Tag: Microsoft
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The Register: Analysts say real datacenter emissions are a dirty secret
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/22/datacenter_emissions_not_accurate/ Source: The Register Title: Analysts say real datacenter emissions are a dirty secret Feedly Summary: Amazon doesn’t break out figures, but then again neither do Microsoft nor Google As more businesses shift an ever greater number of workloads to the cloud, hyperscalers aren’t doing enough to help CIOs or tech buyers, who…
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Slashdot: Microsoft Loses Status as OpenAI’s Exclusive Cloud Provider
Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/01/22/0522224/microsoft-loses-status-as-openais-exclusive-cloud-provider Source: Slashdot Title: Microsoft Loses Status as OpenAI’s Exclusive Cloud Provider Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft’s evolving partnership with OpenAI, transitioning from an exclusive provider to a collaborative role with a “right of first refusal,” reflects shifts in AI infrastructure investments, particularly with the Stargate Project involving major…
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The Register: OpenAI and pals form biz to spend $500B on its own AI infrastructure
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/22/openai_stargate_ai_datacenter_company/ Source: The Register Title: OpenAI and pals form biz to spend $500B on its own AI infrastructure Feedly Summary: With help from SoftBank, Oracle, and MGX, Stargate Project plans to outspend Microsoft this year OpenAI, Oracle, SoftBank, and investment firm MGX on Tuesday announced plans to spend $500 billion on AI infrastructure…
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The Register: Microsoft joins CISPE, the Euro cloud crew that tried to curb its licensing
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/21/microsoft_joins_cispe/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft joins CISPE, the Euro cloud crew that tried to curb its licensing Feedly Summary: From fighters to friends in six months, despite AWS voting against it Exclusive Microsoft is to become the latest member of CISPE months after negotiating a settlement with the trade association of European…
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The Register: AWS declares it’s Iceberg all the way until customers say otherwise
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/20/aws_iceberg_support/ Source: The Register Title: AWS declares it’s Iceberg all the way until customers say otherwise Feedly Summary: Cloud giant explains its thinking behind support for Apache open table format AWS bet on the Apache Iceberg open table format (OTF) across its analytics, machine learning, and storage stack as a concerted response to…
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Hacker News: The AI Bubble Is Bursting
Source URL: https://matduggan.com/the-ai-bubble-is-bursting/ Source: Hacker News Title: The AI Bubble Is Bursting Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text presents a critical perspective on the recent changes in AI services offered by major tech companies like Google, Microsoft, and Apple. It highlights concerns over forced integration of AI features, lack of…
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Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Jack Clark
Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/20/jack-clark/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Jack Clark Feedly Summary: [Microsoft] said it plans in 2025 “to invest approximately $80 billion to build out AI-enabled datacenters to train AI models and deploy AI and cloud-based applications around the world.” For comparison, the James Webb telescope cost $10bn, so Microsoft is spending eight…