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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.

Texas Data Center: Customers Move In To QTS' Dallas-Fort Worth Facility
Toward the beginning of October, QTS Realty Trust announced the opening of its newest Texas data center. The Dallas-Fort Worth facility was established after the company purchased and retrofitted a former semiconductor plant between the two Texas metropolitan hubs last year. Now, after considerable construction and repurposing, customers have begun moving into the space.QTS officially opened Phase I of the Dallas-Fort Worth data center on Oct. 15. Currently, customers have leased 26,000 square feet of space in the facility, which includes 700,000 square feet of space overall. The company is also working to speed construction to ensure that Phase...
German Data Center To Open For Interoute
European cloud service provider Interoute recently announced plans to open a new German data center. The virtual data center zone, as the company refers to the facility, represents Interoute's second German data center and is on schedule to open on Dec. 1, 2014. The firm's Berlin data center has been in operation since 2012, and the company hopes its newest Frankfurt data center will complement the services provided in Germany. There has been a considerable increase lately in customer demands for safe, enterprise-level cloud services in the region, and Interoute is seeking to provide for these needs with its dual-zone...
Memphis Data Center Planned For Expedient
Expedient Data Centers announced at the end of October that it will be widening its physical presence by expanding into the Tennessee market with a Memphis data center.The facility, which was previously used as a data center by the Hilton Hotels Group, will be the first Tennessee data center for Expedient and the company's eleventh site overall. Expedient will spend $6 million for startup costs and necessary improvements for the new facility.The Memphis data center will offer high-level features, including two 1,250 kVA generators, dual commercial power feeds and 450 tons of cooling capacity. The new complex will also...
UK Data Center Opened By Salesforce
Salesforce announced at the end of October that it had opened its first European data center in the U.K. The company noted that the choice to expand into the U.K. market came largely due to the significant rise in spending on cloud services in the region. According to Salesforce's announcement, the migration toward the cloud "has opened the door to new and exciting social and mobile technologies." The San Francisco-based firm hopes to capitalize on these growing customer demands through its new UK data center, as well as two other European facilities. The U.K. campus is part of Salesforce's plan to...
Singapore Data Center Opened By M1 Limited
M1 Limited closed out the month of October with the announcement that its new Singapore data center is open for business.The Singapore complex, located in the city of Jurong, has three times the capacity of the company's existing data centers with the ability to support 900 racks. The facility will also offer more sophisticated features such as temperature, humidity and power-utilization sensors.According to Willis Sim, director of product development and enterprise services for M1, organizations hosted within the the Jurong data center can save between 30 and 40 percent by using the facility as compared to buying their own equipment, thanks...