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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.

Toronto Data Center Opened by IBM
IBM announced in August that they had opened a new Toronto data center, the first SoftLayer facility in Canada. The Toronto facility is the fifth of 15 new data centers IBM plans to open this year, including the recently opened Hong Kong data center and London data center. These centers are all a part of the company's $1.2 billion overall investment in cloud computing. SoftLayer already has a customer base for Canada data centers of more than 1,000 businesses and the new Toronto data center offers these clients local cloud services that provide bare metal and virtual servers as well as storage and...
Wyoming Data Center Partner Search by State Officials
Wyoming legislators voted in July to begin looking for third-party Wyoming data center providers to host the state's systems and data. Officials are interested in moving to outside facilities because the current Wyoming data center facility is preparing to undergo major renovations. Lawmakers accepted a proposed plan to spend $800,000 to contract with private data centers to meet the state's needs. The money will allow Wyoming to move one of its data centers from its current location in the Herschler federal building to a space rented from private providers. The plan calls for an eventual annual cost of $1.5 million, which includes approximately $950,000...
Las Vegas Data Center Achieves Tier IV Gold Certification
Switch announced in August that its SuperNAP 8 Las Vegas data center had earned Tier IV Gold certification for Operational Sustainability, the top certification in the industry. SuperNAP 8 is only the fourth data center in the world to obtain it and the first carrier-neutral, collocation facility to do so. The other provider facilities to earn this certification include Telefonica's Madrid data center, U.S. Bancorp's Kansas data center and a municipal facility serving the Province of Ontario. Achieving a Tier IV Gold certification signifies that a data center has reached the highest levels of efficiency and redundancy in addressing the problems that lead to outages. The...
Oklahoma Data Center Newly Opened by TierPoint
In mid-August, IT services provider TierPoint announced that it had broke ground on its new Oklahoma data center in Oklahoma City. The new facility will include 69,000 square feet of space, 30,000 square feet of which is raised floor space and 10,000 square feet dedicated to business continuity office space. The data center is slated to open in the summer of 2015. The structure is being constructed to Tier III carrier-class specifications and will feature an N+1 redundant power system with the capacity to deliver 2.7 MW of critical power. Overall, the facility has the ability to support up to...
How much revenue did the Big 6 public data center companies generate in Q2 2014?
Answer: The Big 6 public data centers include EQIX, DLR, DFT, COR, CONE and QTS. In Q2 total revenues for these six companies totaled $1.3 billion. Full year 2014 low-end revenue guidance for these companies is estimated at $5.265 billion. Data Center Finance