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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.

Reno Data Center Construction Started By Switch SUPERNAP
Much fanfare followed the announced in mid-January that Switch SUPERNAP would be building a Nevada data center that would eventually become the largest such facility in the world. Six months later, in early June, the company announced that the initial phase of construction has started on the Reno data center.The three-million-square-foot, $1 billion facility will take close to a decade to complete, but a permit filed with the Storey County Building Department reveals that the initial grading to prepare the site is expected to be finished by late September. The Nevada data center is being built on 1,000 acres...
Copenhagen Data Center Owned By Interxion Utilizes Unique Cooling System
Interxion opened its newest facility in Copenhagen in May, and since then the Danish data center has been getting a lot of attention for the innovative way the company cools its IT infrastructure.Because Denmark is a naturally cool region, Interxion took advantage of the climate and utilized free air cooling to reduce energy costs and improve data center sustainability. But the free air cooling is also being supplemented by a custom-made groundwater cooling system and it's earning praise from environmental activists and data center designers alike.To cool the Copenhagen data center, two large chambers were dug 230 feet into...
Silicon Valley Data Center Expansion Announced By CoreSite
Colocation and data center services provider CoreSite Realty Corp. announced its intent to expand its Santa Clara data center campus in early June. The expansion will add 230,000 square feet of space to its facilities. The new data center is expected to open in 2016 and will bring the total square footage of Santa Clara data center space to 600,000.This news comes on the heels of the company's April announcement of another 137,000 square-foot Silicon Valley data center, which will cost around $27 million to complete. The decision to expand the Silicon Valley data center is the result of...
Third Iowa Data Center Announced By Facebook
Facebook announced June 2 plans for an Iowa data center in Altoona. The facility, which is expected to open in 2016, will be partly wind-powered, as Facebook has signed a contract with a nearby wind farm for 140 megawatts of power. "The new building in Altoona will be the first 'third' building on any data center site in our network," said Brice Towns, site manager of the Altoona data center. "We are on track to start serving traffic in the second building later this year. Like the existing Altoona data center campus, the third building will be powered by renewable...
Georgia Data Center Expansion Announced By Google
Google announced June 2 that the new expansion to its Georgia data center will cost around $300 million. The facility is located in Lithia Springs, Georgia, which is about 18 miles outside of Atlanta. Construction on the facility is expected to begin this summer and be finished by 2016.The expansion will add around 200,000 square feet of raised floor server space to a facility that is already currently at 500,000 square feet. It will also add around 25 jobs."This expansion will allow us to continue to provide fast and reliable service to millions of people around the clock," said Google data...