Amazon ups AI rant on Microsoft with $4bn cash injection into Anthropic
Amazon has announced an investment of up to US$4 billion in Anthropic, an emerging artificial intelligence (AI) startup, as the fight over the ultimate AI platform heats up. The deal aims to leverage the expertise of Anthropic's founders, Dario and Daniela Amodei, who previously worked at OpenAI...
September 25
Google to deploy new subsea cable linking Portugal to the US
Google said it will deploy a new subsea fibre cable linking Portugal, Bermuda and South Carolina, US, locations which the cloud giant describes as “fast emerging hubs for international connectivity”. Dubbed “Nuvem” – the Portuguese word for “cloud” –, the system which is solely funded by Google, is expected to go live in 2026. According to Brian Quigley, ...
September 25
AWS to invest $3.5 billion in New Albany data centre park
Tech giant, Amazon, is set to bolster its data centre operations in New Albany with an investment of US$3.5 billion. The New Albany City Council has this Tuesday given the green light, approving an agreement that will see the hyperscaler construct five data centres and auxiliary buildings. The agreement stipulates that Amazon, through Amazon Web Services (AWS), will erec...
September 20
Portugal switches on petascale Deucalion supercomputer
The European Union’s (EU) latest supercomputer has been switched on in Portugal joining a network of eight super machines hosted by member states. Dubbed Deucalion, the machine has been co-funded with a total budget of €20 million from EuroHPC JU and FCT. The EuroHPC JU is a legal and funding entity created in 2018 to enable the European Union and EuroHPC participati...
September 17
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