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Energy
Massive hyperscale data centers—designed to handle cloud computing and AI demands—are drawing interest from developers eyeing South Dakota as a potential hub. With its cold climate and abundant wind energy, the state offers ideal conditions for these energy-intensive facilities. However, the demand for electricity poses challenges for local
Cloud Computing
Meta, Facebook’s parent company, announced plans to build its largest artificial intelligence data center in northeast Louisiana, marking a $10 billion investment. The facility is expected to transform Richland Parish, a rural area with high poverty rates, creating 500 permanent jobs and 5,000 construction jobs. The project includes
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
AWS has announced a major enhancement to its SageMaker platform at the annual re:Invent conference in Las Vegas. SageMaker, AWS’s fully managed platform for building, training, and deploying machine learning (ML) and generative AI models, is now integrating a curated set of third-party AI applications. This move aims
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has unveiled a new AI supercomputer, "Ultracluster," powered by its custom Trainium2 chips, aiming to challenge industry leader Nvidia. This initiative includes the "Ultraserver," designed to connect 64 Trainium2 chips, offering enhanced performance and cost efficiency for AI model training. AWS'
Energy
Meta Platforms Inc. is actively seeking proposals from nuclear energy developers to supply between 1 and 4 gigawatts of nuclear-generated electricity for its U.S. data centers, aiming for operational capacity by the early 2030s. This initiative aligns with Meta's commitment to environmental sustainability and addresses the escalating
Semiconductors
Apple has revealed its use of Amazon Web Services' (AWS) custom artificial intelligence (AI) chips for services such as search, and it is exploring the potential of Amazon’s Trainium2 chip for pretraining its proprietary AI models like Apple Intelligence. This announcement came during Apple’s rare public acknowledgment
Cloud Computing
At AWS re:Invent in Las Vegas, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced major updates to its data centers, focusing on efficiency, sustainability, and AI performance. The key highlight is the adoption of liquid cooling for its AI-focused Trainium2 chips and NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 systems, addressing the intense heat of next-gen
Cloud Computing
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the general availability of its Data Transfer Terminal, a physical facility designed to enable faster and more secure data uploads to the AWS Cloud. The service is now available in Los Angeles and New York, with plans to expand globally. What Is AWS Data
Cloud Computing
Monolithic architectures are regaining favor as companies navigate the challenges of microservices. This shift underscores the appeal of simplicity and efficiency that monoliths provide for many applications. Monoliths vs. Microservices: A Quick Overview * Monolithic Architecture: Combines all components into a single system, making development and deployment straightforward but posing scalability
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Business spending on artificial intelligence (AI) has experienced a remarkable surge in 2024, with Menlo Ventures reporting a 500% increase, bringing total investments to $13.8 billion. This significant growth underscores the escalating importance of AI across various industries. Companies are channeling substantial resources into AI to enhance efficiency, improve
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Snowflake Inc., a leading data analytics company, has announced a strategic partnership with AI firm Anthropic to enhance its cloud services. This collaboration aims to integrate Anthropic's advanced large language models into Snowflake's platform, enabling customers to develop and refine their AI applications. The partnership is
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup, xAI, is in the process of raising up to $6 billion to acquire 100,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs for its forthcoming data center in Memphis, Tennessee. This facility aims to become one of the world's most powerful supercomputers, significantly enhancing xAI&