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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.

Johannesburg Data Center Planned For Teraco Data Environments
Teraco Data Environments announced in late March that it has plans to open a new South Africa data center.The facility, located in Johannesburg, will be the largest data center in southern Africa. The site will provide more than 53,000 square feet of space and will cost nearly $40 million to complete. The Johannesburg data center will offer enterprise cloud services throughout the region and is expected to be operational by 2017. A growing number of businesses in the country and the surrounding region are looking to move some or all of their IT assets into the cloud.Growing investment in the...
Bangladesh Data Center Project Approved By National Committee
Officials in Bangladesh announced in late March that a large scale data center project planned for the district of Dhaka was approved by a cabinet committee on government purchase.Bangladesh State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak said that the massive Bangladesh data center will be the fifth largest in the world. The project, which will eventually become the Bangladesh National Data Center, is being built by two Chinese companies - ZTE Holding Company Limited and ZTE Corporation. It will cost an estimated $155 million and is being funded by the Chinese Exim Bank.While the facility will...
Melbourne Data Center Opened By Equinix
Equinix's new Melbourne data center is now fully operational. This data center, known as ME1, was built to serve the Melbourne business community as a premium data center facility. The ME1 International business exchange data center connects to the rest of Equinix's network ecosystems, which includes 1,000 networks globally, 130 of which are in Australia. There are roughly 40 customers currently connected to Equinix's overall network, including Tesla and the Western Australia Internet Association. Cloud and IT providers account for roughly a quarter of Equinix's business, and are likely to be some of the major tenants of the new Melbourne data center for the...
Dublin Data Center Investment Considered By Yahoo
Yahoo announced in late March that it is considering opening an Ireland data center in order to keep up with European demands for online services.The tech giant is currently considering sites for its new facility. Yahoo could either choose to purchase an existing site or have one purpose built for the company. Plans to expand into the European market were discussed by company officials at the opening of Yahoo's new office in Dublin in late March. The company has maintained a presence in Dublin for over a decade, making it an ideal site for its new Ireland data center....
Oregon data centers may see new tax breaks
Oregon data centers may find they are free from a particular Oregon tax if a new bill is passed. The particular tax is a "central assessment" property tax, which was originally used to collect taxes from railroads in the 1800s. The law allowed Oregon to collect taxes based off of the railroad networks' entire values, rather than just the value of the part of the track within Oregon.The law is currently in effect to allow Oregon to collect central assessment taxes from a variety of sources, including cable networks, telephone service providers and microwave towers. However, many companies are...