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South Korea Plans $35B National AI Data Center with 3GW Capacity
📅 - South Korea has unveiled plans to establish a massive 3-gigawatt (GW) national artificial intelligence (AI) data center, backed by a $35 billion (50 trillion KRW) investment. The initiative, announced by the Ministry of Science and ICT, is part of the countrys broader strategy to remain competitive in the rapidly evolving AI landscape.
The government aims to develop the data center through a public-private partnership, with approximately 10,000 GPUs set to be procured this year.
While specific GPU models have yet to be disclosed, NVIDIA, the dominant force in AI computing, remains a likely supplier. Additionally, South Korea plans to acquire another 8,000 GPUs to bolster its sixth [...][... Check source for end of article ...]
📅 - IOEMA Selects EXA for Subsea Cable, Enhancing EU Connectivity - IOEMA has selected EXA Infrastructure as its landing partner for a new submarine cable in Leiston, United Kingdom, reinforcing connectivity between key Northern European markets. EXA will provide backhaul services from the cable landing station to major data centers, including London Telehouse and Equinix, supporting the increasing demand for low-latency, high-capacity digital infrastructure.
The 1,600-kilometer IOEMA undersea fiber optic network is set to launch in May 2024, connecting the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, and Norway. Designed to support hyperscalers and content providers, the network links critical European data hubs in Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam, and [...]
📅 - Vantage, VoltaGrid Partner for Scalable, Sustainable Hyperscale Power - Vantage Data Centers and VoltaGrid have announced a strategic collaboration to address the growing challenge of power constraints in the hyperscale data center sector. The partnership will focus on delivering scalable, rapid-deployment energy solutions, ensuring that cloud and AI-driven infrastructure can expand efficiently without straining existing grid resources.
This initiative sets a new benchmark for energy accessibility, reliability, and sustainability in a sector where demand continues to rise exponentially.
Under the agreement, VoltaGrid will supply more than one gigawatt (GW) of power across Vantages North American data center portfolio. By leveraging VoltaGrids advanced [...]
📅 - PaaS Drives Europes Cloud Growth, Spending to Reach $373B by 2028 - European public cloud services spending is projected to surge, reaching $221 billion in 2025 and escalating to $373 billion by 2028, according to the International Data Corporations (IDC) Worldwide Software and Public Cloud Services Spending Guide. This represents a 20% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2023 to 2028.
The demand for Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solutions is expected to fuel this expansion, as enterprises increasingly rely on cloud ecosystems to integrate artificial intelligence (AI), enhance automation, and enable large-scale digital transformation.
While the public cloud market in Europe is set for substantial growth, economic uncertainties and geopolitical [...]
📅 - Zayo and Infinera Achieve 1Tb/s Transmission in Trial - Zayo and Infinera have successfully completed a live network trial demonstrating 1 terabit per second (Tb/s) single-wavelength transmission over 1,391 kilometers between Sacramento, California, and Salt Lake City. Utilizing Infineras ICE7, a seventh-generation embedded optical engine, this achievement enables Zayo to provide up to 32 terabits of C-Band capacity on this route, with the potential to expand bandwidth to 64 terabits by incorporating L-Band technology.
This trial would underscore the ability of next-generation optical networking to address the increasing demands of artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, and enterprise data needs.
Zayo operates one of North Americas [...]
📅 - T-Mobile Adopts Red Hat OpenShift for Unified Telco Cloud - T-Mobile has announced its adoption of Red Hat OpenShift to establish a unified telco cloud across its core and far edge operations. The move aims to enhance efficiency, streamline automation, and accelerate the deployment of new applications and services while reducing costs.
By leveraging Red Hat OpenShift Platform Plus, T-Mobile seeks to standardize its cloud infrastructure, ensuring greater operational consistency and agility in a rapidly evolving telecommunications landscape.
With increasing demands for cloud flexibility and cost-effective infrastructure, telecom providers must optimize efficiency and productivity through software-driven innovation. T-Mobile's deployment of [...]
📅 - Vultr Offers AMD Instinct MI325X GPUs for Enterprise AI - Vultr recently announced a $3.5 billion funding round and expanded its cooperation with AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) to provide access to AMD Instinct MI300X GPUs and the ROCm open software ecosystem. This collaboration combines AMD's revolutionary Instinct GPUs and supporting AI networking and software infrastructure with Vultr's global cloud infrastructure platform, allowing businesses to build and scale AI-native applications on robust cloud infrastructure while ensuring agility, scalability, cost efficiency, and high performance.
"The AMD Instinct MI325X sets new AI industry standards, delivering incredible performance and efficiency for inference," said J.J. Kardwell, CEO of Vultr. "The [...]
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