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KKR to Acquire CoolIT Systems

CALGARY, Alberta & NEW YORK– KKR investment firm and CoolIT Systems, a provider of scalable liquid cooling solutions for demanding computing environments, today announced the signing of a definitive agreement under which KKR will acquire CoolIT. The investment is intended to support the company’s ability to scale and serve its global customers across the data […]

Tenstorrent Selects Arteris IP for HPC RISC-V Chiplets

CAMPBELL, Calif. – May 2, 2023 – Arteris, Inc. (Nasdaq: AIP), a  provider of system IP designed to accelerate system-on-chip (SoC) creation, today announced that Tenstorrent, the Toronto-based AI chip startup, has licensed Ncore and FlexNoC interconnect IP for its AI chiplet systems. According to Arteris, the flexible network-on-chip (NoC) interconnect meets the demanding time-to-market […]

Trane Technologies Executive Holly Paeper Joins LiquidStack’s Board

BOSTON – April 19, 2023 – LiquidStack , a liquid immersion cooling for data centers company, today announced the appointment of  Trane Technologies  executive Holly Paeper to its Board of Directors. Paeper is president of Trane Technologies’ global Life Science Solutions business. As a member of the board, Paeper will apply her experience in growth, operations, […]

Report: Former Intel Exec Koduri, Now at Generative AI Start-up, in Acquisition Talks with Indian Data Center Operator

Raja Koduri, the former senior Intel architect who led the company’s accelerated computing and graphics chip efforts, is in acquisition discussions with a major data center operator in India for the generative AI software company Koduri joined after leaving Intel in March. According to a Reuters story, Koduri’s still unnamed startup could partner or acquire […]

Quantum Introduces Myriad, Software-Defined All-Flash Enterprise Storage Platform

SAN JOSE, April 3, 2023 — High performance data storage company Quantum Corporation (NASDAQ: QMCO), maker of solutions for video and unstructured data, has announced Quantum Myriad, an all-flash, scale-out file and object storage software platform for the enterprise. The company said Myriad leverages advances in application frameworks and design that were not available even a […]

Oregon Bill Would Penalize Data Centers for Failure to Meet Emissions Requirements Starting in 2027

A bill before the Oregon state legislature would penalize data centers for not meeting emissions standards starting in 2027 and could — if approved in Oregon and similar measures are adopted by other states — have significant implications for hyperscalers and HPC organizations with heavy electrical requirements. A story in yesterday’s The Oregonian reported that […]

BNP Paribas to Move More IT Infrastructure to atNorth HPC Data Center

Stockholm – 28 March 2023 – atNorth, a pan-Nordic colocation, HPC and AI service provider, has announced that financial institution BNP Paribas continues to move portions of its workloads to the Nordic region. The migration of another portion of its IT workload to the atNorth site in Sweden is a continuation of BNP Paribas’ program to […]

IBM Cloud Direct Link Available on Cologix Access Marketplace

DENVER – March 29, 2023 — Cologix, a network-neutral interconnection and hyperscale edge data center company, today announced that IBM Cloud Direct Link is now available on Cologix Access Marketplace, the company’s Software-Defined Interconnection (SDI) cloud and network exchange. The Cologix and IBM collaboration brings IBM Cloud Direct Link access to Cologix customers in Ashburn, VA, […]

Dell: Threats and Opportunities for U.S. HPC Leadership

[SPONSORED GUEST ARTICLE]   Driving the development and leveraging the use of supercomputing technologies and systems is a critical strategic advantage for geopolitical players. The U.S. Council on Competitiveness, which champions entrepreneurship and commercialization of innovative ideas, coined the phrase “To Out-compute is to Out-compete” for describing the place of supercomputing as a centerpiece of competitive strategies across science, business and national defense. In fact, the U.S., having been at the forefront of supercomputing for more than 50 years, is under increasing international pressure as more countries and regions increase their investments in HPC and associated areas, including AI, applications development and optimization, and workforce development and retention.

IBM Quantum System One Deployed at Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland and Armonk, NY – March 20, 2023 – Today, Cleveland Clinic and IBM officially unveiled what they said is the onsite, private sector IBM-managed quantum computer in the United States. The IBM Quantum System One will be the first quantum computer in the world to be uniquely dedicated to healthcare research and biomedical discoveries. […]