OpenAI revealed as the source of a newly signed $30 billion a year cloud contract for Oracle
Multiple news outlets have confirmed that the eye-popping, $30 billion-a-year contract that Oracle revealed earlier this week is with artificial intelligence company OpenAI.
It was already known that the...
The report also noted that 85% of current operational capacity in APAC is colocation-based—significantly higher than in the Americas (60%) and EMEA (75%).
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Asia Pacific will lead in colo – Cushman & Wakefield projects APAC will surpass the U.S. with 23.9...
Emerald AI is responding to an increasingly urgent issue: the rising power demand from AI data centers is outpacing the capabilities of current grid infrastructure
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Software turns AI data centers into grid assets – Emerald AI’s Conductor software adjusts compute workloads...
Arista said the acquisition will better prepare it for next-generation SD-WAN demands as AI-driven data center traffic reshapes WAN requirements
Arista Networks has agreed to acquire VMware’s former VeloCloud Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) technology from Broadcom, expanding its portfolio beyond traditional data center and...
During its global summit, Alibaba Cloud also launched its first AI Global Competency Center (AIGCC) in Singapore
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AI center opens in Singapore – Alibaba Cloud launched its first AI Global Competency Center, aimed at supporting 5,000 businesses and training 100,000 developers...
EdgeMode said it expects the transaction to position the company for growth in the AI infrastructure field, leveraging its access to investment capital, M&A strategy and BAIF’s development pipeline
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Merger targets 4.4 GW pipeline – EdgeMode and BAIF will form a...
Oracle revealed news of another huge cloud contract, on top of accelerating growth
Oracle has signed a cloud services contract worth $30 billion a year which will start hitting its books in fiscal year 2028, according to a company filing.
In a fair disclosure filing...
The unique demands and power density ofAI factories require new approaches to cooling and power delivery
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Purpose-built AI cooling deployed – BASX developed a custom, zero-water chiller system for Applied Digital’s Polaris Forge 1 data center in North Dakota, optimized for...
EU launches a call to gather early insights on how to shape the future of AI infrastructure in Europe
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76 proposals across 60 sites – The European Commission received 76 expressions of interest for AI gigafactories in 16 member states, far...
Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son, compared the opportunity in superintelligent AI to the “winner takes all” effect seen in other tech sectors over the past two decades
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SoftBank targets AI dominance: CEO Masayoshi Son says the company wants to lead the artificial...
KDDI said the the new Osaka Sakai data center will be powered by a rack-scale system featuring the Nvidia GB200 NVL72 platform
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New AI hub in Osaka by 2026 – KDDI and HPE are building an advanced AI data center powered...
AIS said the platform targets public institutions and private businesses seeking to modernize their operations while keeping data under local legal and regulatory frameworks
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AIS Cloud goes live – Thailand’s first hyperscale cloud fully operated by a Thai company, in partnership...
Hyperscale operators dominate global data centre growth as on-premise facilities shrink by comparison. Cloud, AI, and regional dynamics are driving the shift, reshaping how and where data infrastructure scales worldwide.
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Hyper scale – big cloud firms like AWS and Google...
SK Telecom said it will expand deployment of Rebellions’ NPU-powered servers depending on the outcomes of the ongoing testing phase
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SKT pilots domestic AI chip – SK Telecom is testing Rebellions’ ATOM NPU across key AI services, including call summarization...
Branded as Nvidia AI Computing by HPE, the integrated suite combines Nvidia’s latest technologies with HPE’s server, storage, software and services ecosystem
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HPE, Nvidia launch AI factory stack – The new AI offerings include HPE RTX PRO servers, next-gen Private...
In a new report, Zayo estimates that nearly 200 million additional fiber‑network miles will be required by 2030 to meet demand
A surge in data usage driven by the rise of AI, remote connectivity and digital transformation is pushing global bandwidth needs to record levels...
SK Group said the data center in Ulsan is scheduled to starts operations by 2027 and is expected to generate up to 78,000 direct and indirect jobs
Korean conglomerate SK Group confirmed it will build a data center in the city of Ulsan, South Korea...
Hive Digital noted that the purchase marks a strategic move to expand high-performance computing (HPC) capacity through its subsidiary, Buzz High Performance Computing
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Hive expands into sovereign AI – Hive Digital acquires a 7.2 MW facility in Toronto to support Buzz...
Bloom Energy's report highlighted that onsite power generation was expected to become a defining feature of the next wave of AI-driven infrastructure
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Onsite power surging – By 2030, 27% of data centers expect to be fully powered by onsite energy,...
Alibaba Cloud originally entered the South Korean market with the launch of its first data center in March 2022
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Second data center in South Korea – Alibaba Cloud confirms its second facility in the Asian country will open by end-June...
The chairman of China Mobile said future networks such as 6G will play a key role by offering ultra-low latency, high-efficiency communication
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Entering the AI+ era – China Mobile chairman Yang Jie said artificial intelligence is the new driver of...
AI isn’t just reshaping data centers — it’s transforming the very networks we rely on at home and work. Amidst the massive investment in Artificial Intelligence (AI) infrastructure, it’s becoming increasingly clear how important this technology will be for delivering new services, optimizing processes,...
Dell Technologies World 2025 underscored a defining theme of the AI era: the infrastructure challenge is of course about scale, but it's also about access. With the Dell AI Factory solution set now in the hands of 3,000 customers, Dell’s next move is to...
ZTE is heavily investing in AI-native network architecture and high-efficiency computing
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AI-native networks – ZTE is redesigning telecom infrastructure with embedded intelligence, modular data centers and AI-driven energy systems to meet escalating AI compute demands.
Smarter models, better data – With...
