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AI boom sparks energy showdown in South Carolina – data centers face power premium

In sum – what to know AI power panic – South Carolina’s Santee Cooper hikes rates on mega users (50MW+), amid wider fears that surging AI energy demand could burden ordinary customers with 70% higher bills. AI gold rush – Google, Meta, and others are pouring...

AI infra in a suitcase – defense and sports sectors queue-up critical edge AI workloads

In sum – what to know Carry-on AI – new Gryf system from GigaIO delivers AI compute power in a portable form, designed for edge deployments across defense, sports, media, energy, healthcare, and industrial sectors. DOD demand – reported sales to the US Department of Defense...

Stonepeak backs AI growth with hyperscale platform launch

Stonepeak said its global data center footprint includes assets such as Cologix, CoreSite, Digital Edge and Cirion, spanning more than 100 facilities and 500 MW of capacity In sum – what you need to know: Stonepeak bets $1.5B on AI-powered infra – The firm launched Montera...

AI Infrastructure Insight Report: AI infrastructure will power the next economic revolution

The AI revolution is driving unprecedented investments in digital and physical infrastructure—spanning data, compute, networking and software—to enable scalable, efficient and transformative AI applications. As AI adoption accelerates, enterprises, governments, and industries are building AI infrastructure to unlock new levels of productivity, innovation and economic growth. Given...

Accelerating cloud-native transformation with Dell Telecom Infrastructure Blocks for Red Hat

Built for speed and simplicity, Dell Technologies’ AI-ready infrastructure and automation tools help CSPs fast-track their journey to cloud-native  The telecom industry is in the midst of a profound architectural shift—from proprietary, vertically integrated stacks to disaggregated, cloud-native infrastructure. While this transformation offers tremendous benefits...

What infra upgrades are needed to handle AI energy spikes?

AI workloads don’t just consume energy—they consume it with patterns that are impossible to predict. This is why infrastructure upgrades are key In sum – what you need to know: AI energy demand – rapid expansion of AI tech, especially large models and applications, drives unpredictable...

AI Infra Insights: From Google, NVIDIA, Tencent and more

Asia’s digital infrastructure is evolving fast, with major moves in clean energy, cloud expansion and AI readiness. Google is pioneering geothermal baseload power in Taiwan to support its regional data centers. Tencent Cloud is scaling up in Japan to meet soaring demand for low-latency...

Bookmarks: AI infrastructure — the how and the why

Editor’s note: I’m in the habit of bookmarking on LinkedIn and X, and in actual books, things I think are insightful and interesting. These days a lot of those things are about AI infrastructure but, more generally, those things are about how technology is...

AI infra brief: Power struggles behind AI growth

As AI workloads soar and hyperscale data centers multiply across the U.S., lawmakers and regulators are confronting a critical question: who should shoulder the rising cost of powering AI-scale infrastructure? This week, three key developments underscore the growing political and economic tensions around energy consumption...

NTT brings high-end edge AI to drones, intros AI ethics group

In sum – what you need to know: AI chip for edge devices – NTT enables real-time 4K video processing in drones at altitudes up to 150 meters, five times higher than conventional systems, while consuming under 20 watts of power. 2025 launch, expansion – new...

AI infra brief: The power struggle behind AI’s growth

Tech and energy giants are redrawing the map of power generation and delivery to keep up with the rising demands from AI As AI workloads continue to grow, the power behind the processing is becoming the real bottleneck. From Amazon’s wind deals to U.S. regulatory...

Five things to know about liquid cooling in AI data centers

AI is changing the rules of data center design, and liquid cooling is emerging as a critical piece of the puzzle As artificial intelligence workloads grow more complex and power-hungry, traditional methods of keeping data centers cool are reaching their limits. That’s where liquid cooling...

AI infra brief: From Alibaba Cloud, Microsoft, Meta and more

In this regular update, RCR Wireless News highlights the top news and developments impacting the booming AI infrastructure sector. Alibaba Cloud unveils new AI models Alibaba Cloud, a unit of Chinese holding Alibaba Group, unveiled new AI models, tools and infrastructure upgrades for its international customers. "We...

AI infrastructure—mapping the next economic revolution

Introduction—economic revolution requires global systems, not point solutions Editor's note: This report is presented in partnership with Dell Technologies. Click here for more information. Research of artificial intelligence (AI) effectively began with Alan Turing in the early 1940s, and slowly progressed in fits and starts...

Five things to know about AI infrastructure data center liquid cooling

Liquid cooling technology is certainly a strategic consideration for any data center company that wants to compete in the AI space As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to expand and becomes more powerful, it also requires more energy and better systems to keep things running smoothly....

AI infra brief: From NVIDIA, AT&T, Google and more

In this regular update, RCR Wireless News highlights the top news and developments impacting the booming AI infrastructure sector. NVIDIA brings agentic AI reasoning to enterprises with Google Cloud NVIDIA said it is collaborating with Google Cloud to bring agentic AI to enterprises seeking to locally...

UK’s new AI Energy Council targets 20x compute growth by 2030

The AI Energy Council will play a key role in ensuring that AI technologies are not only powered efficiently, but also sustainably In brief – why this matters –The U.K. has launched an AI Energy Council to align clean energy goals with the growing power needs...

AI infra brief: From Dell, NexGen Cloud, Cerebras and more

In this regular update, RCR Wireless News highlights the top news and developments impacting the booming AI infrastructure sector. Dell Technologies unveils infrastructure innovations for AI-ready data centers Dell Technologies has introduced a broad range of infrastructure innovations to help organizations modernize their data centers and...

Five key things to know about AI infra investments in Japan

SoftBank and KDDI are moving fast to have a leading position in the AI infra sector in Japan with their AI data centers Japan is rapidly becoming a hub for artificial intelligence infrastructure development. With major companies and global tech leaders investing heavily in AI...

AI infra brief: From KDDI, Axiom and more

In this regular update, RCR Wireless News highlights the top news and developments impacting the booming AI infrastructure sector. KDDI closes deal for Osaka AI data center Japanese operator KDDI sealed a purchase agreement with Sharp to acquire its former LCD screen factory in Sakai, Japan,...

AI infra brief: From Meta, InfiniLink, SoftBank and more

In this regular update, RCR Wireless News highlights the top news and developments impacting the booming AI infrastructure sector. Meta plans nearly $1 billion data center project in Wisconsin Meta Platforms is planning on spending nearly $1 billion on setting up a data center project in...

AI-optimized data center — five critical components

AI-optimized data centers require GPUs, TPUs, high-speed networking, advanced cooling systems, as well as fast and scalable storage As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to rapidly evolve, the demand for high-performance computing environments is growing at a fast pace. AI applications like generative models, real-time language...

AI infra brief: From DOE, NTT, CyrusOne and more

In this regular update, RCR Wireless News highlights the top news and developments impacting the booming AI infrastructure sector. DOE identifies 16 federal sites for data center and AI Infra development The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released a Request for Information (RFI) to inform...

What is a TPU (Tensor Processing Unit)?

Unlike traditional CPUs or GPUs, a Tensor Processing Unit is specifically built to handle the complex calculations required for deep learning models Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the world, and powerful hardware is needed to support its growth. One of the most important components in...