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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.

Sweden Data Center Planned For Interxion
European colocation data center provider Interxion announced in September that it will be expanding its Sweden data center presence, opening a Stockholm data center due to rising customer demand.The facility, known as STO4, will be built on Interxion's existing Stockholm campus in Kista. The site currently has almost 50 carriers and ISPs available, as well as direct access to the Netnod Internet Exchange.The project is expected to offer more than 11,000 square feet and approximately 1.5 MW of available power. The Stockholm data center is projected to cost $19 million and is scheduled to open in the second quarter...
Ohio Data Center Announced for Expedient
Toward the beginning of September, data center colocation and cloud service provider Expedient announced the groundbreaking of a new Ohio data center in Dublin. Construction of the 60,000 square foot facility will be carried out in phases, with the initial phase currently commencing.The first phase, slated for completion in 2015, will cost an estimated $22 million and will neighbor the data centers of Amazon, IBM and Compass in the Shier Rings TechFlex District. Expedient regional vice president Bryan Smith noted that the location is popular with the Ohio data center community due to its central site in the country...
France, Germany, London Data Centers Announced For Salesforce
Salesforce announced in September they will be partnering with Interxion to open three new facilities including a France data center, a London data center and a Germany data center.There is an increasing need from European countries for local data centers to host citizens' information, driving the creation of facilities on the continent. In fact, European CIOs have listed the sovereignty of their data as one of the biggest reasons they won't use public cloud services like Salesforce. This has encouraged the company to start building in Europe.The London data center is set to open in the fall of 2014, with the France and...
West Virginia Data Center Fiber Connectivity by Lumos Network Corp.
Lumos Network Corp. will deliver fiber connectivity to DC Corp’s 180,000 square foot Martinsburg, West Virginia data center. Lumos Networks is a fiber-based service provider in the Mid-Atlantic region and upon completion of connecting the DC Corp facility Lumos Networks will have fiber connectivity to sixteen commercial data centers. In a recent press release announcing their engagement, Charles E Asbury II, CEO and Founder of DC Corp said, "DC Corp prides itself on giving clients their choice in every aspect of the data center infrastructure. We are excited to offer fiber connectivity delivered by Lumos Networks, expanding our wide range...
Ohio Data Centers Increasingly Call Cleveland Home
An increasing number of companies are choosing to develop Cleveland data centers in the hopes of benefiting from of a variety of industry advantages including easy access to fiber optic cable, cheap power and a climate with little extreme weather. The abundant rail lines that cover Cleveland are a big draw for data center providers, as they have been shown to be an ideal conduit through which to route fiber optic cable.So advantageous are the rail lines, in fact, that ByteGrid CEO Ken Parent said his company is expanding and spending millions to renovate a data center on the edge of downtown Cleveland specifically to...