Hyperion Research Announces AI in the Cloud Survey Findings

ST. PAUL, MN, Oct. 1, 2024—HPC-AI industry analyst firm Hyperion Research announced the results of their recently completed AI in the Cloud study, entitled, Cloud-based AI Activity for HPC: Widespread but Primarily Exploratory. The purpose of this study was to gain a better understanding of the activities and use behaviors of AI users leveraging HPC-centric […]

Nvidia and Others Invest $160M in HPC Data Center Company Applied Digital

DALLAS, Sept. 05, 2024 — Applied Digital Corporation, a builder of digital infrastructure designed for high performance computing applications, today announced it has entered into definitive agreements for a $160 million private placement financing priced at market, from a group of institutional and accredited investors, NVIDIA and related companies, the most prominent privately-owned real estate […]

Rescale Receives Success Memorandum from Defense Innovation Unit for HPC Modernization Program

San Francisco – June 27, 2024 – Cloud HPC company Rescale announced the successful completion of an HPC Modernization Program prototype evaluation for the Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). As a result, DIU has issued Rescale a Success Memorandum, making it possible for DoD organizations seeking compute power for mission needs to contract with Rescale […]

Northern Data Group Announces It’s First CSP in Europe with Nvidia H200 GPUs 

Frankfurt/Main – 01 July 2024 – Northern Data Group, a provider of HPC solutions, today announces it has purchased NVIDIA H200 GPUs through a newly established partnership with Supermicro. Northern Data Group’s cloud platform, Taiga Cloud, will be the first cloud service provider (CSP) in Europe to offer access to the H200 GPU hardware, with […]

Google Cloud Waves Exit Fees

Starting January 11, Google Cloud customers who wish to stop using Google Cloud and migrate their data to another cloud provider and/or on premises, can take advantage of free network data transfer to migrate their data out of Google Cloud. This applies to all customers globally. More information can be found….

HPE to Acquire Juniper Networks

Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced it will acquire AI-native networks company Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR)in an all-cash transaction for $40.00 per share, an equity value of approximately $14 billion…. “This transaction will strengthen HPE’s position at the nexus of accelerating macro-AI trends, expand our total addressable market, and drive further…

AWS Unveils Graviton4, Trainium2 Chips

Today at AWS re:Invent, Amazon Web Services announced the next generation of two AWS-designed chip families — AWS Graviton4 and AWS Trainium2 — that the company said delivers  advancements in price performance and energy efficiency for such workloads as machine learning (ML) training and generative artificial intelligence (AI) applications.

DE-CIX and CR8DL Announce Enhanced Data Capabilities Partnership for HPC

New York & Phoenix, November 16, 2023 — Internet exchange operator DE-CIX and CR8DL, a cloud-based high-performance computing company, today announce a research computing partnership. Aimed at supporting discovery across scientific fields, this partnership seeks to remove bottlenecks in data transfer speeds while offering large-scale data handling capabilities that are secure and efficient. This alliance […]

TYAN Adopts New AMD EPYC 8004 Series Chips for Cloud and Edge Server Deployments

Newark, Calif. – September 18, 2023 – TYAN, a server platform design manufacturer and a subsidiary of MiTAC Computing Technology Corporation, announced availability of new single-socket server platforms supporting AMD EPYC 8004 Series processors. These platforms are built for cloud services and intelligent edge deployments while offering lower operating costs and delivering impressive energy efficiency. […]

Harvard Uses Google Cloud to Clone Supercomputer for Medical Research Runs

A Harvard scientist used Google Cloud Platform compute resources to construct an HPC clone to conduct heart disease study, according to a Reuters story, “a novel move that other researchers could follow to get around a shortage of powerful computing resources….”