NVIDIA and Oracle to build AI Supercomputer for U.S. Department of Energy
NVIDIA has partnered with Oracle to construct the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) AI supercomputer named Solstice. The project will feature 100,000 NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs and computing power to support the DOE’s research in science, energy, and national security. Another system, named Equinox, will include 10,000 Blackwell GPUs and is scheduled for operation in early […]
NVIDIA and South Korean tech giants to build sovereign AI infrastructure
NVIDIA has announced that it is working with South Korea to expand the nation’s AI infrastructure with over a quarter-million NVIDIA GPUs across its sovereign clouds and AI factories. Built with public and private-sector deployments, the infrastructure aims to form the foundation for AI-enabled economic growth and innovation across South Korea’s industries, including automotive, manufacturing […]
SPECIAL FEATURE | America’s Energy Revolution: How US data centers are transitioning from fossil fuels to renewables
The digital infrastructure industry across the United States is undergoing a significant transition from a long-standing reliance on fossil fuels, to a more sustainable future powered by renewable energy. This transition is driven by concerns over climate change, advancements in technologies enabling generation, transmission and storage of renewable energy, as well as economic and political […]
Microsoft to invest US$15.2 billion in the UAE
Global tech giant Microsoft has announced that it will invest US$15.2 billion in the UAE by 2029, as part of its AI initiative that began in 2023. Microsoft already has a significant presence in the Middle Eastern nation, mainly through its partnership with G42, the UAE’s sovereign AI company. Revealing its investments so far, and […]
BDx targets 1GW expansion into APAC, Middle East
BDx is not only about to aggressively expand its footprint across Asia Pacific and the Middle East, it is also dipping its feet deep into quantum computing believing it is the next frontier. w.media chats with CEO Mayank Srivastava in an exclusive email interview. BDx Data Centers, whose core market is Indonesia, has firm […]
Neocloud provider Iren secures US$9.7bn AI cloud deal with Microsoft
Australian technology company Iren has signed a US$9.7 billion multi-year agreement with Microsoft to provide GPU-based cloud infrastructure for artificial intelligence workloads. Under the deal, Iren’s US subsidiary, IE US Hardware 3, will supply Microsoft with access to dedicated Nvidia GB300 GPU capacity over a five-year period. The infrastructure will be hosted at Iren’s “Horizon” […]