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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.

Mexico Data Center Latest Opening For SoftLayer
IBM took another step in the expansion of its SoftLayer portfolio with the opening of its first Mexico data center.The new facility is located just outside of Mexico City in Querétaro. IBM hopes to strengthen its Latin American cloud presence, significantly increasing the data resiliency it will be able to provide its customers in the region. An additional facility in the Americas will also offer increased redundancy and greater availability of the full SoftLayer offering."The new cloud center in Mexico reinforces our commitment to the growing Mexican and Latin American cloud markets," said Lance Crosby, general manager of cloud...
Nevada Data Center Announced By Switch
Las Vegas-based data center provider Switch announced plans for a $1 billion SUPERNAP 9 Reno data center.This 1,000-acre center will feature eBay Inc. as its anchor tenant, and was announced by Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval in mid-January. This is a continuation of Switch's investments in Reno, which have already resulted in 1,000 of jobs in construction and data center maintenance in the local economy.This joins two additional SUPERNAP Las Vegas data centers already, including the Switch SUPERNAP 8 , which is the only facility that meets the Uptime Institute's Tier IV Gold rating. The new data center will also meet this...
Data Center Finance: Citrix Acquires Sanbolic
Citrix announced in early January that it had completed the acquisition of storage virtualization technology firm Sanbolic.The technology created by Sanbolic focuses on workload-oriented storage virtualization, enabling customers to optimize the delivery of application-specific workloads. Citrix hopes that the acquisition will allow them to develop a more robust range of differentiated solutions. By doing so, the economics of delivering Windows applications in particular will be improved and the complexity reduced, as well enhancing virtual desktop infrastructure deployments."Infrastructure complexity continues to hinder VDI and application delivery deployments," said Geir Ramleth, senior vice president and chief strategy officer for Citrix. "By...
Scotland Data Center Under Construction for Brightsolid
Brightsolid has begun constructing a $8 million Scotland data center on the east coast in Aberdeen. The facility is slated to be completed by April 2015. Brightsolid is a subsidiary of British publishing house DC Thompson, known most famously in the United States for Dennis the Menace. The construction of the data center itself is being carried out by Keystone, a design firm based in the U.K.The facility itself will be 2,400 sqaure feetlarge with a projected PUE of 1.25. The first phase of the construction will have 200 racks, and the second phase will add another 200 racks. This new construction will complement...
Dutch Data Center Association Formed
Some of the biggest Netherlands data center service providers joined together in early January to form an organization with the goal of representing the interests of the Dutch data center industry with local and international stakeholders and sharing important information among member organizations.The Dutch Datacenter Association was founded at the beginning of 2015 and already has the support of 20 data center service providers and telecoms in the Netherlands. Members include major names like Digital Realty, Equinix and Interxion.The group is hoping to increase awareness of the sector within the government and provide a voice for the sector on policy...