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The industry group attempting to create an open standard around GPU interconnectivity have unveiled their first specification, which aims to challenge Nvidia's proprietary technology while significantly boosting AI computing performance. -
The UK government has launched a new cross-industry initiative aimed at improving energy efficiency and sustainability in AI.
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Microsoft is reportedly pulling the plug on additional data centre projects, with planned sites in Indonesia and Australia now joining a string of cancellations across the US, UK, and Europe, signalling a possible rethink of its AI strategy.
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Microsoft has reportedly scaled back yet more data centre projects in the US and Europe, heightening concerns over potential oversupply.
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Nvidia, Elon Musk’s xAI have joined the $30 billion fund AI data centre investment fund set up by BlackRock, Microsoft, and MGX.
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Microsoft and global interconnection provider DE-CIX have teamed up to tackle the issue of workplace lag with Microsoft Azure Peering Service (MAPS), a solution designed to improve network routing and eliminate bottlenecks for businesses relying on Microsoft’s cloud applications.
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Microsoft has reportedly cancelled multiple data centre leases across the United States, signalling a potential slowdown in AI-related infrastructure expansion.
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Microsoft’s $700 million cloud, AI, and cybersecurity investment in Poland threatens Europe’s digital sovereignty and national security, warns Kai Wawrzinek, co-founder of Impossible Cloud Network.
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Microsoft claims to have developed the “transistor for the quantum age” upon unveiling Majorana 1, the world’s first quantum chip powered by a new Topological Core architecture.
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Even as market jitters over the DeepSeek sell-off dragged down tech stocks, industry giants posted robust earnings this week, with several reporting billion-dollar revenue gains driven by sustained demand for AI and cloud infrastructure.
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Microsoft has continued its global cloud and AI infrastructure investing efforts, unveiling plans to spend $3 billion in India.
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Microsoft plans to invest $80 billion to build AI-enabled data centres, Brad Smith, the company’s president has revealed.
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Here are some news stories from this week you might have missed.
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Meta is not done with the metaverse after it unveiled a new AI model designed to control the behaviour of digital agents in virtual experiences.
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Microsoft has revealed plans to extend its global data centre footprint to Perth, Western Australia, with an Azure Extended Zone set to launch by mid-2025.
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In the latest twist in Elon Musk’s existential legal battle with OpenAI, lawyers for the Tesla billionaire have filed an injunction aimed at preventing OpenAI and backer Microsoft from engaging in “anticompetitive conduct.”
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What does it truly mean to be a leader? Influencer, thought leader, and leading expert: Tags like these are applied throughout the tech industry, and beyond, almost like stickers, with businesses looking to wheel out what they perceive to be one of their true stars to showcase to the public.
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Microsoft has unveiled its first in-house developed DPU, or data processing unit, to equip its cloud servers with an extra performance boost.
