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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.

Memphis data center upgraded by Expedient
A Memphis data center is being upgraded and expanded by Expedient. The Pennsylvania-based company is beginning a $5 million project to add greater processing and storage capacity to this and other data centers. The organization's current strategy has lead it to pursue continuous renovation of many facilities, including its Ohio data center. The new Memphis data center expansion will be located in what used to be a Hilton Hotel data center. "We believe the Memphis market will be a great complement to our existing network of interconnected data centers," said Expedient Chief Operating Officer Shawn McGorry in October. "It will bring an additional geographically diverse option...
UK Data Center Space Acquired By AQL
Integrated communications company AQL announced in early January that it had completed the acquisition of an additional building in order to expand its U.K. data center in Leeds.The new facility, which was formerly a council building, was bought for approximately $758,000 and will add an extra 57,000 square feet to the Leeds data center complex, bringing it to a total of 110,000 square feet. The new building will be their third facility in the city and will allow the company to dramatically increase its server capacity and form an enhanced U.K. data center campus.AQL hosts nearly 95 million numbers...
Virginia Data Center Expansion Completed By CoreSite Realty
CoreSite Realty Corporation announced in early January that its second Virginia data center is officially open.The facility is the second building on CoreSite's Reston campus. The Virginia data center offers 198,000 square feet of available space. The first phase, comprising 50,000 square feet of turn-key data center capacity, has already been 100 percent leased by a single anchor tenant. The second phase is now under construction, adding an extra 50,000 square feet to the facility. Phase 2 is expected to reach completion in the second quarter of 2015. Combined with the first Reston facility, the Virginia data center campus...
Iceland Data Center Expansion Going Forward For Verne Global
Verne Global announced in early January that it received $98 million in funding to expand its Iceland data center footprint and enhance its wholesale and colocation services.Customers like BMW Group have already moved a portion of their dedicated high-performance computing applications to Verne Global's Iceland data center. The automotive giant runs its aerodynamic calculations, crash simulations and computer-simulated design and engineering capabilities at Verne's 44-acre Keflavík facility.The Iceland complex is located on the United States Naval Air Station Keflavík, a former NATO facility in the country's southwest region. It is approximately 45 kilometers from Reykjavik, Iceland's capital and largest...
Virginia Data Center Power Lines Cause A Stir
The Virginia General Assembly and residents of Prince William County raised protests in early January over proposed power lines that would reportedly service Amazon's new Virginia data center.The high voltage power lines in question would stand more than 100 feet tall and run through both rural and residential parts of the county to service the facility. The complex has yet to be built, but is planned for a site on the John Marshall Highway in Haymarket. Dominion Virginia Power has been contracted to provide energy to the data center, and the company has begun to float proposals for the...