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Amazon ‘Pauses’ Some Data Centre Leasing PlansAmazon ‘Pauses’ Some Data Centre Leasing Plans

Amazon ‘Pauses’ Some Data Centre Leasing Plans

Amazon's AWS cloud unit pauses some leasing talks around new data centres, analysts say, in latest sign of caution in…

5 days ago
US Regulator Rejects Appeal Over Amazon Nuclear DealUS Regulator Rejects Appeal Over Amazon Nuclear Deal

US Regulator Rejects Appeal Over Amazon Nuclear Deal

US energy regulator rejects request for rehearing after it rejected plan for Amazon to buy power directly from nuclear reactor

2 weeks ago
AI To Drive Data Centre Energy DemandAI To Drive Data Centre Energy Demand

AI To Drive Data Centre Energy Demand

Report from International Energy Agency (IEA) warns AI is set to drive surging electricity demand from data centres

2 weeks ago
US Power Utilities Receive Massive AI Data Centre RequestsUS Power Utilities Receive Massive AI Data Centre Requests

US Power Utilities Receive Massive AI Data Centre Requests

US power companies say in some cases data centre requests exceed their peak demand or their existing generation capacity

3 weeks ago
Microsoft Drops AI Data Centre ProjectsMicrosoft Drops AI Data Centre Projects

Microsoft Drops AI Data Centre Projects

Microsoft drops data centre projects amounting to 2 gigawatts of power consumption as investors question massive AI capital expenditures

4 weeks ago
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

1 month 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…

1 month 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…

1 month 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…

1 month 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

1 month 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

1 month 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…

2 months 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

2 months 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

2 months 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…

2 months ago

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

2 months ago

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

2 months ago

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

2 months ago

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

2 months ago

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…

2 months 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

2 months 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…

2 months 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

2 months 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

2 months 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…

3 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

3 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

3 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…

3 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…

3 months ago