White House Announces $500B AI Data Center Infrastructure Build-Out

The Trump Administration ended its first full day of business with a major AI business announcement, that hundreds of billions of dollars – potentially trillions of dollars – will be invested in the build-out of AI infrastructure and data centers in the U.S. Joining President Trump at a White House press event late this afternoon […]

HPC News Bytes 20250120: Trump and the CHIPS Act, Quantum Stocks, Intel’s Potential Buyer, HPE’s $1B Deal

A happy Inauguration / Martin Luther King Jr. Day to you! The HPC-AI world continues to produce major news,here’s a quick (6:06) review: the Trump Administration’s reported CHIPS Act softening, quantum computing stocks take hit after Jensen-Zuck statements, Intel’s mystery acquirer, HPE’s $1 billion win

@HPCpodcast Industry View: A Deep Dive into High-Density Data Center Cooling and Efficiency with DDC Solutions

Chris Orlando of DDC discusses the rapidly changing landscape of high density data center cooling, monitoring, safety ….

UK’s Edinburgh Supercomputer Project May Come Back to Life after ‘Pause’

The announcement last August by the UK’s then-new Labour Government that it was ending an £800 million supercomputer project at Edinburgh University was greeted by the HPC community with consternation — particularly in Scotland. But the project may have new life.

Multiverse Computing and Kinesis Network Join on ‘AI Optimization’

Donostia, Spain and San Francisco – January 16, 2025 – Multiverse Computing and Kinesis Network Inc. have joined  to provide what the companies said is an effort to optimize AI performance while reducing resource consumption. The partnership comes as demand for AI capabilities grows and organizations face challenges related to power demands for AI models. Quantum and […]

HPE to Build €250M Liquid Cooled HPC at Leibniz Supercomputing Center

The Leibniz Supercomputing Center (LRZ) in Germany has commissioned Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) to build an Nvidia-powered €250 million high-performance computer, “Blue Lion.” The system will utilize the HPE Slingshot ….

QCT Leverages NVIDIA AI Enterprise Software Platform to Enhance AI Powerhouses

When we last took a close look at QCT (Quanta Cloud Technology), the data center, hyperscale and cloud server maker based in Taiwan, we pointed out that the company is a bigger player in the server industry than ….

At SC24: Valvoline Global Revs up HPC-AI Liquid Cooling with Debut in Atlanta

Valvoline Global has taken its engine cooling and lubrication heritage going back more than a century and announced at SC24 its HPC-AI liquid cooling debut. In this interview, we spoke with Samuel Raudales, Valvoline Global’s ….

Nebius Announces $700M Equity Financing for AI Infrastructure Rollout

Amsterdam, December 2, 2024 – Nebius Group N.V.; NASDAQ:NBIS), an AI infrastructure company, today announced s definitive agreements for a USD 700 million private placement financing from a group of institutional and accredited investors, including participation from Accel, NVIDIA, and certain accounts managed by Orbis Investments. The financing supports Nebius’ previously announced plans to further […]

Tenstorrent Closes $693M+ Series D Round

Dec. 2, 2024, Santa Clara, CA: Tenstorrent said it closed over $693M in its Series D funding round at a pre-money valuation of $2B. Samsung Securities and AFW Partners led the oversubscribed round. In addition to the leads, other investors joined the round including XTX Markets, Corner Capital, MESH, Export Development Canada, Healthcare of Ontario Pension […]