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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.

Data Center Investments Growing As Cloud Spending Increases
The cloud spending boom has been front of mind for IT decision-makers across all industries in recent months, and the latest set of fiscal reports from hyperscale service providers prove that, right now, betting big on the cloud is good business.In late April, cloud giants Amazon, Google and Microsoft released their 2015 first quarter expenditure reports and proved all of the money they have invested into data centers, equipment and software is paying off. Combined, the three service providers spent slightly more than $6 billion in the first quarter of this year, an increase of 15 percent year-over-year. Such...
New York Data Center Being Constructed by mindSHIFT
Toward the end of April, mindSHIFT Technologies announced that it had signed an agreement to construct a new New York data center and office space in Commack, which is on Long Island about 30 miles east of the New York City borough of Queens. The facility is an investment by Ricoh, a major technology company, to add new information technology services in the area.The New York data center will have 20,000 feet of raised floor and office space, and will undergo a two-phase production. At the end of the production, the facility will have access to 6 megawatts of electrical capacity, 2N...
Missouri and North Dakota Enact Data Center Tax Incentives
April saw the passing of legislation in both Missouri and North Dakota enacting sales and use tax exemptions for data center operators. The bills cover both use and sales tax in either state, providing economic incentives for providers in those regions. The North Dakota House Bill, H.B. 1089, creates a sales and use tax exemption for information technology equipment and computer software purchased for use by a business in a data center. Both the facility and the company owning it must qualify under certain conditions in order for the tax to be lifted. However, refunds may be sought retroactively in the...
CenturyLink To Extend Data Centers Into Australia
CenturyLink announced at the end of April that it would offer full access to its managed hybrid IT services to corporations in Australia. The organization has previously offered network services to groups within Australia, but will now be deploying its managed, hosting, colocation and public cloud services within the country."We are eager to offer our managed hybrid IT services and consistent IT experience to multinational corporations in Australia, one of the most connected countries in the world," said Grey Messer, CenturyLink's managing director of the Asia Pacific region.The launch of the company's public cloud platform in Singapore and managed hosting service in...
New Chicago Data Center Potential In Schulze Bakery
The historic Schulze Bakery structure may soon host a new Chicago data center. The structure, located in the city's Washington Park neighborhood near the University of Chicago, was recently put on a list of most endangered historic places, but is now included in plans to be protected and renovated. An anonymous developer has committed $100 million to turn two-thirds of a 150,000 square foot building into a data center, and open up the rest of it for commercial use. A willing data center operator, yet to be named, has already been found for the building, but they are still looking for a...