Microsoft’s close partnership with OpenAI has been a major factor in its recent growth. Exclusive access to OpenAI’s models has boosted Azure’s performance and helped lift Microsoft’s market value to nearly $4 trillion. For the April-June quarter, Azure revenue is expected to rise 34.8%, matching Microsoft’s own forecast and slightly ahead of the previous quarter’s […]
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A single Google search requires half a millilitre of water, while ChatGPT consumes 500 millilitres for every five to 50 prompts. Multiply these figures by billions of daily interactions, add streaming services and cloud storage, and the result is staggering: data centre water consumption has reached crisis levels, with some facilities using more water annually than entire cities. This […]
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Oracle is set to expand into Indonesia by leasing data centre space from DayOne Data Centres, according to people with knowledge of the deal. The move would mark Oracle’s first cloud services operation in the country and deepen its relationship with a regional player that counts ByteDance as its biggest client. DayOne, based in Singapore, […]
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OVHcloud has released an updated version of its Environmental Impact Tracker, a tool designed to help users measure emissions linked to their cloud usage. The new version builds on its earlier carbon calculator by covering more cloud services and moving toward broader environmental metrics beyond just carbon output. At launch, the tracker works with Baremetal, […]
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Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have developed energy-efficient NPU technology that demonstrates substantial performance improvements in laboratory testing. Their specialised AI chip ran AI models 60% faster while using 44% less electricity than the graphics cards currently powering most AI systems, based on results from controlled experiments. To put it simply, the research, […]
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Ooredoo has launched AI cloud services in Qatar, powered by Nvidia’s Hopper GPUs and hosted entirely within the country. The setup gives businesses access to use high-performance computing without relying on overseas providers—part of a broader move toward national control over digital infrastructure. The services are hosted in local data centres and are aimed at […]
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Huawei CloudMatrix AI performance has achieved what the company claims is a significant milestone, with internal testing showing its new data centre architecture outperforming Nvidia’s H800 graphics processing units in running DeepSeek’s advanced R1 artificial intelligence model, according to a comprehensivetechnical paperreleased this week by Huawei researchers. The research, conducted by Huawei Technologies in collaboration […]
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Amazon Web Services is committing AU$20 billion (US$13.3 billion) over five years to expand its Australian data centre operations, responding to surging enterprise demand for AI capabilities that existing infrastructure cannot adequately support. The AWS Australia data centre investment represents the largest technology infrastructure commitment in the country’s history, driven by practical business needs rather […]
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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 […]
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Meta Platforms is reportedly behind a planned data centre development in central Wisconsin valued at close to $1 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter. The project is part of a broader push by major tech firms to expand infrastructure in support of artificial intelligence and cloud computing. Wisconsin approved an incentive package […]
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