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Databricks Acquires Neon to Power AI with Serverless Postgres
📅 - Global data and AI company Databricks has announced its agreement to acquire Neon, a leading provider of serverless Postgres solutions. The move would underscore Databricks' ambition to advance the infrastructure behind AI-native applications and enhance its developer ecosystem with a scalable, cost-efficient, and flexible database technology tailored for AI agent workloads.
Neon's cloud-native Postgres platform is specifically designed to support the rise of AI agents - automated systems that act autonomously or semi-autonomously based on data inputs. Recent telemetry from Neon reveals that over 80% of databases provisioned on its platform were not initiated by human users but by AI [...][... Check source for end of article ...]
📅 - EU Unveils Centralized Database to Boost Cybersecurity - The European Union took a decisive step this week toward enhancing its collective cybersecurity posture with the launch of the European Vulnerability Database (EUVD). Spearheaded by the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA), this initiative introduces a centralized, reliable platform for tracking cybersecurity vulnerabilities across information and communication technology (ICT) products and services within the EU.
The EUVD is not only a significant tool for cyber defense, but also marks a turning point in Europe's ambition to assert digital sovereignty and operational resilience in the face of escalating cyber threats.
Developed in accordance with the EU's revised [...]
U.S.-based AI infrastructure startup TensorWave has announced a $100 million Series A funding round aimed at scaling its high-performance computing offerings for the AI industry. The round was co-led by Magnetar and AMD Ventures, with participation from Prosperity7, Maverick Silicon, and Nexus Venture Partners.
The capital injection would underscore both investor confidence in TensorWave's momentum and the growing demand for AI infrastructure alternatives beyond the dominant players.
Founded with a mission to democratize access to advanced AI compute, [...]
Saudi Arabia has launched an ambitious new state-backed artificial intelligence venture, HUMAIN, with the goal of becoming a global AI leader - and it's doing so in close collaboration with top American technology companies. Backed by the Public Investment Fund (PIF), the kingdom's $940 billion sovereign wealth fund, HUMAIN is already striking major deals with U.S. firms including NVIDIA, AWS, Qualcomm, AMD and Groq.
HUMAIN is committing billions of dollars toward infrastructure, AI development, and workforce [...]
📅 - Colt DCS Begins €2.3B AI-Ready Data Center Expansion Near Paris - Colt Data Centre Services (Colt DCS) has officially commenced construction of a new data center facility near Paris, initiating a €2.3 billion investment plan aimed at strengthening France's position in the European digital infrastructure landscape. The groundbreaking for Colt Paris 2, located on a 12.5-acre site in Villebon-sur-Yvette, marks the beginning of an ambitious rollout of five new data centers to be completed by 2031.
This new facility is the first in a trio of data centers - Colt Paris 2, 3, and 4 - planned for the Villebon site. Additionally, two more centers, Colt Paris 5 and 6, will be built on a separate 5.3-acre plot in Les Ulis, near the company's existing data center [...]
📅 - Cirrascale Adds NVIDIA HGX B200 to Boost AI Cloud Performance - Cirrascale Cloud Services has announced the general availability of NVIDIA HGX B200 servers within its AI Innovation Cloud, delivering a significant boost to artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) capabilities. The integration enables startups, researchers, and enterprises to access Blackwell-powered infrastructure for large-scale model training and inference.
The NVIDIA HGX B200 platform, based on the new NVIDIA Blackwell architecture, features advanced technologies including NVLink, NVSwitch, and BlueField-3 data processing units (DPUs). It provides significant performance improvements over the previous Hopper generation, offering up to 12 times lower cost per [...]
📅 - Riverbed Accelerates AI-Era Networks with New Solutions - With improved security and operational agility, Riverbed's market-leading solutions let clients transport enterprise data more quickly across linked clouds, data centers, and the edge. The new Riverbed Flex subscription service, which offers increased architectural freedom, license portability, value retention, and an enhanced total cost of ownership, also gives clients the choice to use these new solutions.
Data quantities are increasing 35%1 yearly, surpassing network capacity, putting constraints on networks. Recent research by ESG analysts shows that 91% of IT leaders concur that AI is making networking—and consequently network acceleration—crucial once more, with 85% recognizing AI's [...]
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