Google exploring putting AI data centers in space — Project Suncatcher wants to harness in-orbit solar power to scale AI compute
tomshardware - Google is looking into putting AI data centers into orbit, but it still needs to solve a ton of engineering and cost challenges.
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AMD’s revenue and profit jumps again, but stock falls as margins disappoint
Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. delivered sharp increases in both profit and revenue today as it pushed deeper into the artificial intelligence data center market. However, its stock was headed lower in late-trading after disappointing investors with its marg…
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Google's Next Moonshot Is Putting TPUs In Space With 'Project Suncatcher'
BeauHD / slashdot - Google's new "Project Suncatcher" aims to launch Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) into space, creating a solar-powered, satellite-based AI networkcapable of scaling machine learning beyond Earth's limits. Google says a "solar panel can be up to 8 times more…
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Amazon Builds First Solo Subsea Cable Linking Maryland To Ireland
msmash / slashdot - AWS today announced Fastnet, a subsea fiber-optic cable that will link Maryland's Eastern Shore to County Cork, Ireland. The project marks Amazon's first wholly-owned subsea cable system after previously participating in similar ventures through consortiu…
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Microsoft gets a rare U.S. export license for UAE AI chips
Robert Brown / implicator - Microsoft won the first Trump-era export license to ship advanced Nvidia chips to the UAE, clearing a path for billions in data center spending. The trade: chip access for binding oversight that converts private infrastructure into alliance architecture.
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Rising energy prices put AI and data centers in the crosshairs
Tim De Chant / techcrunch - A majority of consumers say they’re worried about data centers driving up electricity costs. Is the industry prepared for a possible backlash?
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Nvidia to invest up to $1B in French AI startup Poolside as its valuation soars to $12B
Abhinaya Prabhu / techfundingnews - Nvidia is preparing to invest up to $1 billion in Poolside, whose valuation is set to leap to…
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AWS opens $11B Project Rainier data center campus built for Anthropic
Maria Deutscher / siliconangle - Amazon Web Services Inc. has opened a $11 billion data center campus in Indiana that will run artificial intelligence models for Anthropic PBC. CNBC reported the milestone today. The campus, which is located near Lake Michigan, was built as part of an ini…
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China deploys wind-powered underwater data center off Shanghai coast — $226 million project could top 24 megawatts, harnessing the cooling power of the sea
tomshardware - China has launched what it claims is the world’s first wind-powered undersea data center — a sealed, seawater-cooled cluster sitting 35 meters beneath the surface off the coast of Shanghai.
Back to Top / Wednesday, October 29, 2025, 10:21 am / permalink 15518 / 3 stories in 4 months
Nvidia, Oracle to build 7 supercomputers for Department of Energy, including its largest ever
Brandon Vigliarolo / theregister - 100,000 Blackwell GPUs and 2,200 exaFLOPs make for a big system The US Department of Energy is partnering with Nvidia and Oracle to build seven new AI supercomputers to accelerate scientific research and develop agentic AI for discovery. Two of these syst…
Back to Top / Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 7:21 pm / permalink 15504 / 5 stories in 4 months
Qualcomm announces AI chips to compete with AMD and Nvidia — stock soars 15%
cnbc - The AI200, expected in 2026, and the AI250, planned for 2027, both can come in a system that fills up a full, liquid-cooled server rack, Qualcomm said.
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Back to Top / Monday, October 27, 2025, 10:20 am / permalink 15456 / 14 stories in 4 months
Apple’s Houston AI Server Initiative Accelerates Ahead of Schedule
Apple is fast-tracking its domestic manufacturing push with a Houston-built AI server facility that is now shipping ahead of schedule. CEO Tim Cook’s announcement underscores the company’s strategic move to localize production amid geopolitical pressures, marking a bold step in its AI infrastructure roadmap.
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AWS says faulty automation caused major internet outage
Suhasini Srinivasaragavan / siliconrepublic - Downdetector recorded more than 11m user reports over Monday’s AWS-linked outage.Read more: AWS says faulty automation caused major internet outage
Back to Top / Friday, October 24, 2025, 8:20 am / permalink 15375 / 6 stories in 4 months
Apple Begins Shipping U.S.-Made AI Servers From Houston Plant
Apple has accelerated production of its domestically manufactured AI servers, now shipping from a new Houston facility. This strategic move not only boosts local manufacturing but also responds to political pressures for U.S.-based production as the company scales its in‐ecosystem AI services amid surging demand.
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BlackRock’s AI Consortium to Buy Aligned Data Centers in $40 Billion Deal
Connor Hart / wsj - BlackRock’s new artificial-intelligence infrastructure consortium agreed to acquire Aligned Data Centers from Macquarie Asset Management in a deal valuing the company at about $40 billion.
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Nscale targets 2026 IPO after signing $14bn Microsoft deal
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Jensen Huang hand-delivers Nvidia DGX Spark desktop AI supercomputer to Elon Musk ahead of launch
techspot - After being teased at CES 2025, when it was still called Project Digits, Nvidia officially revealed the DGX Spark during its GTC conference in March.Read Entire Article
Back to Top / Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 8:21 am / permalink 15112 / 12 stories in 4 months
Google to invest $15 billion to build data center hub in India; largest outside of the U.S.
cnbc - Google plans to invest $15 billion to build artificial intelligence data center capacity in Southern India, Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian said.
Back to Top / Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 6:20 am / permalink 15107 / 4 stories in 4 months
OpenAI partners with Broadcom to produce its own AI chips
Robert Hart / theverge - OpenAI is teaming up with Broadcom to produce its own computer chips to power its AI data centers. The deal is the latest in a series of partnerships designed to reduce the company’s reliance on Nvidia and secure enough computing power to fuel apps like C…
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OpenAI and AMD announce multibillion-dollar partnership — AMD to supply 6 gigawatts in chips, OpenAI could get up to 10% of AMD shares in return
tomshardware - AMD and OpenAI have announced a multibillion-dollar partnership to collaborate on AI data centers powered by AMD chips.
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