The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced it is funding 12 projects under its Genesis Mission. As part of this initiative, several cloud providers have signed up to support the effort by offering compute capacity, with AWS and Crusoe specifically identified as participants.
Source: Data Center Dynamics
Original article: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/us-doe-funds-12-projects-under-genesis-mission-cloud-providers-sign-up-to-support-effort/
Ting-Wei “Willy” Sun, a contractor for server manufacturer Supermicro, has pleaded guilty to four counts linked to the unauthorized smuggling of Nvidia chips. The charges against Sun include conspiracy to violate export controls, smuggling goods, defrauding the United States, and obstruction of justice.
Source: Data Center Dynamics
Original article: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/supermicro-contractor-ting-wei-willy-sun-pleads-guilty-to-four-counts-associated-with-nvidia-chip-smuggling-charges/
Data Center Dynamics has published a practical study focusing on arc flash analysis within 800 VDC AI data center environments. The report examines the technical considerations and safety factors associated with high-voltage direct current power infrastructure in the context of modern artificial intelligence compute facilities.
Source: Data Center Dynamics
Original article: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/whitepapers/dc-arc-flash-analysis/
Employees of the telecommunications company WindTre have conducted a national strike in Italy. Labor unions associated with the workers have indicated the possibility of additional industrial action scheduled for next month.
Source: Data Center Dynamics
Original article: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/windtre-workers-go-on-national-strike-in-italy/
Midgard Infra has announced plans to construct a new subsea cable system linking Sweden and Finland. The infrastructure project will utilize an unrepeatered system, designed to provide a total capacity of 144 fiber pairs. As of the current announcement, specific details regarding the full route of the cable have not been disclosed.
Source: Data Center Dynamics
Original article: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/midgard-infra-to-build-sweden-finland-subsea-cable/
Echion and Proper Voltage have announced a partnership to develop a 1.6MW uninterruptible power supply (UPS) specifically designed for AI data centers. The companies have formalized the collaboration through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the goal of creating an integrated system.
Source: Data Center Dynamics
Original article: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/echion-partners-with-proper-voltage-to-develop-16mw-ups-for-ai-data-centers/
Princeton Digital Group (PDG) has completed the sale of five data center facilities in Indonesia. The divested assets were previously operated as legacy facilities for XL Axiata. The buyer is a subsidiary of Sinar Mas. No further details regarding the transaction were provided in the source report.
Source: Data Center Dynamics
Original article: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/princeton-digital-group-sells-five-data-centers-in-indonesia-to-sm/
Oxide Computer Company has successfully raised $445 million in its Series D funding round. The investment round was led by Eclipse.
Source: Data Center Dynamics
Original article: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/oxide-computer-company-raises-445m-in-series-d-funding-round/
Nebius has signed a letter of intent (LOI) to lease data center capacity from the "AI Gigafactory" located in the Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Source: Data Center Dynamics
Original article: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/nebius-signs-loi-with-volt-for-data-center-capacity-in-rotterdam-the-netherlands/
Wilson Vu has transitioned from his role as senior director of AI systems hardware architecture at Microsoft to join OpenAI. At OpenAI, Vu will focus on the company's compute architecture.
Source: Data Center Dynamics
Original article: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/microsofts-senior-director-of-ai-systems-hardware-architecture-joins-openai/