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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.

Data Centres have become Cooler. No Really
Data Centres have become Cooler. No Really Data centres are expensive. Whether you have one in-house or have chosen to outsource, there is a fighting chance that it carries a big pound sign. While energy companies have been criticised for their role in pushing up household bills, the financial impact on businesses has been something companies of all sizes have had to tackle. It is also a cost that has been traditionally difficult to predict. Thankfully, the world has moved on. There has been an emergence of smarter, more efficient data centres that mitigate the traditional risks faced by the...
Data Center Operators Open Facilities In Vacant Malls
The fact that physical retailers have been struggling to keep up with their online counterparts is no surprise. But now, some data center operators are taking up space in the very locations where those retailers once sold their goods. Across the country, millions of square feet of former retail space sits unused. And while most other industries have no need for such sites, multiple aspects of an average department store are ideal for use as a data center. An Indiana data center has been established in a now-vacated Fort Wayne Target store, and the same will happen to a department...
California Data Center Acquired by GAWK
At the beginning of November, GAWK, Inc. finalized an agreement to acquire the WebRunners, Inc. California data center. The Tier III Irvine data center was purchased through a cash and stock transaction totaling more than $1 million.The facility was initially established by AT&T and was also used by Verio/NTT for the storage of carrier-grade equipment. The California data center's past usage makes it a perfect fit for GAWK. The company intends to leverage the facility as part of its plans to boost revenues through the acquisition of data centers which will support the increasing amounts of data being created...
Ireland Data Center Planned For Nitro Software
Nitro Software Inc. began November with the announcement that it will be opening an Ireland data center within the next year.Last year, Nitro broadened its service offerings to include its Nitro Cloud program, which provides cloud-based document services. At the same time, the company opened an office in Dublin, suggesting plans to open a facility in the country have been in the works for some time now.John O'Keeffe, vice president of Nitro's operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, said that a growing amount of the company's business has been coming from Europe in recent years, with between 35 and...
Wyoming Data Center Opened by Microsoft Is First Zero-Emission Facility
Microsoft announced in early November that its Cheyenne data center is now officially a zero-emission facility. The company has stated that the Wyoming data center is the first zero-carbon facility in the U.S. to run completely off of wastewater byproducts.To take the prototype facility off the grid, Microsoft is using fuel cell technology paired with methane biogas emitted from a wastewater treatment plant nearby. The tech giant partnered with Siemens' Energy Management unit to make the site functional. Biogas from the neighboring treatment plat is fed to the fuel cells which then turn the methane into electricity used to run the site....