As demand for AI infra skyrockets, three new developments highlight the challenges and shifts ahead. In the U.S., the Department of Energy is sounding the alarm: Data centers are pushing the power grid to its limits and planned renewable projects won’t be enough to...
Top US cloud service providers continue to lead growth in the AI server market, according to TrendForce
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AI momentum – Global AI server shipments are projected to rise 24.3% in 2025, slightly below forecasts due to U.S. export restrictions and...
To manage the rising power demands of AI, ZTE has integrated a number energy-saving cooling technologies in the new 'AIDC' solution
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Dual-mode – Each container module handles both general-purpose and AI computing with air or liquid cooling, offering flexibility for...
As AI workloads explode, so does the demand for next-gen infrastructure. In the first quarter of 2025, global spending on physical data center infrastructure surged 17% year-over-year, according to a recent report by Dell’Oro Group. Hyperscalers and colocation providers are racing to deploy high-density...
Neoclouds aim to bridge a gap between centralized hyperscale clouds and highly distributed telecom networks
As telecom operators face mounting infrastructure demands — from AI workloads to cloud-native 5G networks — the industry is entering a new era of cloud strategy. At the center of...
LG Uplus, LG Electronics and LG CNS are testing AI and digital twin technology to improve cooling efficiency at LG Uplus data centers
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Group pilot – LG Uplus, LG Electronics and LG CNS are testing AI and digital twin technology to...
Through the acquisition, CoreWeave will own approximately 1.3 GW of gross power across Core Scientific's national data center footprint
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Mega deal – CoreWeave is to acquire Core Scientific in an all-stock deal, gaining control of 1.3 GW of power capacity...
New micro data center facilities will rely on locally developed AI chips to provide low-latency AI services to SMEs, hospitals, and public institutions in South Korea.
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Local chips – the initiative supports the construction of regional edge data centers using...
1Finity consolidates Fujitsu’s global network-related organizations under one entity
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Global focus – Fujitsu has launched 1Finity as a standalone network communications subsidiary, aiming to boost autonomy and global competitiveness in optical and wireless network solutions.
Accelerating delivery of agile solutions –...
Ooredoo said the AI cloud platform will be run by local data center company Syntys, which was spun out of Ooredoo in March of this year
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Sovereign AI cloud goes live – Ooredoo launched Qatar’s advanced sovereign AI cloud service, powered...
In Google's 10th annual report, the company said it reduced emissions even as its data center electricity consumption rose by 27% in one year
'Tis the season for environmental sustainability reports, it seems, with the GSMA recently releasing its Mobile Net Zero report on telecom...
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...
