Sunday, May 19, 2024

Data Center and Co-location

CoreWeave
CoreWeave, the leading specialized cloud provider for AI, announced that it has opened an office in London as its European headquarters as part of a broader expansion into the continent. The new UK expansion represents a £1 billion investment to bolster the country's AI potential, and will create job opportunities...
Microsoft
Microsoft announced a broad investment package designed to strengthen the role of Southeast Wisconsin as a hub for AI-powered economic activity, innovation, and job creation. These investments include $3.3B in cloud computing and AI infrastructure, the creation of the country’s first manufacturing-focused AI co-innovation lab, and an AI skilling...
ScaleFlux 
The apocryphal tale of Benjamin Franklin venturing out into a storm with kite and key in hand set the stage for the 21st century's voracious appetite for electricity. Artificial Intelligence has proved to be a glutton for energy consumption. The amount of computing power necessary for AI machine learning is...
Bloom Energy
Bloom Energy, a global leader in solid oxide fuel cell technology, announced  a groundbreaking partnership with Quanta Computer Inc. , a premier Taiwanese electronics manufacturer. The partnership adds another significant proof-point in Bloom Energy’s capability to meet the ever-increasing time-to-power challenges of the burgeoning AI sector. Quanta Computer, renowned for...
Rambus
Rambus Inc., a premier chip and silicon IP provider making data faster and safer, announced the availability of its new family of state-of-the-art DDR5 server Power Management ICs (PMICs), including an industry-leading extreme current device for high-performance applications. With this new family of server PMICs, Rambus offers module manufacturers...
SMART
SMART’s CXL Add-in Cards enable Data Center, Cloud Services, and HPC Providers to Easily and Cost-Effectively Expand Memory Capacity for Memory Intensive Compute Applications SMART Modular Technologies, Inc., a division of SGH and a global leader in memory solutions, solid-state drives, and advanced memory, announces its new family of Add-In Cards (AICs)...
CoreSite
New Server Enables Enterprises to Run On-Premises Cloud Workloads by Combining Networking, Compute and Storage Capabilities CoreSite, a leading hybrid IT solutions provider and subsidiary of American Tower Corporation, announced partnership with Oxide Computer Company, the creator of the world’s first commercial Cloud Computer, to leverage colocation solutions at CoreSite's Silicon...
Groq
Leader in Real-time AI Inference on Track to Deliver 50% of the World's Inference Compute Capacity via GroqCloud™ by End of 2025 Groq, the only provider of real-time AI inference solutions for generative AI (GenAI), has signed a Letter of Intent with Earth Wind & Power to develop the first European vertically-integrated...
DataBank
Partnership to Make Interconnection Easier and More Cost-Effective at 60 Hudson Street, the Most Connected Digital Hub in the U.S. DataBank, a leading provider of enterprise-class colocation, connectivity, and managed services, announced that it has partnered with NYI to provide easier and more flexible connectivity in DataBank's 60 Hudson Street...
Windstream
Windstream Wholesale (WW), a leading provider of fast and flexible advanced optical solutions, announced its expansion to two prominent data centers, Ascent and Stack, located in Alpharetta, Ga. This significant integration stems from successful collaboration with a major global financial solutions provider. By seamlessly integrating its operations into the Ascent...