Topic: ai infrastructure
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OpenAI Partners With Amazon in Major AI Compute Deal
OpenAI has secured a seven-year, $38 billion agreement with Amazon Web Services to access extensive cloud computing capacity and Nvidia GPUs for advancing AI systems like ChatGPT and Sora. The partnership, which begins immediately and will reach full capacity by 2026, aims to build a robust compu...
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OpenAI's $38B Amazon Cloud Deal: What It Means
OpenAI has entered a $38 billion, seven-year cloud services agreement with AWS to secure the computational infrastructure needed for its AI systems, starting immediately and scaling through 2026. The partnership follows OpenAI's restructuring to diversify infrastructure providers, aligning with i...
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Pure Storage & Cisco Launch AI Factories with NVIDIA
Pure Storage, Cisco, and NVIDIA have launched a specialized AI infrastructure solution, integrating computing, storage, and networking to provide a production-ready environment for enterprise AI deployment. The collaboration addresses data challenges by ensuring reliable, high-performance data pi...
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Global Leaders at ADNOC Majlis to Explore AI, Energy, and Investment
Abu Dhabi is hosting the ENACT Majlis this Sunday, bringing together global leaders from energy, technology, investment, and government to explore how AI, energy systems, and finance can converge to accelerate sustainable economic growth and global prosperity. The forum, organized by Dr. Sultan A...
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Tech Giants Triple Down on AI Investment Race
Major tech companies including Microsoft, Meta, and Google are significantly increasing their capital expenditures to scale AI infrastructure, signaling a strategic shift in their business priorities. Meta has raised its 2024 capital expenditure forecast to $70-72 billion, supported by strong fin...
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TCS and Google Cloud Open AI Innovation Hub in Saudi Arabia
A new AI innovation hub, the Google Cloud Gemini Experience Center (GEC), has opened in Riyadh through a partnership between Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Google Cloud to boost AI adoption in the Middle East and Africa. The center provides businesses with access to advanced AI tools and exp...
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Apple Eyes AI Acquisitions, Says Tim Cook
Apple is accelerating its AI development through acquisitions and partnerships, with CEO Tim Cook confirming that the next-generation AI-enhanced Siri is on track for a 2024 launch. The company employs a three-part AI strategy combining in-house foundation models, collaborations with external spe...
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Nvidia Deepens AI Partnerships with Hyundai, Samsung, SK, Naver
Nvidia is expanding its presence in South Korea through strategic alliances with Hyundai Motor, Samsung, SK Group, and Naver to enhance the nation's AI infrastructure and capabilities in physical AI systems. The South Korean government will procure over 260,000 of Nvidia's latest GPUs, with 50,00...
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Meta Shifts Focus, Downsizes AI Research Team
Meta is cutting about 600 jobs in its Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) unit and shifting focus to its new superintelligence team, TBD Lab, to prioritize advanced AI initiatives. The layoffs follow a period of aggressive hiring and a $14.3 billion investment in Scale AI, with the company now restruc...
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Saudi Aramco Buys Stake in PIF's AI Firm HUMAIN
Saudi Aramco is acquiring a minority stake in HUMAIN, with both PIF and Aramco contributing AI assets and expertise to scale operations and enhance Saudi Arabia's position as a global AI hub. The partnership aims to accelerate talent development, innovation, and industrial AI applications, levera...
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Google, Reliance offer free AI Pro to millions of Jio users
Google and Reliance Industries are partnering to offer Google's premium AI Pro subscription for free to Jio 5G customers for eighteen months, aiming to boost AI adoption in India. The initiative includes access to Gemini 2.5 Pro, enhanced AI generation tools, and 2 TB of cloud storage, targeting ...
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OpenAI's $1 Trillion Question: Will IPO Reveal Answer?
OpenAI is preparing for a potential IPO that could value the company at $1 trillion, with CEO Sam Altman citing the need for substantial capital to support its growth and possible filings as early as 2026. The move to go public would streamline capital raising for funding global AI infrastructure...
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AI Cloud Protect: Next-Gen Enterprise Security by Check Point & NVIDIA
AI Cloud Protect is a joint security solution from Check Point and NVIDIA designed to safeguard on-premises enterprise AI environments, protecting the entire AI lifecycle from development to inference without compromising performance. The solution addresses urgent security needs, as over half of ...
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Microsoft Azure Outage Exposes Cloud Vulnerability Risks
A widespread Microsoft Azure outage, affecting services like Microsoft 365 and Xbox Live, was caused by an inadvertent configuration change in the Azure Front Door content delivery network. Microsoft engineers resolved the issue by rolling back to a stable configuration, with services beginning t...
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ServiceNow and Nvidia Launch Open-Source Security Model
ServiceNow and Nvidia have launched Apriel 2.0, an open-source AI model designed for building custom agents and enhancing security operations in regulated environments. Built on Nvidia’s Nemotron architecture, it integrates with ServiceNow’s compliance-certified platform, allowing seamless use of...
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AMD Fuels U.S. Sovereign AI Supercomputers for Open American AI
Oak Ridge National Laboratory is deploying two new supercomputers, Lux and Discovery, powered by AMD technology, to establish a sovereign AI infrastructure that accelerates scientific discovery and ensures critical AI research remains securely in the U.S. Lux, scheduled for 2026, will be the nati...
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Tensormesh Secures $4.5M to Boost AI Inference Performance
Tensormesh has secured $4.5 million in seed funding to commercialize its LMCache tool, which reduces AI inference costs by up to 90% and has attracted interest from major companies like Google and Nvidia. The company's innovation centers on preserving the key-value cache (KV cache) between querie...
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MGX, AIP, and BlackRock's GIP to Buy Aligned Data Centers for $40B
A consortium including MGX, AIP, and BlackRock's GIP is acquiring Aligned Data Centers for $40 billion, marking AIP's first investment toward its goal of deploying $30 billion in equity capital. The acquisition aims to accelerate the development of scalable, efficient digital infrastructure essen...
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du & NextGenAI Launch Middle East's Top AI Supercluster at GITEX 2025
du and NextGenAI have launched the Middle East's most powerful AI supercluster, featuring NVIDIA B300 GPUs and advanced liquid cooling, more than doubling their previous capacity and offering immediate access to clients. The partnership provides businesses with unprecedented computational power f...
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Submer Expands Digital Infrastructure Across Middle East, Africa & Turkey
Submer is expanding its digital infrastructure in the Middle East, Africa, and Turkey, establishing a regional hub in Saudi Arabia to serve as a design-build and sustainability partner for AI-ready datacenters. This expansion supports regional transformation agendas like Saudi Arabia's Vision 203...
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Dubai's Expand North Star 2025: AI, Social Tech & Global Startups
Expand North Star 2025 in Dubai gathered 2,000 startups and 1,200 investors, representing over $1.1 trillion in assets, highlighting its global tech influence. The event featured discussions on sustainable AI, including a graphene-based battery to reduce energy waste, and emphasized the need for ...
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LangChain Hits $1.25B Valuation as Open Source AI Agent Startup
LangChain has reached a $1.25 billion valuation after raising $125 million in a funding round led by IVP, with participation from new and existing investors. Originally created in 2022, it gained popularity by simplifying the development of applications with large language models and secured earl...
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AMD to power OpenAI with $10B+ chip deal for 6GW compute
AMD has entered a multi-year agreement to supply OpenAI with six gigawatts of compute capacity using its Instinct GPU accelerators, starting with the MI450 series in late 2026. As part of the deal, OpenAI received an option to purchase up to 160 million AMD shares, vesting with compute delivery a...
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Altman: AI's 'Bubbly' Phase Is Nothing to Fear
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman asserts that the surge in AI investment reflects a genuine technological shift, not a speculative bubble, despite some market characteristics appearing "bubbly." Industry analysts note a paradox where concrete ROI from AI is often elusive, yet major companies continue massiv...
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Oracle and AMD Supercharge AI With 50,000 GPU Supercluster
Oracle and AMD are collaborating to build one of the world's largest publicly accessible GPU superclusters, powered by 50,000 next-generation AMD Instinct MI450 GPUs, with deployment starting in Q3 2026. This partnership enables training AI models up to 50% larger than before, democratizing acces...
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Nscale Partners with Microsoft on Major AI Infrastructure Deal
Nscale has partnered with Microsoft to deploy nearly 200,000 Nvidia GB300 GPUs across data centers in Europe and the U.S., significantly expanding AI infrastructure and establishing Nscale as a key global player. The deployment includes 104,000 GPUs in Texas, 12,600 in Portugal, and additional un...
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Dubai Launches AI Platform and Unicorn 30 Plan
Dubai has approved a suite of AI initiatives, including the AI Infrastructure Empowerment Platform and Unicorn 30 Program, to accelerate its technological adoption and strengthen its global leadership in the digital economy. The AI Infrastructure Empowerment Platform will provide government entit...
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Ex-Scale AI founder raises $9M for MENA's critical AI
Bilal Abu-Ghazaleh has raised $9 million in seed funding for his startup 1001 AI, which is developing an AI-native operating system to enhance decision-making in critical Middle Eastern and North African industries like aviation, logistics, and oil and gas. The startup aims to address inefficienc...
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OpenAI's Sam Altman Teases More Major Deals After Big Tech Partnerships
OpenAI is forming major technology partnerships, including unique equity and infrastructure deals with AMD and Nvidia, to support the development of next-generation AI models and enable an aggressive expansion of its data center capacity. The company has committed to over $1 trillion in infrastru...
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SK Telecom's new AI unit offers voluntary buyouts weeks after launch
SK Telecom is offering a voluntary retirement program for its newly formed AI division (AI CIC) to consolidate AI units and support employees facing role or location changes, not as forced layoffs. The AI CIC is responsible for developing the personal AI assistant "A.", managing AI data centers, ...
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G42's 1GW Stargate UAE Project Reaches Major Construction Milestone
The Stargate UAE project is a 1-gigawatt AI infrastructure cluster under construction in Abu Dhabi, developed by Khazna Data Centers and involving partners like OpenAI, Oracle, and NVIDIA to support the UAE's goal of becoming a global AI leader. Construction is advancing on schedule for a 2026 de...
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e& UAE, AMD Partner to Build Next-Gen AI Infrastructure
e& UAE and AMD have formed a strategic alliance to accelerate AI adoption and digital transformation in the UAE, focusing on sustainability, security, and local skills development. The partnership will expand e& UAE's use of AMD technology, including EPYC processors and Instinct GPUs, to build se...
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SHARON AI and VAST Data Launch InsightEngine in Australia
SHARON AI and VAST Data have partnered to deliver scalable, secure AI inference capabilities for enterprises and governments, enabling the transition from experimental AI to full-scale production with sovereign, high-performance infrastructure. The collaboration introduces the VAST InsightEngine,...
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How Structured Data Boosts Your AI Snippets and Visibility
Modern search engines use AI to generate answers, making structured data essential for visibility as unoptimized websites risk being overlooked by AI tools. Structured data acts as a reliable scaffold for AI, improving the consistency and accuracy of generated snippets, as shown in experiments wi...
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OpenAI, G42, Microsoft Lead AI-Native Society Talks at GITEX 2025
GITEX GLOBAL 2025 in Dubai will serve as a key forum for defining comprehensive national AI strategies, bringing together technology pioneers and policymakers to discuss infrastructure, governance, and societal integration. The event features influential leaders like Sam Altman and senior officia...
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GITEX 2025: AI Revolution in Digital Health and Biosciences
GITEX GLOBAL 2025, scheduled for October 13-17, will highlight AI's transformative role in healthcare, featuring advancements in gene-editing, brain implants, and pharmaceutical research. The event broke attendance records and included discussions on nation-scale AI infrastructures, quantum compu...
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Huawei's AI Vision: Powering the Middle East's Digital Future
Huawei is driving digital transformation in the Middle East by integrating AI across sectors, focusing on talent development and government partnerships to create an enabling environment. The company deploys a comprehensive AI stack, including chipsets and cloud platforms, to make AI a practical ...
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Sovereign AI: The New US-China Tech War Battlefield
Sovereign AI refers to national efforts to build and control AI infrastructure to align with domestic laws and strategic interests, with OpenAI partnering internationally to help governments develop these systems. Advocates argue that spreading AI from democratic nations prevents strategic rivals...
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Microsoft 365 Copilot to Process UAE Data Locally
Microsoft will launch local data processing for Microsoft 365 Copilot in the UAE by early 2026, hosted in Dubai and Abu Dhabi data centers to enhance security and performance for organizations. This initiative supports the UAE's National AI Strategy and digital sovereignty by ensuring data remain...
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Sovereign AI Takes Center Stage at GITEX Global 2025
Sovereign AI will be a key focus at GITEX Global 2025, with Open Innovation AI showcasing secure, scalable platforms to help organizations accelerate AI initiatives while ensuring data privacy and national oversight. Open Innovation AI collaborates with industry leaders to offer comprehensive sol...
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OpenAI Teams with Broadcom to Develop Custom AI Chips
OpenAI is partnering with Broadcom to develop custom AI chips, reducing reliance on Nvidia and enhancing performance for models like ChatGPT and Sora. The collaboration involves deploying 10 gigawatts of AI accelerators, highlighting the vast computational needs for training next-generation AI sy...
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Hitachi, Supermicro Partner to Boost AI and Enterprise App Performance
Hitachi Vantara and Supermicro have formed a strategic partnership to deliver high-performance infrastructure solutions optimized for AI and enterprise applications, combining Supermicro's computing systems with Hitachi's VSP One storage platform. The collaboration addresses challenges like disco...
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AMD Partners with OpenAI to Rival Nvidia in AI Chips
AMD and OpenAI have formed a five-year strategic alliance, with AMD supplying six gigawatts of processing capacity to challenge Nvidia's dominance in the AI chip market. The partnership is projected to generate tens of billions in revenue for AMD and includes an option for OpenAI to acquire a sig...
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Tech Leaders Unite on Future Industries at GITEX 2025
GITEX GLOBAL 2025, the world's largest tech and AI exhibition, will take place from October 13-17 in Dubai, featuring over 6,800 enterprises and 2,000 startups from 180 countries focused on AI infrastructure and critical sectors like biotech and quantum computing. The event highlights record inte...
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Sustainable AI: Scaling Data Infrastructure for the Future
Australia is emerging as a major hub for AI infrastructure and data centers, attracting significant investment from global tech firms while facing the challenge of balancing growth with environmental responsibility. AI-driven data storage is growing faster in Australia than in many other countrie...
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Microbes Unlock Copper as AI Demand Soars
The surging global demand for copper, driven by AI infrastructure and data centers, is outpacing supply, with accessible reserves dwindling and projected demand reaching 37 million tonnes annually by 2031. A startup named Endolith is using bioleaching, a process involving microbes to extract copp...
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Samsung, SK Hynix to Supply Chips for OpenAI's Stargate
Samsung and SK Hynix will supply advanced memory chips for OpenAI's Stargate project, ramping up production to meet a demand of up to 900,000 semiconductor wafers monthly. OpenAI is discussing the establishment of two new AI data centers in South Korea with the companies, and Samsung is exploring...
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NVIDIA to Unveil AI Infrastructure Breakthroughs at GITEX 2025
NVIDIA will present its latest AI infrastructure and datacenter technologies at GITEX 2025 in Dubai, focusing on scalable and efficient AI deployment to accelerate the Middle East's AI transformation. Key partners like PNY, MBUZZ, Mindware, and Dell will showcase NVIDIA's Dynamo inference platfor...
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OpenAI's Sora Sparks Unexpected Copyright Controversy
OpenAI's Sora video generation tool sparked copyright debates, leading to a policy shift from opt-out to letting rightsholders control usage after unauthorized characters like Nazi SpongeBob emerged. The platform introduced granular user controls for digital likenesses and improved watermarking t...
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Carrier Unveils QuantumLeap Cooling for Data Centre World Asia
Carrier is launching its QuantumLeap thermal management system at Data Centre World Asia, featuring a range of cooling technologies tailored for data centers. The system integrates liquid and air cooling with smart controls to provide resilience, efficiency, and scalability for AI and hyperscale ...
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