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Nvidia boosts European sovereignty with AI infra push

Nvidia said the initiative spans France, Italy, Spain, the U.K. and several Nordic countries In sum — what to know: Massive AI infrastructure expansion – France, Italy, Spain, the U.K. and other nations are rolling out sovereign AI infrastructure using Nvidia Blackwell systems. Public-private collaborations – Nvidia...

Record US data center power usage amid AI boom, forecasts EIA

EIA highlighted that a major contributor to the revised outlook is the expansion of data centers, particularly those supporting AI workloads In sum — what to know: AI fuels surging power demand – U.S. electricity consumption is growing faster than expected, driven in large part by...

LiquidStack CEO breaks down AI infra pain points

LiquidStack CEO noted that many data center operators remain hesitant to adopt liquid cooling chiefly due to persistent misconceptions In sum – what to know: AI infrastructure bottlenecks – Data center operators are hitting serious delays due to limited power availability, long lead times for cooling...

Cisco expands AI data center portfolio

Cisco said that the new solutions include hardware, software and system integration In sum – what to know: Cisco hits $1B in AI infra orders early – Strong Q3 performance reflects rising demand for scalable AI infrastructure. New tools boost AI networking – Innovations include unified fabrics,...

UK boosts AI ambitions with $1.3B investment

During London Tech Week, Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang also confirmed the launch of a new Nvidia AI tech center in the UK In sum – what to know: U.K. commits to AI compute – The country aims to become a global AI leader by...

Amazon to invest $20B in Pennsylvania data centers

Amazon Web Services previously acquired land and a Talen Energy facility near the Susquehanna nuclear plant In sum – what to know: Historic investment – This investment commitment by Amazon marks the largest private-sector investment in Pennsylvania’s history, with innovation campuses planned in Salem and Falls...

OpenAI eyes India for AI infrastructure partnership

OpenAI executives and top Indian officials are currently in talks to build AI infra in India In sum – what to know: AI infra ambitions – OpenAI is exploring collaboration with the Indian government to build out local data center capacity as part of its global...

AWS unveils fully sovereign cloud for Europe

The AWS European Sovereign Cloud will be fully physically and logically separate from other AWS global regions In sum – what to know: Sovereign AWS cloud – AWS is launching a cloud region in Germany with complete operational independence, managed and staffed entirely within the...

Canadian investment firm Brookfield pumps $10 billion into AI infra in Sweden

New investment will be focused on a new large AI facility in Strängnäs, Sweden – says Brookfield In sum – what you need to know: Swedish AI infra push – Brookfield will fund a major AI hub in Strängnäs, doubling data center capacity to 750MW and...

Amazon to invest $10 billion to boost AI in North Carolina

Amazon said that the investment is expected to create at least 500 new high-skilled jobs while supporting thousands of other jobs in the AWS data center supply chain In sum – what you need to know: $10bn for North Carolina AI – AWS will invest $10...

Shell launches direct liquid cooling fluid for data centers

Shell said that DLC fluids can improve power usage effectiveness by up to 27%, in comparison with the power usage effectiveness of air-cooling In sum – what you need to know: Shell expands into direct cooling — The company unveiled Shell DLC Fluid S3, a direct...

Microsoft commits $400M to boost AI in Switzerland

Microsoft noted that this new investment scales up existing capabilities while deepening initiatives in AI, skills training and innovation In sum – what you need to know: Microsoft expands in Switzerland — The company commits $400 million to scale AI and cloud infrastructure, upgrading data centers...

Eaton, Siemens Energy partner to power data center expansion

Eaton will supply a comprehensive range of electrical systems, including switchgear, uninterruptible power supplies, busways, IT racks and more In sum – what you need to know: Fast-track data centers — Eaton and Siemens Energy team up to build data centers faster using modular designs and...

LiquidStack launches new cooling platform

LiquidStack said the new modular and scalable CDU platform is capable of delivering up to 10 MW of cooling In sum – what you need to know: LiquidStack unveils new CDU platform — The company launched GigaModular, a scalable coolant distribution unit delivering up to 10...

NTT launches energy storage division

NTT Anode currently manages a total of 340 MWh of BESS capacity across 23 sites in nine Japanese power grid regions In sum – what you need to know: NTT expands into storage services – The company launches a dedicated battery storage division under NTT Anode...

LG Uplus unveils liquid cooling demo room for AI DCs

LG Uplus plans to launch AI data center tours for customers and industry partners starting later this year In sum – what you need to know: LG Uplus launches cooling demo — The company opens a real-world demo room to test liquid cooling tech for high-density...

JLL: Retrofitting key to AI data center growth

JLL noted that the advent of AI in data centers has brought significant changes to the industry, particularly in terms of power density and facility size In sum – what you need to know: AI reshaping data center design – The rise of AI is driving...

Humain to launch $10 billion AI fund

Humain said its broader roadmap includes developing up to 1.9 gigawatts of AI-focused data center capacity by 2030 In sum – what you need to know: Humain launches $10 billion AI fund – Backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, Humain Ventures will target global AI...

Microsoft opens cloud region in Indonesia to support AI infra

Microsoft also announced early-stage plans for an AI Center of Excellence to work with public and private partners on AI adoption In sum – what you need to know: Microsoft opens first cloud region in Indonesia – The new Indonesia Central region provides local access to...

Alibaba Cloud reaffirms $52.7 billion global expansion plans

Alibaba intends to accelerate growth in strategic markets including Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas Chinese giant Alibaba Cloud is moving ahead with its ambitious global expansion strategy, reaffirming plans to invest CNY380 billion ($52.7 billion) in building out...

Bell Canada unveils Bell AI Frabric

Bell Canada selected Groq as its inference infrastructure partner to support the development of sovereign AI In sum – what you need to know: Bell launches AI Fabric initiative – Bell Canada unveiled a major AI infrastructure project, starting with a 500 MW hydro-powered compute network...

Viettel, KT sign deal to boost AI development in Vietnam

Viettel and KT will also collaborate on creating AI products for both consumer and enterprise segments In sum – what you need to know: Viettel, KT partner on AI infra – The $95 million agreement focuses on developing AI data centers, GPU farms and Vietnam’s AI...

AWS to launch new Region in Chile by end-2026

The AWS South America (Chile) Region will consist of three Availability Zones at launch In sum – what you need to know: AWS Region Expansion – A new AWS Region will be launched in Chile by end-2026, adding three Availability Zones to serve customers with low-latency,...

KPMG: AI demands push enterprises to rethink digital infra

KPMG details how enterprises are reshaping their digital infrastructure strategies to keep pace with the fast-evolving demands of AI workloads In sum – what you need to know: Cloud-to-edge shift – Enterprises are increasingly relying on hyperscaler cloud services for AI workloads, but growing inference and...