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Nvidia, xAI Join BlackRock AI Infrastructure ProjectNvidia, xAI Join BlackRock AI Infrastructure Project

Nvidia, xAI Join BlackRock AI Infrastructure Project

Nvidia, xAI to participate in project backed by BlackRock, Microsoft to invest $100bn in AI data centres amidst heated competition

2 weeks ago
Tencent Capex Triples As It Invests In AITencent Capex Triples As It Invests In AI

Tencent Capex Triples As It Invests In AI

Chinese social media giant Tencent triples capital expenditure on AI data centres and other areas in 2024, sees continued rise…

2 weeks ago
Google To Acquire Wiz For $32bn In Cloud Security Mega-DealGoogle To Acquire Wiz For $32bn In Cloud Security Mega-Deal

Google To Acquire Wiz For $32bn In Cloud Security Mega-Deal

Google to acquire cloud security start-up Wiz for $32bn, its largest acquisition to date as it faces off against cloud…

2 weeks ago
Nvidia Promises Continued AI Chip Demand At Developer EventNvidia Promises Continued AI Chip Demand At Developer Event

Nvidia Promises Continued AI Chip Demand At Developer Event

Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang says 'agents' multiply demand for AI computing power by 100, as investors fear end of…

2 weeks ago
New Intel Chief Lip-Bu Tan ‘Considers’ Job Cuts, Factory RevampNew Intel Chief Lip-Bu Tan ‘Considers’ Job Cuts, Factory Revamp

New Intel Chief Lip-Bu Tan ‘Considers’ Job Cuts, Factory Revamp

Incoming Intel chief executive Lip-Bu Tan considering cuts to middle management, revamp of Intel Foundry, report says

2 weeks ago
South Korea Sees China Chip Exports SlumpSouth Korea Sees China Chip Exports Slump

South Korea Sees China Chip Exports Slump

South Korean chip exports to China fall by nearly one-third after US government restricts sales of AI-friendly HBM memory

2 weeks ago
Amazon, Google, Meta Pledge Support To Triple Nuclear CapacityAmazon, Google, Meta Pledge Support To Triple Nuclear Capacity

Amazon, Google, Meta Pledge Support To Triple Nuclear Capacity

Big name tech firms have backed a pledge to support a goal of at least tripling world's nuclear capacity by…

3 weeks ago
Meta Tests First In-house Chip To Train AI SystemsMeta Tests First In-house Chip To Train AI Systems

Meta Tests First In-house Chip To Train AI Systems

Bad news for Nvidia? Facebook owner Meta has reportedly begun testing its first in-house chip for training AI systems

3 weeks ago
Siemens Confirms $285m Manufacturing Investment In USSiemens Confirms $285m Manufacturing Investment In US

Siemens Confirms $285m Manufacturing Investment In US

German conglomerate Siemens confirms $285 million investment for manufacturing facilities in Texas and California

3 weeks ago
Amazon To Invest $8.2bn To Expand India Cloud InfrastructureAmazon To Invest $8.2bn To Expand India Cloud Infrastructure

Amazon To Invest $8.2bn To Expand India Cloud Infrastructure

Amazon Web Services to spend $8.2bn in India's Maharashtra state to expand cloud infrastructure as it sees increased cloud, AI…

4 weeks ago
Alibaba To Ship High-Performance RISC-V Chip In MarchAlibaba To Ship High-Performance RISC-V Chip In March

Alibaba To Ship High-Performance RISC-V Chip In March

Alibaba develops open source RISC-V-based chip for high-performance computing as it plans massive AI, cloud expenditure

4 weeks ago
Amazon Joins Quantum Race With New ‘Ocelot’ ChipAmazon Joins Quantum Race With New ‘Ocelot’ Chip

Amazon Joins Quantum Race With New ‘Ocelot’ Chip

Amazon Web Services says new quantum computing chip Ocelot is a breakthrough in building fault-tolerant quantum computers

1 month ago
Nvidia FY25 Profit Rises 130 Percent, Amid AI BoomNvidia FY25 Profit Rises 130 Percent, Amid AI Boom

Nvidia FY25 Profit Rises 130 Percent, Amid AI Boom

Despite stunning financial results Nvidia shares were muted, as concern over new chip costs offset optimism over AI demand

1 month ago
EU ‘Unconditionally Approves’ Nokia’s $2.3bn Infinera PurchaseEU ‘Unconditionally Approves’ Nokia’s $2.3bn Infinera Purchase

EU ‘Unconditionally Approves’ Nokia’s $2.3bn Infinera Purchase

As expected, European Commission approves Nokia’s $2.3 billion purchase of US data centre equipment provider Infinera

1 month ago
Apple To Invest $500bn In US As It Seeks Tariff ExemptionsApple To Invest $500bn In US As It Seeks Tariff Exemptions

Apple To Invest $500bn In US As It Seeks Tariff Exemptions

Apple announces plans to spend $500bn in US over four years as it negotiates with US administration for exemptions to…

1 month ago

Microsoft Cancels Data Centre Leases In AI Shift

Analysts say Microsoft has cancelled data centre leases in US, scaled back international spending in shift on AI expansion plans

1 month ago

South Korea To Buy 10,000 GPUs For National AI Hub

South Korea hopes to gain leg up in international AI race with infusion of private investment for national AI computing…

1 month ago

Nokia’s $2.3bn Infinera Deal Set For ‘Unconditional’ EU Approval

Nokia's $2.3bn Infinera buy set to make company world's second-biggest vendor of optical networking gear for data centres

1 month ago

ARM Shares Rise Amid Report Meta Will Purchase Its First Chip

British chip designer ARM Holdings is reportedly developing its own chip, and Meta is one of its first customers

1 month ago

OpenAI ‘Finalising Design’ For In-House AI Chip

OpenAI reportedly set to finalise design for first in-house AI chip within months, putting it on track to come into…

2 months ago

DeepSeek Ends Promotional API Pricing Amidst Demand Surge

Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek discontinues promotional pricing for V3 large language model as demand surge strains resources

2 months ago

Microsoft Shares Sink After Cloud Unit Misses Projections

Microsoft's shares drop in after-hours trading after company says capacity constraints for AI cloud business to continue for months

2 months ago

Low-Cost Chinese AI Chatbot Roils Tech Stocks

AI chatbot from Chinese start-up DeepSeek jumps to top of iOS free downloads in US, shaving billions off tech stocks…

2 months ago

Meta To Spend Up To $65bn On AI This Year

Meta plans to spend up to $65bn on AI infrastructure this year, as it faces competition from rival companies and…

2 months ago

Tech Giants Announce $500 Billion AI Plan In US

OpenAI, SoftBank, Oracle and others form joint venture called 'The Stargate Project' – to build $500 billion AI infrastructure in…

2 months ago

Worldwide IT Spending Set To Rise 9.8 Percent In 2025 – Gartner

Spending on IT is forecasted to increase in 2025 according to Gartner, but price increases will absorb the increased CIO…

2 months ago

Biden Signs Order For Energy Provision For AI Data Centres

Executive order for AI signed by President Biden, to reduce bottlenecks to connect AI data centres to clean energy sources

2 months ago

Apple Creates Data-Processing Company In Shanghai

Apple forms data-processing venture in Shanghai amidst ongoing efforts to introduce AI offerings in mainland China

3 months ago

Databricks Raises $10bn In Huge AI Funding Round

Data analytics and AI start-up Databricks completes huge $10bn round from major venture capitalists as investors seek AI exposure

3 months ago