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Vultr and FluidCloud Now Enable Instant Global Cloud Migration - 📅 - Organizations are under tremendous pressure to upgrade their infrastructure as soon as possible and at a reasonable cost in the continuously changing cloud world of today. Vultr's high-performance cloud infrastructure and FluidCloud's Cloud CloningTM technology combine to enable AI-driven enterprises to move from any provider to Vultr in a matter of minutes without complicated rearchitecting or service interruption. Additionally, Vultr and FluidCloud support a multicloud shift to divide workloads among multiple clouds.
"Our collaboration with Vultr stems from a shared goal to liberate businesses from cloud lock-in and streamline multicloud operations," stated Sharad Kumar, FluidCloud's [...]
"Our collaboration with Vultr stems from a shared goal to liberate businesses from cloud lock-in and streamline multicloud operations," stated Sharad Kumar, FluidCloud's [...]
China Bans Tech Giants from Buying NVIDIA AI Chips, Backs Local - 📅 - China's Internet regulator has barred the country's largest technology firms from purchasing artificial intelligence processors made by NVIDIA, intensifying Beijing's push to strengthen domestic chip capabilities and reduce reliance on U.S. technology.
The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) this week instructed companies including ByteDance and Alibaba to halt testing and cancel orders for NVIDIA's RTX Pro 6000D, a processor designed specifically for the Chinese market. Several firms had already begun verification processes with server vendors and had planned to acquire tens of thousands of the GPUs, according to people familiar with the matter. Following the CAC directive, [...]
The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) this week instructed companies including ByteDance and Alibaba to halt testing and cancel orders for NVIDIA's RTX Pro 6000D, a processor designed specifically for the Chinese market. Several firms had already begun verification processes with server vendors and had planned to acquire tens of thousands of the GPUs, according to people familiar with the matter. Following the CAC directive, [...]
CoreWeave to Launch AI Infrastructure in Scotland with DataVita - 📅 - CoreWeave has announced a £1.5 billion expansion of its AI data center operations in the United Kingdom, bringing its total investment in the country to £2.5 billion. The latest phase underscores the company's commitment to delivering sustainable compute capacity designed to meet the growing demands of artificial intelligence while advancing the UK's position as a hub for responsible AI development.
The announcement coincided with the state visit of U.S. President Donald J. Trump to the UK, adding symbolic weight to the transatlantic technology collaboration. CoreWeave said the funds will accelerate the UK Government's Compute Roadmap, an initiative aimed at providing the infrastructure [...]
The announcement coincided with the state visit of U.S. President Donald J. Trump to the UK, adding symbolic weight to the transatlantic technology collaboration. CoreWeave said the funds will accelerate the UK Government's Compute Roadmap, an initiative aimed at providing the infrastructure [...]
Check Point to Acquire Lakera, Expands End-to-End AI Security - 📅 - Check Point Software has announced an agreement to acquire Lakera, a Swiss-American company specializing in AI-native security, as enterprises worldwide accelerate the adoption of generative AI, large language models, and agent-based applications.
The acquisition, expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2025, will add Lakera's runtime protection technologies to Check Point's Infinity architecture, creating what the company describes as one of the industry's first end-to-end AI security stacks. The deal's financial details have not been disclosed.
Founded by AI specialists from Google and Meta, Lakera has positioned itself as a leader in securing AI-native environments. Its products, [...]
The acquisition, expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2025, will add Lakera's runtime protection technologies to Check Point's Infinity architecture, creating what the company describes as one of the industry's first end-to-end AI security stacks. The deal's financial details have not been disclosed.
Founded by AI specialists from Google and Meta, Lakera has positioned itself as a leader in securing AI-native environments. Its products, [...]
China Deploys Domestic AI Chips in $390M Qinghai Data Center - 📅 - China is advancing its push for technological self-reliance with the deployment of domestically produced artificial intelligence chips in a major new data center, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Tuesday. The announcement highlights ongoing efforts by Beijing to reduce reliance on foreign technology as geopolitical tensions over semiconductors intensify.
According to information displayed during a visit by Chinese Premier Li Qiang to Qinghai province earlier this week, China Unicom's Sanjiangyuan data center has contracted several local vendors to supply processors. Companies identified include Biren Technology, MetaX, Zhonghao Xinying, and Alibaba's semiconductor division, T-Head.
The [...]
According to information displayed during a visit by Chinese Premier Li Qiang to Qinghai province earlier this week, China Unicom's Sanjiangyuan data center has contracted several local vendors to supply processors. Companies identified include Biren Technology, MetaX, Zhonghao Xinying, and Alibaba's semiconductor division, T-Head.
The [...]
Whitelabel IT Solutions Adds Comcast Business to Network Backbone - 📅 - Whitelabel IT Solutions integrates Comcast Business into its backbone, boosting uptime, performance, and resilience for colocation and hosting clients.Stronger Backbone, Smarter Network
Whitelabel IT Solutions just leveled up. We’ve officially added Comcast Business to our upstream provider portfolio—strengthening the network backbone that powers our colocation services, hosting infrastructure, and data center connectivity.
This move isn’t about selling internet. It’s about giving clients fa
MongoDB Unveils AMP to Speed AI-Powered Legacy App Modernization - 📅 - MongoDB has announced the release of MongoDB AMP, an AI-powered Application Modernization Platform designed to help enterprises accelerate the transformation of legacy applications into modern, scalable services. The platform brings together AI-driven tooling, a structured delivery framework, and experienced engineers to guide customers through complex modernization projects.
It positions itself as a response to one of the most persistent challenges in enterprise IT: how to efficiently upgrade legacy systems without incurring excessive costs or delays.
Enterprises across sectors rely heavily on legacy applications that are both mission-critical and difficult to evolve. Many of these [...]
It positions itself as a response to one of the most persistent challenges in enterprise IT: how to efficiently upgrade legacy systems without incurring excessive costs or delays.
Enterprises across sectors rely heavily on legacy applications that are both mission-critical and difficult to evolve. Many of these [...]
Microgrids Seen as Key to Powering AI-Driven Data Center Growth Europe - 📅 - European data centers are under mounting pressure as the rapid growth of artificial intelligence drives electricity demand to unprecedented levels, and a new joint research paper argues that microgrids could provide a way forward. The study was published by Wärtsilä and AVK.
The report by Wärtsilä and AVK highlights how a combination of renewable energy, grid balancing engines, and energy storage can offer a cost-efficient and lower-emissions model for powering data centers, while simultaneously helping Europe advance its energy transition.
The report, ‘Data centre dispatchable capacity: a major opportunity for Europe's energy transition,' outlines the scale of the challenge. Power [...]
The report by Wärtsilä and AVK highlights how a combination of renewable energy, grid balancing engines, and energy storage can offer a cost-efficient and lower-emissions model for powering data centers, while simultaneously helping Europe advance its energy transition.
The report, ‘Data centre dispatchable capacity: a major opportunity for Europe's energy transition,' outlines the scale of the challenge. Power [...]
Digital Realty, OQC, NVIDIA Launch first Quantum-AI Data Center in NYC - 📅 - Digital Realty, Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC), and NVIDIA have unveiled the launch of what they call the world's first dedicated Quantum-AI data center, located at Digital Realty's JFK10 facility in New York City. The project brings together superconducting quantum computing, AI-accelerated supercomputing, and enterprise-grade data center infrastructure in a single deployment.It marks a significant milestone in the convergence of two of the most transformative technologies in modern computing.
At the heart of the initiative is OQC's GENESIS quantum computer, described as a logical-era machine designed to reduce hardware overheads for error correction. This system has now been integrated [...]
ABB Invests $110M in US to Boost Electrification, Data Center Demand - 📅 - ABB is set to expand its footprint in the United States with an additional $110 million investment in 2025, focusing on research, development, and manufacturing of advanced electrification solutions. The move underscores the growing pressure on industries to manage rising energy costs and improve efficiency at a time when the U.S. energy landscape is being reshaped by surging data center demand and grid modernization efforts.
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), U.S. wholesale electricity prices rose by 30 to 40 percent in the first half of 2025 compared to 2024, reflecting the mounting challenges facing operators across sectors.
The new investment is expected to create [...]
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), U.S. wholesale electricity prices rose by 30 to 40 percent in the first half of 2025 compared to 2024, reflecting the mounting challenges facing operators across sectors.
The new investment is expected to create [...]
