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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.

Ireland Data Center a Possibility for Facebook
Social media giant Facebook may build an Ireland data center in the near future. The Irish Times reported that the company is on the verge of filing for permission to build a 200,000 square foot facility in Meath, which is about 30 minutes northwest of Dublin. The facility would likely cost about $220 million and create around 60 jobs.Facebook would join a long line of big players in the technology industry that already operate facilities in Dublin and the surrounding areas, including Apple, Amazon and Microsoft. Recently, the company has had to implement changes at its data centers in order...
Texas Data Center For Facebook?
A new Texas data center worth nearly $1 billion may be in the cards for Facebook. Construction has been slated to begin on the Texas data center but no company has publicly stepped up to claim the site. There are bureaucratic wheels turning for a Fort Worth expansion, including financial incentives for a 110-acre data center and a facility built to cover 750,000 square feet. Despite the secrecy around the client that will be deployed at this new site, documents filed with the state of Texas indicate that Facebook will be using the complex. If so, it would be the second...
Singapore Data Center Announced By Digital Realty
Colocation solutions provider Digital Realty Trust, Inc. announced May 20 the expansion of its global services in another Singapore data center. The company is looking to invest around $200 million in the new data center infrastructure. With this facility, Digital Realty hopes to tap into the growing global demand for agile, open and connected data center solutions.Digital Realty will convert a 177,000 square foot former paper storage building into a 13.2-megawatt facility. The data center will have access to over 50 cloud service providers globally and around 1,000 network providers.The new Singapore data center will be a part of the city-state's...
Singapore Data Center Connectivity Upgraded By 1-Net
Asian data center service provider 1-Net announced in mid-May that it had begun upgrading the infrastructure within its Singapore data center to improve the company's connectivity network. The upgrade allows 1-Net customers to connect to 14 other sites within Singapore at either 1Gbps or 10Gbps, but the company hopes to eventually interconnect numerous Asia data centers in multiple countries.The upgrade of the Singapore data center enables 1-Net customers to improve business performance by providing access to a data center corridor. The corridor includes facilities operated by major players like AT&T, Equinix, Digital Realty and Pacnet, among others. The network...
Data Center Finance: SingleHop Acquires Datagram
Cloud services provider SingleHop announced in late May that it had acquired Datagram, a firm specializing in IT infrastructure management. The deal allows SingleHop to more rapidly grow its presence in the U.S. hosted private cloud market.SingleHop operates data centers across the U.S. and Europe, serving 5,000 customers in more than 120 countries. Datagram provides hosted private cloud services, based mostly on VMware platforms, as well as disaster recovery and colocation solutions. The company operates out of five facilities in the U.S. and Europe, operating a New York data center, Chicago data center, Connecticut data center, Phoenix data center and...