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The US Treasury Department has issued a Final Rule restricting US investments in foreign technologies deemed to pose a “national security concern,” specifically targeting sectors like semiconductors, quantum technology, and AI. -
Elon Musk has announced that xAI, his AI startup rivalling OpenAI, plans to double the size of its Colossus supercomputer cluster, which currently consists of 100,000 Nvidia GPUs.
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SK Telecom and Samsung have developed AI technology capable of optimising 5G base stations.
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Open source has been a driving factor behind the ever-continuing rise in AI. From the early days of OpenAI (before it closed its doors) and Meta’s ever-growing herd of llamas, open source AI has powered tools and technologies used by industries all over the world.
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Meta has partnered with Lumen Technologies to “significantly increase” its network capacity to meet the increased demand for its AI models and services.
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Tech Mahindra has opened a Centre of Excellence (CoE) powered by Nvidia AI Enterprise and Omniverse platforms.
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Telcos looking for a partner as they navigate the opportunities in edge, could do well to look to open source.
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In this episode of the Digital Digest, we roundup the biggest stories of the week from across the ICT infrastructure industry.
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Thomas Ciccone, vice president, critical operations, at Stack Infrastructure makes the case for data center operations as a college-level study programme, and explains the steps that could be taken to make it a reality
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Industry has until 24 March to comment on proposed changes to the UK's Electronic Communications Code (ECC).
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Equinix, Digital Realty and CoreSite topped Cloudscene's Data Center Ecosystem Leaderboard in the second half of 2020.
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At 1.5 million AT&T has recorded its best full year of post-paid phone net adds in a decade and its "second lowest post-paid phone churn ever".
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Sitetracker has raised US$42 million in its series C funding round, taking its total raise to $92 million.
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As the number of data centres continues to climb, new research has confirmed what many suspect: Amazon, Microsoft and Google are saturating the hyperscale market.
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Capacity shares five key stories making headlines around the world
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Australia’s first dedicated edge data centre network provider, Leading Edge Data Centres, has unveiled plans for a new AU$11 million facility in regional New South Wales.
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Jessica Rosenworcel, acting FCC chairwoman, has made a number of new staff appointments and special designations to her team.
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Daniel Kurgan has left his role of CEO of Belgacom International Carrier Services (BICS) with Matteo Gatta appointed as his successor, effective immediately.
