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China Bans Tech Giants from Buying NVIDIA AI Chips, Backs Local
📅 - China's Internet regulator has barred the country's largest technology firms from purchasing artificial intelligence processors made by NVIDIA, intensifying Beijing's push to strengthen domestic chip capabilities and reduce reliance on U.S. technology.
The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) this week instructed companies including ByteDance and Alibaba to halt testing and cancel orders for NVIDIA's RTX Pro 6000D, a processor designed specifically for the Chinese market. Several firms had already begun verification processes with server vendors and had planned to acquire tens of thousands of the GPUs, according to people familiar with the matter. Following the CAC directive, [...][... Check source for end of article ...]
📅 - CoreWeave to Launch AI Infrastructure in Scotland with DataVita - CoreWeave has announced a £1.5 billion expansion of its AI data center operations in the United Kingdom, bringing its total investment in the country to £2.5 billion. The latest phase underscores the company's commitment to delivering sustainable compute capacity designed to meet the growing demands of artificial intelligence while advancing the UK's position as a hub for responsible AI development.
The announcement coincided with the state visit of U.S. President Donald J. Trump to the UK, adding symbolic weight to the transatlantic technology collaboration. CoreWeave said the funds will accelerate the UK Government's Compute Roadmap, an initiative aimed at providing the infrastructure [...]
📅 - Check Point to Acquire Lakera, Expands End-to-End AI Security - Check Point Software has announced an agreement to acquire Lakera, a Swiss-American company specializing in AI-native security, as enterprises worldwide accelerate the adoption of generative AI, large language models, and agent-based applications.
The acquisition, expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2025, will add Lakera's runtime protection technologies to Check Point's Infinity architecture, creating what the company describes as one of the industry's first end-to-end AI security stacks. The deal's financial details have not been disclosed.
Founded by AI specialists from Google and Meta, Lakera has positioned itself as a leader in securing AI-native environments. Its products, [...]
📅 - China Deploys Domestic AI Chips in $390M Qinghai Data Center - China is advancing its push for technological self-reliance with the deployment of domestically produced artificial intelligence chips in a major new data center, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Tuesday. The announcement highlights ongoing efforts by Beijing to reduce reliance on foreign technology as geopolitical tensions over semiconductors intensify.
According to information displayed during a visit by Chinese Premier Li Qiang to Qinghai province earlier this week, China Unicom's Sanjiangyuan data center has contracted several local vendors to supply processors. Companies identified include Biren Technology, MetaX, Zhonghao Xinying, and Alibaba's semiconductor division, T-Head.
The [...]
📅 - Vultr and FluidCloud Now Enable Instant Global Cloud Migration - Organizations are under tremendous pressure to upgrade their infrastructure as soon as possible and at a reasonable cost in the continuously changing cloud world of today. Vultr's high-performance cloud infrastructure and FluidCloud's Cloud CloningTM technology combine to enable AI-driven enterprises to move from any provider to Vultr in a matter of minutes without complicated rearchitecting or service interruption. Additionally, Vultr and FluidCloud support a multicloud shift to divide workloads among multiple clouds.
"Our collaboration with Vultr stems from a shared goal to liberate businesses from cloud lock-in and streamline multicloud operations," stated Sharad Kumar, FluidCloud's [...]
📅 - Groq Secures $750M Funding at $6.9B Valuation Amid Inference Boom - Groq has secured $750 million in fresh financing, giving the U.S.-based AI inference specialist a post-money valuation of $6.9 billion. Founded with a focus on high-speed, cost-effective inference, Groq has positioned itself as a core player in AI infrastructure. The company reports that its technology now supports more than two million developers as well as Fortune 500 enterprises.
Groq's data center footprint continues to expand beyond North America into Europe and the Middle East, reflecting growing global demand for inference workloads.
The funding round was led by Disruptive, with participation from major institutional investors including BlackRock, Neuberger Berman, Deutsche [...]
📅 - Compu Dynamics Modular Launches New AI-Era Data Center Platforms - Compu Dynamics Modular has introduced two new modular data center platforms designed to meet the rapidly evolving requirements of artificial intelligence workloads. The company, a subsidiary of Compu Dynamics with more than two decades of expertise in data center design and deployment, said the new systems were created to address critical infrastructure bottlenecks including density, speed, and scalability.
The two product lines, the CDM L Series and the CDM I Series, target distinct parts of the AI ecosystem. The L Series is tailored for AI training and ultra-high-density computing, while the I Series is focused on inference and edge applications. Both platforms are designed with [...]
