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FTC Plans Investigation Into Microsoft Cloud Business – Report

Microsoft's cloud business practices are reportedly facing a potential anti-competitive investigation by the FTC

6 days ago

AMD Axes 4 Percent Of Staff, Amid AI Chip Focus

Merry Christmas staff. AMD hands marching orders to 1,000 employees in the led up to the Christmas holiday period

7 days ago

Nvidia, Meta Ask Supreme Court To Axe Investor Lawsuits

Nvidia, Meta bring cases before US Supreme Court this month seeking tighter limits on investors' ability to sue over inadequate…

2 weeks ago

Nvidia Asked SK Hynix To Advance Next-Gen AI Memory Production

SK Hynix says Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang asked if production of next-gen HBM4 memory could be advanced, amidst explosive…

2 weeks ago

Spotify, Paramount Sign Up To Use Google Cloud ARM Chips

Google Cloud signs up Spotify, Paramount Global as early customers of its first ARM-based cloud CPUs, as AI drives skyrocketing…

3 weeks ago

Alphabet Sees Jump In Advertising, AI Cloud Revenues

Google parent Alphabet sees strong demand for digital advertising, AI cloud services amidst stiff competition

3 weeks ago

Schneider Electric Bolsters Data Centre Credentials With Motivair Acquisition

A controlling stake in data centre cooling firm Motivair has been acquired by industrial giant Schneider Electric

1 month ago

Intel, AMD Form x86 Group To Tackle Challenge Posed By ARM

New x86 ecosystem advisory group formed by Intel, AMD, as well as a slew of tech giants, to confront ARM…

1 month ago

Amazon Signs Nuclear Power Deals For Small Modular Reactors

Amazon signs three new agreements to support development of nuclear power tech, namely small modular reactors

1 month ago

Blackstone To Invest €7.5 Billion For Data Centres In Spain

Investment giant Blackstone to invest billions of dollars for data centres in north eastern Spain, after huge UK investment

1 month ago

Google Signs Nuclear Deal To Power AI Data Centres

Google signs deal to buy nuclear power from small-scale reactors to meet soaring energy demands for AI data centres

1 month ago

AMD Launches New AI, Server Chips To Expand Nvidia Challenge

AMD unveils new AI and data centre chips as it seeks to improve challenge to Nvidia's upcoming Blackwell chips

1 month ago

Microsoft Invests €4.3 Billion In Italy For AI, Cloud

Data centre and AI spending spree continues over at Microsoft, with Italy earmarked for €4.3 billion investment

2 months ago

Oracle To Invest $6.5 Billion In Malaysia To Expand Public Cloud Region

Another huge investment into Asia to expand data centre and cloud reach, as Oracle pledges $6.5 billion for Malaysia

2 months ago

Google To Invest $1 Billion For Data Centre In Thailand

Google to build a new data centre in Thailand as part of $1 billion investment, amid intense cloud and AI…

2 months ago

US Moves To Facilitate AI Chip Shipments To Middle East

US Department of Commerce introduces rule to make it easier for Middle East data centres to obtain key AI chip…

2 months ago

Blackstone To Invest £10bn For Blyth AI Data Centre

Blackstone to invest £10 billion in data centre in England's north east, at proposed site of Britishvolt battery factory

2 months ago

Intel, AWS To Collaborate On AI Chip In Major Win

AWS to work with Intel on designing, manufacturing AI data centre chip in significant win for Intel manufacturing business

2 months ago

Government To Classify UK Data Centres As Critical Infrastructure

Data centres in the UK are to designated as Critical National Infrastructure (CNI), alongside energy and water systems

2 months ago

LUMI – The Most Powerful Supercomputer In Europe

Silicon tours the facilities housing Europe's most powerful supercomputer, and the fifth most powerful supercomputer in the world

2 months ago

AWS To Invest £8 Billion In UK, Amid Cloud AI Expansion

Government touts £8 billion investment in UK by Amazon Web Services (AWS), to support estimated 14,000 jobs

2 months ago

AI Data Centre Boom ‘Driving Huge Rise In Emissions’

AI, cloud data centre expansion to produce 2.5 billion metric tonnes of emissions through end of decade, finds Morgan Stanley…

3 months ago

Google Mulling ‘Hyperscale’ Vietnam Data Centre – Report

Alphabet's Google is reportedly considering building a 'hyperscale' data centre in Southern Vietnam, and opening an office

3 months ago

Shares In Nvidia Fall, Despite Record Profits, Sales

Nvidia announces $50 billion stock buyback after impressive Q2 financials, but shares slip despite strong demand for AI chips

3 months ago

Meta To Use Geothermal Power In US Data Centres

Data centre power. Facebook owner Meta Platforms signs deal to purchase geothermal power from Sage Geosystems

3 months ago

AMD To Buy Server Maker ZT Systems Amidst AI Battle

AMD plans to retain 1,000 engineers from acquisition of ZT Systems to help it more rapidly roll out AI GPU-based…

3 months ago

UK Watchdog Clears HPE’s Acquisition Of Juniper

British competition regulator, the CMA, clear's HPE's $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks a week after EU approval

3 months ago

Microsoft, CrowdStrike Hit Back At Delta’s Compensation Bid

Delta's old infrastructure blamed for its long recovery from global IT outage that resulted in over 6,000 cancelled flights

4 months ago

Intel To Cut 15 Percent Of Workforce, Suspends Dividend

Shares in Intel plummet over 20 percent after chip giant confirms thousands of job losses and suspends dividend payments

4 months ago

EU Approves Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s $14bn Juniper Acquisition

European Commission approves HPE's $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks, leaving the UK the last remaining obstacle

4 months ago