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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.

Webinar Series - WiredRE Research Shows Over-Specifying and Over-Provisioning are Top Risks in Cloud, Colo, & Data Center Planning, Investing
How to Diversify Risk via Hybrid Cloud, Colo, and Data Center (“Portfolio”) Investing Topic of Multi-Part Series. Las Vegas, Nevada (Sept. 29, 2014) —According to primary market research from the Wired Real Estate Group Inc. (“WiredRE”) a full 90% of firms in the US overprovision cloud and data center infrastructure by 25 to 50% or more. Long-term, fixed asset investing is risky, and in the contemporary data center industry, self-taught IT staff are applying IT budget cycles and investment analysis to 20 year fixed assets of upwards of $50 to $100 million or more. Additionally, the fixed asset side of...
Dublin Data Center Opened By Digital Realty Trust
As part of its plan to develop a large-scale computing facility in the region, Digital Realty Trust announced in September that it has officially opened its Dublin data center. The project, which cost $192 million, is the first phase of a four-building complex in the region totaling 85,000 square feet. The 10-acre site is located in Dublin's Digital Profile Park, west of the city, and has a 15.36 MW capacity. "Our investment in Dublin's Profile Park was based on Ireland's standing as a leading international location for technology and innovation," said Bernard Geoghegan, managing director, EMEA & Asia Pacific at Digital Realty. "The...
Atlanta Data Center Expansion By Twitter
Twitter announced plans in September to nearly double its Atlanta data center capacity in order to keep up with East Coast and European demand. Twitter leases approximately 100,000 square feet of space in Atlanta Metro, a server farm the size of almost 17 football fields located near downtown Atlanta. The social networking company plans to lease an additional 800,000 square feet in the nearly 1 million square foot Georgia data center operated by Quality Technology Services. The facility features a Georgia Power substation on-site that is designed to deliver 120 MVA in a highly reliable configuration. The Atlanta data center also...
New York Data Center Sees Tax Incentives
Green House Data announced in September that the company will be leasing approximately 20,000 square feet of space in an Orangeburg, New York data center, and is looking for tax incentives to help fund the project. The long-term agreement reached by Green House and Ramland Holdings LLC, the facility's owner, initiates the start of a full redevelopment of the New York data center campus. The 232,000 square foot building will provide approximately 2MW of power with enough density to support 10kw cabinets. The Tier III facility is planned to become the East Coast flagship data center for Green House. Ramland Holdings...
Sydney Data Center Phase One Completed by Global Switch
Toward the end of August, Global Switch announced the opening of its new Sydney data center. The company celebrated the launch of its Sydney East wing by inviting 200 of its clients to view the new facility.The computing structure was constructed next to Global Switch's existing Sydney West facility at its data center site near the Central Business District. Global Switch managing director Damon Reid noted that the facility's location is a critical driver of the firm's service portfolio, providing nearby access to the company's corporate customers. The site provides resources for Asia Pacific Global Switch clients as well.Sydney...