Google and Blackstone plan to create a US-based AI cloud venture that will provide access to data centre capacity and Google’s custom AI chips. Blackstone will make an initial equity investment of US$5 billion to support the venture. The firm will be the majority owner of the new business. The companies said the investment will […]
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SambaNova and Intel have extended their collaboration with a heterogeneous hardware solution that “combines GPUs for prefill, Intel Xeon 6 processors as host and ‘action’ CPUs, and SambaNova RDUs (reconfigurable dataflow units) for decode,” according to a press release. By assigning each step to hardware suited to each, the companies claim higher quality, faster AI […]
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Google is discussing future launch options with SpaceX and other companies for Project Suncatcher, a research effort into orbital AI data centres. The project is designed to test whether AI computing infrastructure can operate in orbit. The project centres on a network of solar-powered satellites carrying Google’s Tensor Processing Units, or TPUs. These chips are […]
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AWS has made Claude Platform on AWS generally available, giving customers access to Anthropic’s native Claude Platform through their existing AWS accounts. AWS said it is the first cloud provider to offer access to the Claude Platform natively. The service allows developers and organisations to use Claude APIs, the Claude Console, and early-access beta features […]
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Cloud computing has provided companies with unprecedented flexibility and has also rendered software more difficult to comprehend. Applications can now be deployed in containers, serverless functions, APIs, managed databases, message queues, edge services, and in various cloud providers. When something is broken, slows down, or becomes costly, teams require a consistent method to observe what […]
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Microsoft is weighing whether to delay or abandon one of its 2030 clean energy targets as it expands data centre capacity for AI and cloud services, Bloomberg has reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The target, announced in 2021 and known as 100/100/0, aims to match 100% of Microsoft’s electricity use, 100% of the […]
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Microsoft has detailed a high-severity Linux kernel vulnerability that can allow a local, unprivileged user to gain root access on affected systems. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-31431 and also referred to as “Copy Fail,” affects multiple Linux distributions used in enterprise and cloud environments. Microsoft said affected platforms include Red Hat, SUSE, Ubuntu, Amazon Linux, […]
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Rapid advances in cloud storage have transformed how businesses manage sensitive information. As data flows between users and remote environments increase, so does the need for robust transfer-layer security. Organisations now prioritise methods that ensure privacy and integrity throughout every stage of cloud adoption. Workflows in cloud environments require frequent exchange of large data volumes, […]
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Have carried the burden of land acquisition, planning consent, construction, supply chain management, and full fit-out, many data centre operators may think that the day their new facility comes online is the end of the process. But how about the day-to-day management of the internals of a data centre – the human technicians who will […]
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Keppel has started construction on a floating data centre project in Singapore, a 25MW facility designed to combat land and water constraints affecting data centre development. The company disclosed the construction plans in its first-quarter 2026 business update, aiming to begin work on the Keppel DC SGP 9 in mid-2026 at its Genting Lane campus. […]
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