Tag: hyperscalers
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The Register: Bain launches datacenter biz for Euros worried about climate change and Trump
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/22/bain_capital_hscale/ Source: The Register Title: Bain launches datacenter biz for Euros worried about climate change and Trump Feedly Summary: Data sovereignty fears fuel pitch to hyperscalers Investment biz Bain Capital is getting further into the datacenter sector with the launch of an operation serving hyperscalers in Europe, potentially positioning itself to benefit from…
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Slashdot: xAI’s Grok 3 Comes To Microsoft Azure
Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/05/19/2033214/xais-grok-3-comes-to-microsoft-azure?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: xAI’s Grok 3 Comes To Microsoft Azure Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft has partnered with Elon Musk’s AI startup, xAI, to offer managed access to the Grok AI models via Azure AI Foundry. The Grok 3 and Grok 3 mini models incorporate enhanced security and…
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The Register: CoreWeave may have built a house of (graphics) cards
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/16/coreweave_graphics_cards/ Source: The Register Title: CoreWeave may have built a house of (graphics) cards Feedly Summary: An overdependence on hyperscalers and a mountain of debt could pull the rug out Comment CoreWeave this week said it would plow between $20 and $23 billion into GPU bit barns by year’s end in order to…
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Slashdot: US, UAE Unveil Plan For New 5GW AI Campus In Abu Dhabi
Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/05/15/2333259/us-uae-unveil-plan-for-new-5gw-ai-campus-in-abu-dhabi?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: US, UAE Unveil Plan For New 5GW AI Campus In Abu Dhabi Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text reports on the unveiling of a significant AI campus in Abu Dhabi, which will serve as a regional hub for AI data centers catering primarily to US…
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The Register: Microsoft gets twitchy over talk of Europe’s tech independence
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/30/microsoft_getting_nervous_about_europes/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft gets twitchy over talk of Europe’s tech independence Feedly Summary: Brad Smith commits org to facing off with US govt in court to protect them Microsoft is responding to mounting “geopolitical and trade volatility" between the US administration and governments in Europe by pledging privacy safeguards for…
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The Register: Delicious irony as Euro alliance pumps €1M of Microsoft’s money into open source cloud federation tech
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/01/cispe_fulcrum_donation/ Source: The Register Title: Delicious irony as Euro alliance pumps €1M of Microsoft’s money into open source cloud federation tech Feedly Summary: Fulcrum is region’s latest challenge to the hyperscalers An alliance of cloud service providers in Europe is investing €1 million into the Fulcrum Project, an open source cloud federation tech…
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The Register: SoftBank buys server-grade Arm silicon designer Ampere Computing
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/20/softbank_acquires_ampere/ Source: The Register Title: SoftBank buys server-grade Arm silicon designer Ampere Computing Feedly Summary: Japanese tech investor expects its own hyperscalers and e-com giants to collaborate, which could take a bite out of x86 market Japanese tech investment house SoftBank Group has announced its intention to acquire Ampere Computing, the chip design…
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The Register: Tencent slows pace of GPU rollout as it wrings more performance from fewer accelerators
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/20/tencent_q4_fy2024_gpu_slowdown/ Source: The Register Title: Tencent slows pace of GPU rollout as it wrings more performance from fewer accelerators Feedly Summary: Chinese giant says locals are more efficient than Western hyperscalers, and has tiny capex to prove it Chinese tech giant Tencent has slowed the pace of its GPU rollout since implementing DeepSeek.……