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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.

Singapore Data Center Planned For Telin Singapore
Telin Singapore, a subsidiary of Telekomunikasi Indonesia, announced in early December that it had won the right to open a new Singapore data center in the country's new Jurong Data Center Park.The data park is still under construction, with completion expected in early 2016. When fully operational, the DCP will encompass an estimated 32 acres and provide up to 1.1 million square feet of rack?space across eight buildings. The park was created in partnership between the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, Singapore Economic Development Board and JTC.Building on the Telin Singapore data center is projected to begin in early 2015 and...
Finland Data Center Cable System Announced By Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent and Cinia Group announced in early December that they are partnering to deploy an undersea fiber optic cable system to provide a link between Nordic data centers and those in continental Europe. Cinia Group is a Finnish government-owned venture, and the cable system is part of a larger plan by the country to improve the capacity of its international data transfers. The program, dubbed Sea Lion, will create a more than 680-mile cable system that will connect Helsinki data center networks with those in the Rostock-Ribnitz area of Germany. It is designed to have an ultimate capacity of 15...
European Data Center Market: Veeva Systems Opens New Facilities
In early December, cloud provider Veeva Systems announced the opening of two new European data centers. The addition of these two facilities comes during a time of considerable growth in the European data center market.The company announced that it had opened a German data center as well as a U.K. data center in order to ensure the availability of capacity for its considerable global expansion. In addition, the data centers will provide services compliant with data privacy laws and international regulatory requirements in the region. With the new German and U.K. data center open for operations, clients can store their...
Africa Data Center Network Planned To Support Stock Exchange
Mauritian entrepreneur Dhaneshwar Damry announced plans in early December to move forward with the establishment of a pan-African stock exchange and supporting network of Africa data centers.The exchange, which will begin operations in the fourth quarter of 2015, will rely on multiple data centers set up by Damry's company Bhumishq across Central and West Africa. An Ethiopia data center in Addis Ababa will serve as the stock exchange's central African hub, a Nairobi data center will be the Eastern site and facilities in Nigeria and Ghana will control activities in the west. A Mozambique data center is being considered as a...
Shanghai Data Center Now Open For NTT Communications
NTT Communications Corporation announced in late November that its third Shanghai data center is now fully operational.The carrier-neutral China data center offers customers access to connections with multiple local communication providers' networks, as well as to NTT Communications' ArcStar Universal One data network service. ArcStar Universal One enables users to reach 196 countries and regions. The new facility also shares direct links with multiple network providers in China and supports Border Gateway Protocol.The Shanghai data center, located in the Pudong Development Zone, features an approximately 28,000 square-foot server room capable of holding 1,000 racks. The facility is highly disaster-proof,...