European factories are about to become significantly more intelligent. NVIDIA’s announcement of a massive industrial AI cloud facility in Germany means manufacturers in Europe will soon have access to computing power equivalent to thousands of supercomputers, helping them design products faster, predict machine breakdowns before they happen, and optimise production in ways that were impossible […]
Amazon Web Services announced a $10 billion AI data centre investment in Richmond County, North Carolina, marking the company’s largest single investment in the state’s history. The Amazon AI data centre investment will establish new facilities specifically designed to handle generative artificial intelligence workloads and cloud computing operations. The June 4, 2025 announcement outlines plans for data centre infrastructure […]
Oracle UK cloud has announced plans to invest US$5 billion to expand its cloud infrastructure in Britain over the next five years. The March 17 announcement aims to support the UK Government’s priorities for what it terms on AI-driven future, and meet global demand for Oracle’s cloud computing services. The investment will expand Oracle Cloud […]
A quantum computer chip that fits in your palm could solve problems current supercomputers would take thousands of years to crack, marking a pivotal shift toward practical quantum computing. This new chip, called Majorana 1, fundamentally changes how quantum computers can be built and operated. While today’s quantum computers fill entire rooms and need complex cooling […]
The global Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software market is on track for significant expansion, with projections showing growth from $2.02 billion in 2023 to $3.63 billion by 2029, according to a new report from ResearchAndMarkets.com. This robust growth trajectory, marked by a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.1%, reflects the increasing importance of DCIM solutions […]
ByteDance’s strategies to access AI chips have taken a new turn, as TikTok – the social platform’s parent company – reportedly planning to spend $7 billion to secure Nvidia chips through facilities outside China in 2025, according to The Information. The move represents one of the latest attempts by Chinese technology companies to maintain access […]
Alibaba Cloud LLM pricing strategy has taken a dramatic turn as the company announces an unprecedented 85% reduction in access costs for its most sophisticated large language models. The announcement, made via WeChat and reported by the South China Morning Post, positions the company’s flagship Qwen-VL-Max model at just 0.003 yuan ($0.00041) per thousand tokens, […]
Netflix has launched a counteroffensive in its long-running patent battle with Broadcom, filing a lawsuit over virtualisation technologies against the company’s VMware subsidiary. Filed [PDF] on December 23, 2024, in the Northern District of California, the streaming company’s complaint asserts five patents (originally developed by HP), marking an aggressive shift in Netflix’s typically defensive IP […]
The tech world is buzzing over Google’s latest quantum processor development, which isn’t just pushing computational boundaries – it’s challenging our fundamental understanding of reality. The early December unveiling of the Willow chip presents capabilities so extraordinary that Google claims they transcend the known limits of our universe, posing questions about the nature of quantum […]
US semiconductor manufacturing could undergo significant changes as major chip manufacturers plan to bring new factories online during Donald Trump’s upcoming presidential term. According to a recent Business Insider report, while the Biden administration laid the groundwork for domestic chip production through the CHIPS Act, the actual manufacturing boom and job creation may materialise during Trump’s presidency. […]