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BlackRock subsidiary buys up 78 data centers totaling 5GW in $40 billion deal
By Bruno Ferreira published
BlackRock subsidiary Global Infrastructure Partners set to buy out Aligned Data Centers for $40 billion.

Chip designer Jim Keller says Intel still has 'a lot of work to do'
By Jon Martindale published
Also working with Japanese firm, Rapidus, to get swift access to the smallest process nodes possible.

Microsoft inks $33 billion in deals with 'neoclouds' like Nebius, CoreWeave
By Sunny Grimm published
Microsoft is renting external GPU data centers for internal use so it can, in turn, rent out its own facilities to other customers.

Phison CEO claims NAND shortage could last a staggering 10 years
By Sunny Grimm published
AI profits are changing the landscape of storage and memory, perhaps fundamentally

Meta reportedly buying RISC-V AI GPU firm Rivos
By Sunny Grimm published
Meta is reportedly set to acquire startup Rivos, according to sources close to the matter. The startup specializes in RISC-V based GPUs for AI workloads, a perfect match for Meta's wishlist.

AI data center boom sends some wholesale electricity prices soaring up to 267% in five years, says report
By Jon Martindale published
People living near many of the new data centers being built as part of the AI boom are finding their power costs rising dramatically, in some cases making it hard to afford day-to-day living.

Data centers to account for 9% of electricity demand in the U.S by 2035
By Jon Martindale published
Premium Regulatory approval and standardization could take years to get them off the ground, though.

Famed gamer creates working 5 million parameter ChatGPT AI model in Minecraft, made with 439 million blocks
By Mark Tyson published
CraftGPT puts a functioning AI chatbot on a computer built inside Minecraft.
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