45k user reviews & 1 million votes, over 29k web hosting brands & 85k plans since 2004!
Menu
WHTop → 📋 News → PEAK:AIO Raises $6.8M to Scale AI-Optimized Data Infrastructure
PEAK:AIO Raises $6.8M to Scale AI-Optimized Data Infrastructure
📅 - UK-based data infrastructure startup PEAK:AIO has raised more than $6.8 million in seed funding to accelerate the development of its AI-optimized storage technology and expand globally. The round was led by Pembroke VCT, which invested $5 million, with participation from Praetura Ventures and a Silicon Valley investor.
The capital injection marks a major milestone for the young company as it positions itself at the forefront of the rapidly evolving AI hardware and data infrastructure market.
PEAK:AIO develops storage software designed specifically for GPU-centric workloads, one of the most critical pain points in AI infrastructure. As AI models become larger and more complex, traditional [...][... Check source for end of article ...]
📅 - LumaDock Launches VPS for Web Hosting - With Dedicated Resources - LONDON, October 2025 – LumaDock, a hosting platform developed by LifeinCloud, has released a new category of VPS for Web Hosting designed to give website owners reliable speed without shared-server bottlenecks. The new product line combines full KVM virtualization, triple-replicated NVMe storage and the control panels most teams already know: cPanel, ISPmanager and Plesk.
Each VPS deploys in seconds with everything preconfigured for websites, domains, databases and email. Users can select their preferred control panel at checkout, skip manual setup and keep full root access when needed. Plans include unmetered 1 Gbps bandwidth, DDoS protection, snapshots, and a dedicated IPv4 address. [...]
📅 - Nortek Unveils Multi-Megawatt Skidded CDU for Hyperscale - Hyperscalers and data center operators are looking for solutions that can scale effectively, integrate smoothly, and support rapid deployment and serviceability as AI workloads drive unprecedented power density.
They are also going beyond typical one-megawatt, contained CDU designs. These needs are satisfied by Nortek's skidding CDUs, which offer a specialized, easily maintainable, and flexible platform that lets operators maximize efficiency, cut down on manpower on-site, and adjust to changing cooling needs.
Important attributes: Huge Capacity: The base offering's configuration ranges from 1 MW to more than 5 MW, with the ability to expand to 10 MW through interconnected [...]
📅 - Ardian Acquires Ireland’s Energia in €2.5B Bet on AI Power Demand - In a major move underscoring the convergence of energy infrastructure and artificial intelligence, French private equity firm Ardian has agreed to acquire Irish utility Energia Group from U.S.-based I Squared Capital in a deal valued at more than €2.5 billion. The acquisition marks Ardian's first investment in Ireland and signals growing investor appetite for utilities positioned to power the next generation of AI and data-driven industries.
Energia, one of Ireland's largest energy providers, serves nearly 900,000 homes and businesses across the island and accounts for roughly 17% of Ireland's total electricity supply and 20% of its wind generation. The company, originally acquired by I [...]
📅 - Netskope, Macquarie Telecom Forge Cybersecurity Alliance - Netskope has expanded its footprint in the Asia-Pacific region through a new strategic partnership with Australia's Macquarie Telecom, in a move that underscores the company's growing dominance in the convergence of cybersecurity, cloud, and AI infrastructure.
The collaboration will see Macquarie Telecom integrate Netskope's advanced Security Service Edge (SSE) technology into its software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) offerings, delivering a unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) solution for Australian organizations navigating digital transformation and intensifying security demands.
As the driving force behind the partnership, Netskope brings its globally recognized SSE [...]
📅 - Zyphra Taps IBM and AMD for Open-Source AI Infrastructure - IBM and AMD are deepening their partnership with the San Francisco–based AI startup Zyphra to deliver what is expected to become one of the world's most advanced generative AI training infrastructures. The collaboration unites IBM's high-performance cloud platform with AMD's Instinct MI300X GPUs to accelerate Zyphra's development of open-source multimodal foundation models - marking a major milestone in enterprise-scale AI infrastructure.
Under a new multi-year agreement, IBM will deploy a large cluster of AMD Instinct MI300X GPUs on IBM Cloud, dedicated to Zyphra's AI training workloads. The system also integrates AMD's Pensando Pollara 400 AI NICs and Ortano DPUs, forming a full-stack [...]
📅 - IREN Secures Multi-Year AI Cloud Deals, Targets $500M ARR by 2026 - IREN has secured a series of new multi-year cloud service agreements with several leading artificial intelligence companies, centered on large-scale NVIDIA Blackwell GPU deployments. The deals strengthen IREN's position as one of the fastest-growing providers of AI cloud infrastructure and mark another milestone in the company's strategic shift from cryptocurrency-focused operations toward high-performance computing for the AI era.
Following a significant expansion of its AI Cloud capacity, IREN remains on track to reach more than $500 million in annualized run-rate revenue (ARR) by the end of Q1 2026. This projection is based on 23,000 GPUs currently active or on order. To date, the [...]
📅 - 
📅 -