Tag: infrastructure development
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Hacker News: Nigerians are building affordable alternatives to AWS and Google Cloud
Source URL: https://restofworld.org/2025/aws-google-cloud-nigeria-alternatives/ Source: Hacker News Title: Nigerians are building affordable alternatives to AWS and Google Cloud Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Short Summary with Insight:** The text explores the development of local cloud service providers in Nigeria, exemplified by the fintech platform Okra’s transition from AWS to Nebula. This shift not…
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The Register: DeepSeek disappears from South Korean app stores over privacy concerns
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/18/south_korea_deepseek_ban/ Source: The Register Title: DeepSeek disappears from South Korean app stores over privacy concerns Feedly Summary: Nation also orders thousands of GPUs to advance local AI smarts South Korea suspends DeepSeek, which vows to return in better shape Nation also orders enough GPUs to train many more LLMs South Korea’s Personal Information…
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The Register: Datacenter energy demand in bitbarn ‘capital of the world’ Virginia nearly doubled in second half of 2024
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/14/datacenter_power_virginia/ Source: The Register Title: Datacenter energy demand in bitbarn ‘capital of the world’ Virginia nearly doubled in second half of 2024 Feedly Summary: Dominion Energy already eyeing another 26 GW worth of datacenter demand Demand for electricity from datacenters in Virginia nearly doubled in the second half of 2024, power supplier Dominion…
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The Register: EU plans to ‘mobilize’ €200B to invest in AI to catch up with US and China
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/12/eu_plans_to_mobilize_200b/ Source: The Register Title: EU plans to ‘mobilize’ €200B to invest in AI to catch up with US and China Feedly Summary: Captain’s Log, Stardate 3529.7 – oh yeah, Commish also withdrawing law that would help folks sue over AI harms European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says the EU will…
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The Register: London has 400 GW of grid requests holding up datacenter builds
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/10/london_has_400_gw_of/ Source: The Register Title: London has 400 GW of grid requests holding up datacenter builds Feedly Summary: And up to 70% of stalled energy generation projects are unlikely to be approved, claims regulator Ofgem While the UK government wants to turbocharge datacenter construction, a newly published report says there are already 400…
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The Register: France, UAE to drop €50B on AI mega-datacenter. Still nowhere near America’s $500B bet
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/08/uae_france_dc_ai/ Source: The Register Title: France, UAE to drop €50B on AI mega-datacenter. Still nowhere near America’s $500B bet Feedly Summary: Oh look, a mini Stargate, how quaint The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and France this week announced plans for a one-gigawatt AI datacenter campus dedicated to advancing development of artificial intelligence.… AI…
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AlgorithmWatch: Fighting the Power Deficiency: The AI Energy Crisis
Source URL: https://algorithmwatch.org/en/explainer-ai-energy-consumption/ Source: AlgorithmWatch Title: Fighting the Power Deficiency: The AI Energy Crisis Feedly Summary: Is AI contributing to solving the climate crisis or to making it worse? Either way, the increase in AI applications goes hand in hand with the need for additional data centers, for which energy resources are currently lacking. AI…