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G42 and U.S. Tech Firms to Build 5GW UAE-US AI Campus in Abu Dhabix - 📅 - A landmark artificial intelligence infrastructure project has been unveiled in Abu Dhabi, signaling deepening cooperation between the United Arab Emirates and the United States in the rapidly expanding AI sector. The 5-gigawatt UAE-US AI Campus, spearheaded by Abu Dhabi-based technology company G42 in partnership with leading American tech firms, is poised to become the largest AI data center complex outside of the United States.
Announced during a high-profile state visit by former U.S. President Donald J. Trump and attended by His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the President of the UAE, the new AI campus will anchor a long-term bilateral effort to advance AI development [...]
Announced during a high-profile state visit by former U.S. President Donald J. Trump and attended by His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the President of the UAE, the new AI campus will anchor a long-term bilateral effort to advance AI development [...]
Huawei Unveils AI Data Center Solution for Intelligent Infrastructure - 📅 - At the Global Data Center Facility Summit 2025 held in Dubai this week, Huawei has unveiled its latest AI Data Center (DC) solution, signaling a new chapter in intelligent computing. The event, themed ‘Power the Digital Era Forward,' convened over 500 industry leaders, technical experts, and partners to explore emerging opportunities and growth trajectories for the data center industry in the era of AI.In his opening remarks, Charles Yang, Senior Vice President at Huawei and President of Global Marketing, Sales, and Services at Huawei Digital Power, emphasized the sharp rise in demand for computing infrastructure due to the quick development of artificial intelligence. According to his [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
TensorWave Secures $100M to Scale Its AMD-Powered AI Infrastructure - 📅 - Photo: TensorWave was founded in 2023 in the United States by Jeff Tatarchuk (left), Darrick Horton (middle), and Piotr Tomasik (right).
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, [...]
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, [...]
New Saudi AI Firm Partners with U.S. Tech Giants in Multi-Billion AI Push - 📅 - Photo: The new Saudi AI firm HUMAIN is foundational to the kingdom's national AI strategy and economic transformation under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's Vision 2030.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 [...]
CoreSite Selects Nokia to Power IP Network Across 30 U.S. Data Centers - 📅 - U.S. data center colocation provider CoreSite has selected Nokia to deliver a high-performance IP routing-based edge and core network solution across its national footprint. The partnership aims to support the increasing demand for reliable and scalable interconnection services, particularly for AI-driven and data-intensive enterprise workloads.Under the agreement, Nokia will deploy its 7250 Interconnect Router (IXR-s) and 7750 Service Router (SR) across 30 CoreSite data centers in 11 major U.S. markets. The deployment is designed to handle the surging requirements of high-performance computing (HPC), artificial intelligence (AI), and multicloud environments. With over 40,000 [...]