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STMicroelectronics Unveils New Data Center Photonics Chip

STMicroelectronics has launched a new data center photonics chip, developed in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS). The PIC100 chip was developed to support incoming 800Gbps and 1.6Tbps optical interconnects across all workloads, including artificial intelligence (AI).“AI is changing ...

Fluidstack Signs MoU for 1GW AI Supercomputer

GPU cloud provider Fluidstack has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the French government to build an AI supercomputer in the country which will be one of the world’s largest low-carbon AI supercomputers. The facility set to house the system will offer 1GW of dedicated AI compute and w...

Wa'ed Ventures Invests in AI Cloud Provider Ori

Aramco's venture capital arm Wa'ed Ventures has invested in UK AI cloud provider Ori to support Ori's expansion into the Middle East market over the next 12 months. The investment follows Ori's recent £140 million ($176.23m) raise, and the AI cloud provider has another larger raise underway th...

EU Allocates €20bn to Developing Four “AI gigafactories”

The European Commission is to spend billions of Euros on developing new AI supercomputing clusters. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced the launch of InvestAI, an initiative to mobilize €200 billion ($209bn) for investment in AI, including a new European fund of €20bn ($20.9bn)...

Reimei Quantum Computer goes Online

Quantinuum has successfully deployed its Reimei quantum computer at the Wako, Saitama, campus of Japanese research institute Riken. It is now fully operational and will be used to accelerate quantum applications across physics and chemistry.The Quantinuum H1-1 ion trap quantum computer contain...

NXP Semiconductors Acquires Kinara for $307m

Netherlands-based NXP Semiconductors has acquired AI chip startup Kinara in a $307 million all-cash agreement. The company says this acquisition would enable it to “enhance and strengthen” its ability to provide scalable AI platforms by combining Kinara’s NPUs and AI software with NXP’s soluti...

Riot Platforms plans expansion into artificial intelligence and high-performance computing workloads

Microsoft Azure

Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms is considering an expansion into artificial intelligence and high-performance computing workloads and has appointed three new directors to its board to evaluate whether spare capacity can be repurposed.Riot, which develops some of the largest mining facilities in t...

Alibaba Cloud Launches Mexico Cloud Region

Chinese cloud company Alibaba Cloud has launched its first Mexican cloud region located in Querétaro with one availability zone. The new region brings Alibaba's total network to 87 availability zones across 29 regions. Details about the data center hosting the region have not been shared.“The ...

Could DeepSeek's Efficiency Advances Boost Nvidia's Long-Term Prospects?

United States

DeepSeek's announcement of a new large language model achieving state-of-the-art performance at significantly reduced computational costs sent shockwaves through the AI infrastructure market, triggering a $1.2 trillion market decline and a 15% drop in Nvidia's stock value. The market's reactio...

Verizon Launches AI-centric Network ffering

Verizon Enterprise

Verizon has launched a new AI-centric network offering called Verizon AI Connect, an integrated suite of solutions and products designed to “enable businesses to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) workloads at scale.” The telco s looking to make its underutilized data center assets available ...

Chiplet startup Baya Systems raises $36m in Series B funding round

New York

Chiplet technology startup Baya Systems has raised more than $36 million in a Series B funding round led by Maverick Silicon and backed by a strategic investment from Synopsys. It also saw participation from current investors, including Matrix Partners and Intel Capital.Growing AI workloads ar...

Canadian government to support quantum technology projects with CA$74m

Canada

The Canadian government has announced more than CA$74 million (US$52 million) in funding for quantum technology projects which will be used to support 107 initiatives spanning quantum computing, communications, encryption, materials, and sensing.The government said the funding package aligns w...

GlobalFoundries to build an Advanced Packaging and Photonics Center in New York

New York

GlobalFoundries (GF) has announced plans to build an Advanced Packaging and Photonics Center in the state of New York, USA, described as the center as “the first of its kind.” The company said the new facility would allow semiconductors to be “securely manufactured, processed, packaged, and te...

Adarga teams up with Oracle Cloud

Oracle

UK AI defense company Adarga is teaming up with Oracle Cloud  to offer Adarga's defense and security software Vantage via Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Oracle's distributed cloud. Vantage will initially be deployed in the Oracle Cloud for UK Government and Defence, Oracle's cloud region spec...

Servier expands partnership with Google AI

Google

International pharmaceutical group Servier has expanded its partnership with Google Cloud to accelerate the research and development (R&D) of pharmaceuticals.This expanded five-year agreement will see Servier using Google Cloud's AI offerings for R&D. Google Cloud will help Servier to ...

Macquarie invests in Applied Digital's AI data center business

Applied Digital

Investment firm Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) is set to invest $5 billion into Applied, a cryptomining firm pivoting to AI and HPC data centers. Under the deal, MAM will invest up to $900 million in Applied's Ellendale campus in development in North Dakota, and has the right of first refusa...

Telstra to form AI JV with Accenture

Australia

Australian carrier Telstra has this week detailed plans to form a joint venture (JV) with Accenture to speed up the company's data and AI roadmap. Telstra noted that the JV will enable its teams to operate more efficiently and effectively. The JV, which is set to be 60 percent owned by Accentu...

Uranium prices hit all-time high

Microsoft Azure

Uranium prices have hit an all-time high, with artificial intelligence data centers driving increased demand for nuclear fuel. comes as large data center operators have begun prioritizing nuclear power as a crucial energy source for their operations. According to an FT report, the price of enr...

Substrate AI plans 10MW data center outside Toledo

Spain

Spanish AI firm Substrate AI this week announced it aims to develop a 10MW facility on a 25,000 sqm (269,095 sq ft) site at the Torrehierro industrial estate in Talavera de la Reina that will host Nvidia GPU hardware, including NVL72 racks. The company will invest €100 million ($102.3m) in the...

Bit Digital acquires Montreal site for data center

United States

US data center developer and crypto firm Bit Digital has acquired the site for a build-to-suit 5MW data center expansion project in Montreal, Canada.The company initially used cash on hand to fund the acquisition and is working to obtain mortgage financing to cover the site's acquisition and s...