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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.

Hong Kong Data Centers Expanded By Equinix
Data center colocation company Equinix announced May 26 it would be expanding two of its Hong Kong data centers, HK1 and HK2, by adding room for nearly 1,200 cabinets total. The expansion will cost the company approximately $40 million. The HK2 expansion will bring the total capacity for this data center to 2,350 cabinets. Currently, the company's Hong Kong data centers offer over 215,000 square feet of colocation space.In accordance with the company's plan to expand globally in 2015, Equinix is expanding its influence across the Asia Pacific region, and the expansion of the Hong Kong data centers is...
North Carolina Data Center Project Announced By Peak 10
Infrastructure and cloud computing services provider Peak 10, Inc. announced May 19 it would be building and expanding a North Carolina data center outside of Raleigh in Morrisville. The new facility will have 17,000 square feet of data center real estate on a 24-inch raised floor."The economic vitality of the Research Triangle Park market area is evident in our growth here, as we continue to add to the strong base of customers we're privileged to serve," said Kurt Mosley, director of service delivery for operations in Raleigh.The company, which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, already has two Raleigh...
Ohio Data Center Project Moved By AWS
Amazon Web Services will be moving its $1.1 billion Ohio data center project. Originally, the Amazon facilities were going to be located in three different cities near Columbus: Hillard, Dublin and Orange Township. The project was expected to create 120 jobs with an average pay of $80,000 per year.Now, however, instead of Orange Township, Amazon has put in an application with New Albany, Ohio, which is about 15 miles northeast of Columbus. The company may have decided to move to New Albany because of tax incentives passed unanimously by the city council there in an effort to become more...
North Carolina Data Center Rezoning Squabble Over Gas Station
Board members of Forsyth County and the City of Winston-Salem in North Carolina are hashing out the details of a rezoning that may allow a new gas station to be built near a North Carolina data center. This is being opposed by a nearby Wells Fargo Bank, which is worried about the possibility of fuel tanks for a gas station being stored too close to their data centers' gas tanks.The bank is worried that gas stations nearby could have a catastrophic effect on the data center, potentially taking it down for days or weeks as construction crews rebuild. The center...
New Jersey Data Center Doubles Capacity
Loud Partners, a major managed services business, is doubling capacity at one of its New Jersey data centers in order to allow for greater flexibility while providing increased support for their clients' tasks.IO colocation owns the data centers Loud Partners uses to offer managed services. The director of infrastructure at Loud Partners, Alexander Zhivov, believes that modular data center design will be crucial for the company moving forward."This flexibility has been essential in helping us grow while also managing our costs," said Zhivov.The data center run by IO was once a printing plant for The New York Times. It is the largest East...