Meta nuclear powered AI data center scuppered by discovery of rare bee species
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Despite setback, Meta hasn't ruled out nuclear deals in the future
on Nov 6
Microsoft to invest $10bn in CoreWeave by end of decade
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Microsoft will be both competitor and customer of the AI cloud provider
on Nov 4
Microsoft accused of "greenwashing" due to fossil fuel partnerships
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Disclosed a nearly 30 percent rise in CO2 emissions since 2020, marking a setback to its pledge to reach carbon neutrality by 2030
on Nov 4
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AltaGas CEO: Sector could become among "largest users of natural gas"
on Nov 3
Microsoft accuses Google of conducting "shadow campaigns" with launch of Open Cloud Coalition
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Coalition aims to improve competition, resilience, and transparency in the cloud industry
on Oct 30
Google Cloud region in Germany suffers 12 hour outage
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Caused by power failure and cooling issue
on Oct 25
UK gov sanctions Russian chip companies Baikal Electronics, Mikron, and MCST, blocking Arm licensing
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Finally catching up with US on Ukraine-invasion chip sanctions
on Oct 23
EuroHPC JU selects Luxembourg’s LuxProvide to host MeluXina-Q quantum computer
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Will have a 10-qubit QPU on deployment
on Oct 22
Samsung delays delivery of ASML EUV machines at Taylor, Texas fab
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Company has still yet to confirm a major customer for the site
on Oct 21
Power, labor, and capacity threaten AI boom, drive up data center costs - report
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Tokyo and Singapore ranked most expensive data center markets to build in
on Oct 20
IT firm boss charged with fraud over 'false' data center Tier IV certification
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Allegedly used fake certificates to win $10.7m US government contract
on Oct 17
Irish High Court overrules planning permission extension for Apple's Galway data center
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The data center that won't die may finally be dead
on Oct 17
AMD launches 5th Gen Epyc, as server CPU market share hits 34 percent
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New CPU goes up to 192 cores
on Oct 17
Can Telesat’s new LEO fleet muscle in on the Edge?
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The operator’s Lightspeed fleet looks to offer what Starlink can’t
on Oct 9
Huawei unveils its OceanStor A800 AI-specific storage solution; announces 128TB high-capacity SSD
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Products were unveiled at company’s annual Innovative Data Infrastructure forum
on Oct 1
Micron and GlobalFoundries partner with the NSF on semiconductor workforce initiatives
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Both chip companies pledged to invest in training schemes under terms of CHIPS Act
on Oct 1
Microsoft launches hydrogen fuel cell pilot at Dublin data center
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Will provide 250kW of clean energy
on Sep 28
Hyperscaler nuclear power ambitions heat up
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What's happened in a month of big deals?
on Sep 27
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Starting with a smaller 50MW deployment
on Sep 26
The OVHcloud fire still smolders
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Three years after an OVHcloud data center burned to the ground, more questions than answers about the incident remain
on Sep 25
Three Mile Island nuclear power plant to return as Microsoft signs 20-year, 835MW AI data center PPA
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Site expected to return in 2028, in huge nuclear deal
on Sep 22
Google pauses Chilean data center project to rethink water use
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Court reversed planning permission earlier this year
on Sep 20
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After the blockbuster deal to build campus next to a traditional nuclear power plant
on Sep 20
Google signs solar energy deals in Nebraska and Texas
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And agrees carbon removal deal in Brazil
on Sep 20
Intel secures $3.5bn military semiconductor grant despite ongoing CHIPS Act funding dispute
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Advanced chips will be used for US defense operations
on Sep 17
Fire at Digital Realty's Singapore data center "under control"
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Situation "stable"
on Sep 15
Norway takes the register to keep out cryptominers
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Politicians in Oslo are plotting new legislation for the nation’s data centers
on Sep 11
Data center fire in Singapore impacts Alibaba Cloud, causes ByteDance outage
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Digital Realty facility source of issue
on Sep 11
Morgan Stanley: Data center industry will emit 2.5bn tons of CO2 by 2030
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Will open up the market for decarbonization solutions
on Sep 6
Meta data center electricity consumption hits 14,975GWh, leased data center use nearly doubles
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In a huge jump as it embraces AI build out
on Sep 2
ASML adds remote kill switch to TSMC’s EUV machines in case China invades Taiwan - report
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Company has been running simulations to assess risks of a hypothetical invasion
on Aug 31
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Building its own facility and enacting new legislation to help avert AI energy crisis
on Aug 30
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It’s cold, it’s renewable, and it’s cheap. But is it ready?
on Aug 26
Startup raises $4m to build nuclear reactors a mile underground
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Elsewhere, could novel limestone pellets be "coal without the consequences"?
on Aug 25
Wiwynn sues Elon Musk's X/Twitter over unpaid server bills
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Wants $61m after company "abruptly stopped" paying
on Aug 23
New Zealand’s NIWA unveils new $12.1m supercomputer for climate modeling
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Fourth supercomputer purchased by science agency
on Aug 13
Microsoft and Palantir team up on AI for US defense and intelligence sector
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Two companies will combine cloud and AI capabilities
on Aug 11
Plans for $3bn data center in Benton Township, Michigan, stall
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Citing environmental concerns
on Aug 9
Applied Materials denied US CHIPS Act funding - report
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Company bid for government funding to support $4bn Californian research center
on Aug 6
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Blackwell GPUs due to be available later this year
on Aug 5
Apple to use Google's TPUs for AI instead of Nvidia GPUs
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Apple Intelligence rolls out beta test this week
on Aug 1
OpenAI training and inference costs could reach $7bn for 2024, AI startup set to lose $5bn - report
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Details leak about its Microsoft Azure compute cluster
on Jul 25
AWS plans 20MW Bloom fuel cell PPA for upcoming Silicon Valley data center
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As Silicon Valley Power struggles to keep up with data center growth
on Jul 24
A chilling proposition? How cryogenic chip cooling could aid data center efficiency
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Are experiments with cryogenic CMOS about to hit the mainstream?
on Jul 24
xAI’s Memphis Supercluster has gone live, with up to 100,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs
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“Memphis Supercluster” started training at around 4.20am local time, maybe
on Jul 24
US Congress takes energy regulator FERC to task on AI data center electricity use
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Elsewhere, power network PJM's load forecasts have been criticized
on Jul 23
OpenAI in talks with Broadcom to develop custom AI chip, Altman looks to fund data centers – report
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CEO Sam Altman has been leading the discussions
on Jul 21
Google emissions jump 48% in five years due to AI data center boom
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Water and electricity use soar to record highs
on Jul 21