Nscale is leasing 15MW of capacity at Verne’s Iceland data center campus, deploying thousands of liquid-cooled Nvidia GPUs through 2026. The deal highlights the growing importance of sustainable power sources for AI infrastructure as demand skyrockets.
New research reveals a massive disconnect between AI adoption and network readiness. While nearly all organizations are pursuing AI strategies, barely half believe their infrastructure can support the demands. Network visibility gaps are creating serious operational challenges.
Google is making another attempt at Chromebook gaming by partnering with Nvidia. New Chromebook buyers get a free year of GeForce Now Fast Pass, but there’s a catch: you’re limited to just 10 hours of gameplay per month.
Data center expansion is driving unprecedented winter electricity demand growth across North America. Grid reliability officials warn this could lead to supply shortfalls during severe winter storms, particularly in Texas where memories of 2021’s massive outages remain fresh.
Microsoft has officially launched its first cloud region in Belgium after four years of construction. The Azure Belgium Central region features three data centers, though their exact locations remain undisclosed. This comes as Google plans €5bn more investment in Belgian cloud infrastructure.
The five AI hyperscalers have issued $121 billion in debt this year alone, more than 4x their historical average. This massive borrowing is already pushing up their borrowing costs as markets absorb the flood of new corporate bonds.
Microsoft is addressing one of Teams’ most annoying problems with a new false-positive reporting system. Users will soon be able to challenge messages incorrectly flagged as security threats, giving security teams better feedback.
Tech giants are making massive circular investments in AI companies. Microsoft and Nvidia just committed up to $15 billion to Anthropic, creating strange bedfellows in the AI arms race.
Microsoft is pulling out all the stops to get partners to adopt the new Outlook experience. The company is offering free App Assure services to ensure COM add-ins work after transition. This comes despite widespread criticism of the new platform.
European regulators are probing Amazon and Microsoft’s cloud services for potential gatekeeper designation. The investigation follows major outages that disrupted banking, government services, and airlines. The EU will also examine whether current laws effectively govern cloud competitiveness.
