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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.

Modular Data Center Projects on the Rise
According to recent industry research, the global modular data center market has seen an increase in activity lately, and this trend will continue for the next few years. These findings are supported by several recent modular projects centered around China-based organizations in particular. Global Modular Data Center Market Grows A MarketsandMarkets report shows considerable expansion in store for the global modular data center market over the next few years. Researchers have predicted that the modular data center sector will increase at a 31.9 percent compound annual growth rate through 2019. This will cause the industry to expand to $26.02 billion over...
Melbourne Data Center Opening Announced by SoftLayer
IBM company SoftLayer announced it will be opening its first Australia data center this September. The $35 million Melbourne facility will be located in the city's Deer Park neighborhood and is part of a wider IBM investment to extend its cloud services across the globe. The company is on track to open 15 new data centers this year in a $1.2 billion investment. Even before a Melbourne data center was announced, Australia has been a profitable market for SoftLayer, providing 5 percent of the company's revenues. The new facility will meet the demands of Australian organizations for secure, in-country cloud services...
Curacao Data Center to Expand Apple's Global Footprint
Technology giant Apple is currently working to increase support of its global service footprint with a new project in conjunction with Unique Infrastructure Group (UIG) in Curacao. New Curacao Data Center Toward the end of August, Dutch media outlets reported that Apple was working on a new data center project with Unique Infrastructure Group on the island of Curacao in the South Caribbean. UIG, which has worked on several initiatives with Apple, is currently constructing a new Curacao data center which will reportedly be utilized by Apple. While details are still emerging at this point, the South Caribbean data center could be...
Ohio Data Center Expansion Completed by Peak10
Peak10 announced in August it had completed an expansion of its Cincinnati data center. The expansion adds an extra 5,000 square feet, including 3,800 square feet of server space, bringing the facility's total square footage to almost 27,000 square feet. "With all of the virtualization, our consumption of square footage has outpaced our consumption of power," said Peak10 solutions engineer Andrew Cole. "In data centers, it's all about power and cooling. In coming months and as consumption dictates it, we will possibly look at more expansion." The Ohio data center originally opened in 2008 to accommodate an influx of Cincinnati customers...
Michigan Data Center Nears Completion For Secant Technologies
Secant Technologies announced that their nearly completed Michigan data center will officially open in mid-September 2014. The $5 million, 3,400 square foot facility was planned three years ago but unforeseen complications caused delays in construction. With their new Kalamazoo facility, Secant will become the sole provider in the region to offer a combination of cloud hosting, colocation and managed data center services. Situated equidistant from Chicago and Detroit, the center is poised to provide North-South, geo-redundant disaster recovery services for organizations based in Grand Rapids, South Bend and Indianapolis. "Secant's new data center is the first of its kind in West...