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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.

Nebraska Data Center Near Completion for Travelers
Insurance provider Travelers Cos. is working to complete its newest Nebraska data center in Sarpy County, which is just south of Omaha. The company broke ground on the facility just over a year ago and plans to have the structure operational by spring 2015.Once completed, the Omaha data center will include 190,000 square feet of space to house the insurer's servers and data infrastructure. The facility also features a 41-acre campus between Highway 50 and 150th Street.Fred Uhe, director of community and government relations for Sarpy County, noted that the Nebraska data center is one of the most visible...
Google's Netherlands Data Center to be Powered by Wind Energy
In late September, Google announced the groundbreaking of its newest European facility, a Netherlands data center in Eemshaven. The structure represents a more than $750 million investment by the search engine giant over the next four years to grow its service footprint in Europe.In mid-November, Google also announced their considerable focus on data center sustainability with the Netherlands data center, and plan to power its Eemshaven facility with wind power. This marks Google's fourth "hyper-efficient facility" in the country.Google Purchases Wind Energy to Power Data Center Through a partnership with Dutch energy provider Eneco, Google's Netherlands data center will be...
Dallas Data Center Expansion Announced By DataBank Ltd.
DataBank Ltd. announced in late November that it has plans to expand its Dallas data center.The facility originally opened in 2006 and since then the company has had numerous customer deployments and recently signed a new agreement with a large, unnamed tenant. The new influx of traffic has required DataBank to create new space in the Texas data center.Once the project is completed, the new tenant will be taking space on a private floor which will make up nearly half of the 22,000 square-foot expansion.The site was built-out inside the former Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and now encompasses 160,000...
Cambridge UK Emerging as European Tech Hub
U.K. Business Secretary Vince Cable announced in mid-November that more than $125 million is being invested into infrastructure to improve the stance of the technology and industrial hinterland in Cambridgeshire. The initiative has the potential to create more than 5,000 jobs in the area.Cambridge and its surrounding cities have shown themselves to be major European technology hubs in recent years, playing home to innovative startups and offices for some of the world's biggest players in the tech industry. IdeaSpace, an entrepreneurial collaborative associated with the University of Cambridge, is creating a variety of new technology companies that are serving...
Data Center Forecasting: Reducing Risks and Over Provisioning
In the modern data center industry, IT budgets of between $50 and $100 million are being allocated by self-taught IT staff unfamiliar with the current state of the market. WiredRE research shows that an average data center is over provisioned by between 25 and 50 percent and nine out of 10 facilities in the U.S. are over provisioned, making it the number one risk in cloud and data center planning. The data center construction market is currently worth $14 billion and is projected to grow to $22 billion in the next five years. The total estimated spending on IT increased...