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UK’s Nscale to Deliver 200,000 NVIDIA AI Chips to Microsoft
📅 - In a move that underscores the accelerating global race to build large-scale AI infrastructure, Nscale has signed an expanded agreement with Microsoft to deliver approximately 200,000 NVIDIA GB300 GPUs across hyperscale AI campuses in Europe and the United States.
The multibillion-dollar contract, one of the largest AI infrastructure deals ever announced, is being executed in collaboration with Dell Technologies.
Headquartered in Europe, Nscale is a vertically integrated AI cloud provider that designs, operates, and manages its own and colocated data centers, GPU clusters, and AI orchestration services. The company's model focuses on combining infrastructure ownership with advanced cloud [...][... Check source for end of article ...]
📅 - Oracle Unveils Multicloud Credits for Easier Cross-Cloud AI - Oracle is expanding its multicloud strategy with the launch of Oracle Multicloud Universal Credits, a new licensing model. It allows customers to use Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and Oracle AI Database services in a hybrid setting across major cloud providers with a single contract.
The new credits can be applied to Oracle Database@AWS, Oracle Database@Azure, Oracle Database@Google Cloud, and OCI, offering a unified way for enterprises to deploy and manage workloads across different platforms.
The initiative aims to eliminate one of the biggest friction points in multicloud adoption - procurement and governance. While many organizations already run hybrid and multicloud [...]
📅 - Arm, OCP Set New Chip Standards for Energy-Efficient AI Data Centers - Arm is intensifying its push toward greener, more efficient artificial intelligence infrastructure with a focus on open chip standards that will define how the next generation of AI data centers is built. The company announced a deeper collaboration with the Open Compute Project (OCP) - and its appointment to the organization's Board of Directors - as part of a broader strategy to shape new global standards for energy-efficient, interoperable AI computing.
According to Arm, the ‘converged AI data center' represents the next stage in infrastructure development - one designed to optimize AI performance per square meter, dramatically reducing power use and operational costs. To achieve this, [...]
📅 - Aligned Data Centers To Be Acquired in $40 Billion Deal - In one of the largest data center acquisitions ever recorded, BlackRock's Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), NVIDIA, MGX, Microsoft, and other members of the Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Partnership (AIP) have agreed to acquire Aligned Data Centers from Macquarie Asset Management and its co-investors for approximately $40 billion.
A week ago, HostingJournalist reported that this acquisition was imminent. Now the deal is final. The landmark transaction underscores the intensifying global race to control the physical infrastructure powering artificial intelligence and next-generation cloud computing.
The deal, which surpasses Blackstone's $16.2 billion purchase of AirTrunk in [...]
📅 - Netskope Report Finds CEO and CIO Disconnect on AI Strategy - A new global study from cloud and AI cybersecurity solutions vendor Netskope (NASDAQ: NTSK) has revealed that a lack of alignment between CEOs and CIOs is emerging as one of the biggest barriers to effective artificial intelligence adoption and digital transformation within enterprises.
The research, published in a report titled Crucial Conversations: How to Achieve CIO-CEO Alignment in the Era of AI, highlights how divergent priorities between executive leaders could slow the pace of strategic innovation at a time when technology is fundamentally reshaping business operations.
According to the findings, nearly four in ten CIOs (39%) believe they are misaligned with their CEO on key [...]
📅 - Cloudflare Joins Oracle Cloud to Boost App and AI Performance - Cloudflare has expanded its reach in the enterprise cloud market with the announcement that its connectivity cloud platform will now be available natively on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). The integration will allow global customers to directly access Cloudflare's performance, security, and resiliency features from within OCI, unifying control and visibility across hybrid, multicloud, and AI-driven environments.
The move reflects growing industry demand for simplified multicloud networking and security as organizations expand their use of AI and distributed workloads.
According to a recent Forrester Research report, 73% of enterprise networking and telecommunications decision-makers [...]
📅 - Knight Frank: EMEA Data Center Growth Drives $562B Capital Need - Capital costs to develop data centers across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) have reached unprecedented levels, as demand for digital infrastructure driven by artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, and data sovereignty continues to accelerate.
According to global property consultancy Knight Frank, more than US$ 562 billion in development capital is now required to support the region's expanding data center pipeline - including US$ 162 billion announced in the first half of 2025 alone.
Knight Frank's latest EMEA Data Centres Report reveals that the total operational stock of data centers across the region is now valued at over US$ 300 billion, reflecting both its [...]
