4 megawatts of power.Bytegrid acquired the Cleveland Technology Center in 2013. The facility now has 26,000 square feet of raised-floor data center space. Soon, the company will add 30,000 more square feet in addition to the current 45,000-square-foot expansion as demand increases.Cleveland is a strategic location for data center real estate, as...
Limestone Mine Property for Data Center Development
Now available, Mega Mountain’s huge, 60 acre unique interior space is the result of years of uniform mining of limestone. Its open space consists of long crisscross aisles approximately 32’ wide and 27’ high from the level stone floor to the level stone ceiling. These aisles crisscross each other in a checker board grid pattern particularly suitable for a data center facility. The exterior plateau, at mine floor entry level, is large enough for buildings and needed parking. There are presently four new foundations with partial cement block walls started on the plateau. The site includes 80 interior acres...
New Hampshire Data Center Services Extended Throughout Region By Echo Group
Health care management software company The Echo Group announced in early June that its newly opened New Hampshire data center will be available for use by businesses in upstate New York and western Maine.The facility, which was purpose built by The Echo Group and opened in March 2015, is located in Conway, a city in New Hampshire's Mount Washington Valley. The site was built because the company was not able to find an existing data center in the region that met the high standards for privacy, security and reliability it required to protect the sensitive patient information it was dealing with....
Equinix To Provide Private Links To Alibaba Cloud Data Centers
Equinix will now be offering private links to Alibaba's set of China cloud data centers. Customers of Equinix will be able to connect directly to Alibaba's servers from any of Equinix's servers, which mirrors its strategies with Amazon Web Services, IBM SoftLayer, Verizon and the Google Cloud Platform. This move is part of Alibaba's plans to expand its Aliyun cloud service throughout the globe. The organization has already announced that it will be opening a California data center this year in Silicon Valley, and will also operate one with Equinix in Dubai. The goal for Alibaba is to compete with Amazon Web Services, which can...
Virginia Data Center Purchased By InfoRelay
Colocation services provider InfoRelay Online Systems announced in early June its purchase of a Virginia data center. The facility, which is located in Reston, was originally owned by 365 Data Centers, which bought it from Equinix in 2012. The new data center will help InfoRelay provide its customers with AC and DC power, commercial-grade Internet and private network connectivity, as well as managed and cloud services. It will allow the company to offer more customized solutions to its client base."Aside from adding experienced technical talent to the team, we can now provide high levels of flexibility pertaining to cage deployments and...