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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 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...

AI Infra Brief: Liquid cooling heats up AI infrastructure

Tech and energy giants are redrawing the map of power generation and delivery with the main aim of keeping up with the rising demands from AI — in this equation, liquid cooling technology plays a key role As AI workloads continue to grow, the power...

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 to double electricity demand from DCs by 2030: IEA

The IEA report predicts that AI processing in the U.S. will need more electricity than all heavy industries combined, such as steel, cement and chemicals In brief – why this matters -AI is set to double electricity demand from data centers by 2030, reaching 945 TWh...

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...

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...

AI infra brief: From Related Companies, Crosoe, Scala and more

In this regular update, RCR Wireless News highlights the top news and developments impacting the booming AI infrastructure sector. Related Companies accelerates push into data centers with capitalization of Related Digital to fuel its $45 billion pipeline Real estate company Related Companies announced the formal launch...

AI infra brief: From Nexthop AI, Oklo, Microsoft and more

In this regular update, RCR Wireless News highlights the top news and developments impacting the booming AI infrastructure sector. Nexthop AI bids to build efficient Al infra for hyperscalers Nexthop AI launched with $110 million in funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. Additional investors include Kleiner...

What are hyperscale AI data centers?

A hyperscale data center is a facility built with the main aim of handling large-scale computing and data processing needs As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to grow, the demand for powerful computing infrastructure has led to the rise of hyperscale AI data centers. These massive...

AI infra brief: From NVIDIA, Cisco, Equinix and more

In this regular update, RCR Wireless News highlights the top news and developments impacting the booming AI infrastructure sector NVIDIA, xAI join BlackRock and Microsoft's $30 billion AI infrastructure fund NVIDIA and Elon Musk’s xAI are joining BlackRock and Microsoft in the AI Infrastructure Partnership (AIP),...

Top six AI data centers in Asia

As artificial intelligence (AI) adoption accelerates, Asia is emerging as a global hub for high-performance AI data centers These AI data centers are critical for AI training, deep learning models as well as large-scale cloud computing. The region’s leading AI data centers leverage cutting-edge technology,...

AI infra brief: From xAI, Oracle, Core Scientific and more

In this regular update, RCR Wireless News highlights the top news and developments impacting the booming AI infrastructure sector xAI expands Memphis presence with major property acquisition Elon Musk’s xAI has acquired a one-million-square-foot property in Southwest Memphis. This expansion follows the December 2024 announcement of...

AI infra brief: From OpenAI, Chevron, Iron Mountain and more

In this regular update, RCR Wireless News highlights the top news and developments impacting the booming AI infrastructure sector SoftBank and OpenAI to develop AI agents in Japan SoftBank plans to convert a former Sharp LCD plant in Osaka, Japan into a large-scale AI data center...

Microsoft to invest $300m in AI infra, cloud in South Africa

Microsoft noted that this investment will enable a wide range of organizations to access the cloud and AI solutions to improve operational efficiency and productivity Microsoft recently announced plans to spend ZAR 5.4bn ($298.6 million) by the end of 2027 to expand its cloud and...

Intel head of data center and AI to be new Nokia CEO

Nokia CEO Pekka Lundmark to step down March 31; Intel EVP Justin Hotard takes over April 1 Nokia announced today that CEO Pekka Lundmark will step down from the top spot at the end of March. Intel Executive Vice President and General Manager of the...

Trump reveals $500 billion AI infrastructure project

The initial AI investment is expected to be $100 billion, but the White House noted it could end up being five times that amount One of President Donald Trump’s first actions in his reclaimed role was the announcement of a joint venture (JV) investing up...

SK Telecom inks collaboration on AI data center solutions

This collaboration builds on a $200 million strategic investment agreement between SK Telecom and Penguin Solutions in July 2024 Korean carrier SK Telecom signed a new deal with SK hynix and Penguin Solutions to advance research, development and promotion of artificial intelligence data center (AIDC)...

AWS announces new Region in Thailand

The AWS Region in Thailand features three Availability Zones Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the general availability of the AWS Asia Pacific (Thailand) Region, featuring three Availability Zones and the API name ap-southeast-7. In a blog posts, AWS noted that this new region marks the firm’s...

Microsoft to capture ‘golden’ AI data center opportunity with $80 billion investment

While Microsoft is thinking on a global scale, the company's Vice Chair and President noted that more than half of this total investment will be in the U.S. In a recent blog post, Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith revealed that the tech giant...