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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.

Cleveland Data Center Expansion Completed By Expedient
Cloud computing firm Expedient announced in late January that it had once again expanded its Cleveland data center. This newest phase marks the company's seventh expansion in the area within the last eight years.The company has now added its third facility in the Cleveland area, creating a 14,000 square-foot site that will provide further support for the two other centers in the area. The first phase of the building is complete, offering more than 6,500 square feet of available raised-floor space. The facility has two 1,500 kW generators and 300 tons of cooling capacity.The new site will provide customers...
Pennsylvania data center approved by Derry Township
A Pennsylvania data center designated to assist the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center was approved by Derry township this January. The center, which will replace the current Sipe Avenue facility, will be built south of the Life Lion helicopter rescue center. It will add 65,554 square feet of space to the medical center.The Pennsylvania data center will be designed to perform analytics on genetic information and treatments that aim to fix patients by targeting their genetic makeup. Gene therapy is already used at Penn State, but the data center is tasked with keeping track of this and "population health," which will allow them to keep...
Modular Data Center will be new home for University of Montana
The University of Montana announced in mid-January that its new data center is now ready for use.Before the move, the school's computing facility was housed in the basement of its liberal arts building, a site that was originally built in 1972. The space was extremely inefficient and lacked a secondary cooling element and a generator, putting hardware at risk. Now, after four years of planning and construction, the university partnered with CommScope to create a modular design known as Data Center on Demand."We're going from arguably the worst data center in higher education to perhaps the best," says Tony...
New York Data Centers Expanded By Telx
Telx announced in mid-January that the expansion of two of its New York data centers is complete. The company added nearly 100,000 square feet between the two facilities.The first New York data center, NYC1, serves as a flagship facility for Telx. The site offers one of the most dense carrier and enterprise connectivity environments in the world, and an expansion became a necessity as a growing number of customers have critical expansion requirements. Extra space was secured in 2013 and an additional 40,000 square feet of available space has now been added to the facility.The second Telx New York data...
Data Center Finance: Amazon Buys Startup Annapurna Labs
After nearly a year of looking for the right startup to partner with, Amazon announced in mid-January that it has purchased Israeli data center company Annapurna Labs. The startup has been very secretive about its operations, but it has been reported that the company is creating a communications system and processing platform for data centers The little known chip firm was privately owned by entrepreneur Avigdor Willenz and has been operating mostly under the radar since 2011. After selling Galileo to Marvell Technologies for nearly $3 billion in 2000, Willenz became one of the most successful semiconductor entrepreneurs in Israel. Amazon acquired Annapurna Labs for...