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Groq and IBM Partner on Agentic AI Capabilities

AI chip startup Groq has partnered with IBM to provide agentic AI capabilities via GroqCloud on IBM watsonx Orchestrate. Under the terms of the agreement, the partners will also integrate Red Hat’s open source vLLM technology with Groq’s LPU chips, with plans to support IBM Granite models on G...

October 20, 2025

Kyndryl

IBM and GlobalFoundries end legal dispute

IBM and GlobalFoundries (GF) have reached a settlement in their long-running legal dispute which saw both companies claim breach of contract and misuse of trade secrets and intellectual property. The two companies said the undisclosed settlement resolves “all litigation matters” and would allo...

January 07, 2025

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IBM to make AMD Instinct MI300X GPUs available via IBM Cloud

IBM is planning to make AMD Instinct MI300X GPUs available as a service via IBM Cloud. The GPUs will be rolled out on the platform in the first half of 2025, with the aim of improving the performance and power efficiency of generative AI models and high-performance computing applications.“As e...

November 20, 2024

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IBM unveils quantum data center in Germany

IBM this week announced the launch of the facility, at IBM's campus in Ehningen near Stuttgart, in a ceremony attended by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. It is IBM's second quantum data center, featuring three systems - one based on IBM's Heron processor, alongside two other new systems that w...

October 01, 2024

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Riken to deploy IBM quantum computer

Japanese research institute Riken is set to deploy an IBM quantum computer at its facilities in Kobe. The quantum system – to be powered by a 133-qubit Heron processor – will be colocated and integrated with the organization’s existing Fugaku supercomputer. “Riken is committed to developing sy...

May 01, 2024

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IBM signs agreement with Canadian government to strengthen the country’s semiconductor industry

IBM has signed an agreement with both the Quebec government and the Canadian government to strengthen the country’s semiconductor industry. Following this agreement, IBM and the two governments invest C$187 million (US$137m) in the company’s Bromont plant in Quebec to bolster the country’s as...

April 29, 2024

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IBM to buy Hashicorp for $6.4 billion

IBM is set to buy out HashiCorp, a vendor that makes software to help businesses manage digital infrastructure, for $6.4 billion. It will pay $35 per share for HashiCorp. The company’s stock had been trading at a price of $24.88 before the deal was announced."Enterprise clients are wrestling w...

April 24, 2024

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IBM and RPI launch a new quantum computer in New York

IBM and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) have launched a quantum computer at RPI’s campus in New York. A chapel that the university repurposed in the 1960s, the quantum computer is be positioned next to a stained glass window and serves as a focal point of RPI’s new Curtis Priem Quantum ...

April 06, 2024

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New York-based IBM spin-out Kyndryl to separate China business in response to changing data laws

Global IT managed services provider Kyndryl is now considering separating its business in China into a separate entity in response to several geopolitical issues and the changing data laws in China.According to a report from the Financial Times, the IBM spin-out revealed this to some of its em...

October 03, 2023

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IBM plans to construct a quantum data facility in Germany

IBM will construct a data center in Germany to house quantum processors. This week, the company revealed plans to establish its first quantum data facility in Europe on the IBM campus in Ehningen, near Stuttgart, to facilitate cutting-edge quantum computing for businesses, research institution...

June 07, 2023

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HostDime's Colombia Data Center becomes first in Latin America to obtain EDGE Green Certificate

HostDime's Columbia data center has become the first in Latin America to obtain the EDGE (Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies) certificate. This certificate is awarded to buildings with the resource efficiency of at least 20 percent in energy, water, and embodied energy in materials...

April 25, 2023

HostDime

IBM Will Open San Sebastián Quantum Computing Facility at Ikerbasque Campus

A quantum computer will be installed in San Sebastián, located in the Basque Country of Spain, thanks to a collaboration between IBM and Fundación Ikerbasque. The IBM-Euskadi Quantum Computing Center is anticipated to launch by the end of 2024. It will deliver Qiskit Runtime services from a...

March 28, 2023

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GDL-IX, Latin America's Latest IXP, To Be Housed at HostDime's Mexico Data Facility

HostDime Mexico is delighted to report that GDL-IX, Guadalajara's inaugural peering exchange, will reside in its Guadalajara data center. So when HostDime's new Tier IV data center in Guadalajara is completed in the coming year, GDL-IX will be expanded to the new facility. By March 10, 2023, G...

February 24, 2023

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HostDime plans new "Andromeda" data center

HostDime has released design plans for a new facility to be built in Guadalajara, Mexico. The 3MW "Andromeda" data center is reportedly due to open in 2024, and will be certified by the International Computer Room Experts Association (ICREA) V standard, and certified with the Uptime Institute...

November 14, 2022

HostDime

Solar panels to support HostDime's Paraíba data center

HostDime has announced that to support its Paraíba data center in Brazil, it has installed a solar plant. The photovoltaic solar power plant, which has already had more than 2,000 photovoltaic modules installed, is located in a rural area of the Pilar municipality in Paraíba, and saw an inv...

April 12, 2022

HostDime

HostDime and its Eatonville data center

HostDime recently celebrated a significant milestone in the construction of its 100,000-square-foot Eatonville data center with the last structural beam placed on the facility.According to Manny Vivar, the company’s CEO, the $37 million project will be the “Penn Station of Florida.” He added:...

March 09, 2022

HostDime

HostDime acquires land in Guadalajara, Mexico for expansion with Tier IV data center

HostDime has announced that it is expanding its data center portfolio with the acquisition of a three-acre land parcel in Guadalajara, Mexico, where it plans to build HostDime Mexico's Tier IV facility. This facility will be the second of its kind in Mexico, spanning 70,000 sqft, with a capac...

November 19, 2021

HostDime

An IBM-occupied data center in Dallas has been sold for $41 million

Five 9s Digital has revealed that it advised the owner of an IBM-leased data center in Dallas, Texas, to sell it off. The unnamed owner sold the facility for $41 million. However, the exact data center the firm sold can’t be identified at this moment as IBM has many data centers in Dallas. IBM...

October 22, 2021

Kyndryl

BentallGreenOak completes the acquisition of two Canadian IBM data centers in sale-leaseback deals

A Canadian property manager called BentallGreenOak has acquired two IBM data centers in Canada in sale-leaseback transactions. BGO announced that it bought the two facilities. One of the facilities it acquired is in Montreal, while the other is in Markham. The facility in Montreal is at 275...

September 28, 2021

Kyndryl

IBM announces 21 sustainability goals

IBM is one of the latest data center companies to commit itself to net-zero GHG emissions by 2030. In its most recent Environmental Report, the company set out twenty-one environmental sustainability goals and also outlined its involvement with the European Green Digital Coalition.As a foundin...

July 15, 2021

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