Data Center News

AirTrunk launches Johor data center in Malaysia

Malaysia

APAC data center firm AirTrunk has launched its first campus in Johor, Malaysia and has officially commenced operations at the JHB1 data center . The facility features the company’s first deployment of direct-to-chip liquid cooling technology alongside traditional indirect evaporative cooling ...

Humana selects Google Cloud for its IT infrastructure

Google

Humana Inc., a healthcare insurance company and Google Cloud have entered into an agreement which  will see Humana modernizing its cloud infrastructure with Google Cloud, and using the Google's artificial intelligence technologies.  Jim Rechtin, Humana CEO said: “Embracing technology solutions...

Seattle Times uses Baxtel Map Data to track Data Center Growth

The Seattle Times used Baxtel's data to analyze the recent data center growth in Washington state.Read the Article Here

Microsoft accuses Google and AWS of 'muddying' UK CMA investigation

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has claimed that its rivals Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google are 'muddying the waters' of the antitrust investigation currently underway by the UK Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA).   Google reiterated the criticism of Microsoft in its six-page response. which said; "We be...

Equinix acquires land for data centers in Malaysia

Equinix has acquired land in Cyberjaya, Malaysia to expand its data center capacity in the country and has invested RM23 million (approximately $5 million) in acquiring land in Cyberjaya, Kuala Lumpur, from Cyberview Sdn Bhd.  Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari, Chief Minister of Selangor, said: “Selan...

Quantum Transistors secures funding from European Council

Israel

Israeli quantum computing startup Quantum Transistors has secured funding of up to €17.5 million ($19 million)  from the European Innovation Commission. The council selected 68 companies that will receive an estimated €411 million ($446.1m) in funding, of which up to €165 million ($179m) is in...

Fractile exits stealth with $15 million in seed funding

United Kingdom

AI chip startup Fractile has exited stealth with $15 million in seed funding round  co-led by Kindred Capital, NATO Innovation Fund, and Oxford Science Enterprises and included participation from a number of angel investors, including Stan Boland, co-founder of Icera, and Amar Shah, co-founder...

Team IM to launch sovereign cloud for New Zealand

New Zealand

Kiwi information management services provider Team IM has deployed Oracle Alloy in its data centers and is set to launch a sovereign cloud for New Zealand which it claims will be New Zealand's first sovereign hyperscale cloud.  Ian Rogers, CEO of Team IM. said: “Many companies have promised to...

Oracle confirms AI strategy for custom chips

Oracle

Jason Rees, SVP of technology and cloud engineering EMEA at Oracle Cloud during a roundtable this week confirmed that Oracle is not currently looking at developing its own custom chips for artificial intelligence (AI).  When asked if Oracle was exploring the possibility of developing its own c...

Lambda Labs launches Nvidia HGX H100 and Quantum-2 InfiniBand Clusters

United States

GPU cloud company Lambda Labs has launched Nvidia HGX H100 and Quantum-2 InfiniBand Clusters for AI model training. The Silicon Valley-based company targets its Click clusters  at AI developers that need access to high-end AI hardware, but not for long periods.  “Lambda has solved a complex co...

Jaguar's Formula E team selects Google Cloud as cloud partner

Google

Jaguar's Formula E team has selected Google Cloud as cloud partner and will be using Google Cloud's artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing technologies both on and off the track during the 2024/25 season. James Barclay, managing director of JLR Motorsport and Jagar TCS racing team pr...

Microsoft plans to deploy Lumen’s Private Connectivity Fabric to Azure

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has announced plans to deploy Lumen’s Private Connectivity Fabric (PCF) to improve its data center network infrastructure.  Lumen will also migrate its workloads to Microsoft Azure and work with the company to deliver “telecom industry-specific solutions.”  Erin Chapple, corporate vi...

Secure I.T. Environments completes upgrade of NHS data center

United Kingdom

 Modular data center firm Secure I.T. Environments (SITE) has completed a mechanical and electrical upgrade at the data center of St Mary’s Hospital in the Isle of Wight, the UK  to accommodate 14 racks with a capacity of 80kW.  This upgrade will allow the Isle of Wight NHS Trust to reach its ...

Grid Telecom signs MoU to build Greece-Saudi Arabia subsea cable system

Saudi Arabia

Grid Telecom, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO) of Greece has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Saudi Electricity-owned Dawiyat Integrated to build a subsea cable system connecting Greece to Saudi Arabia, and other major destinations ...

SingularityNet to invest in data center modules from Ecoblox

United Kingdom

 Artificial general intelligence (AGI) startup SingularityNet,  which is developing decentralized and blockchain-based AI infrastructure announced that it will be investing  $53 million in data center supercomputing modules. Half of this investment will be used for the creation of  world’s fir...

Quantinuum signs MoU in Singapore for city-state’s quantum sector

Singapore

 Quantinuum has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with several Singaporean institutions to provide the city-state with access to it's H-Series and Helios quantum computers and collaborate on quantum computing use cases. Other signatories of the MoU include Singapore’s National Quantum Offic...

Blackstone claims a data center portfolio of $55bn

QTS Data Centers

Investment management company Blackstone in its latest earnings call mentioned that it has more than $70 billion in prospective data center pipeline development and over $70 billion in prospective data center pipeline development. CEO Stephen Schwarzman said that "the consequences of AI are as...

University of Innsbruck integrates quantum computer with HPC cluster

Austria

The University of Innsbruck, Austria has integrated a quantum computer into a high-performance computing (HPC) environment  for the first time in Austria.  The Innsbruck team has connected the university’s LEO5 cluster with AQT's IBEX Q1 quantum computer.  “With the advent of quantum computers...

AMD president Victor Peng announces retirement

Taiwan

 AMD president Victor Peng has announced plans to retire on August 30. Till his retirement date, Peng will continue to serve on the AMD executive team and take on an advisory role to support the leadership transition.AMD chair and CEO Dr. Lisa Su said: “Victor re-joined AMD in 2022 following t...

AI startup raises $16.5m in seed funding rounds

United States

AI startup Code Metal which provides AI-powered development workflows at the Edge has secured a total of $16.5m in funding in its pre-seed round led by J2 Ventures and with support from Fulcrum Venture Group, Underdog Labs amongst others, and seed funding rounds led by Shield Capital.Peter Mor...