Tag: data centers
Meta bought 1 GW of solar this week | TechCrunch
Meta signed three deals this week to procure nearly 1 gigawatt of solar power as it races to power its lofty AI ambitions.
The trio...
How Data Centers Actually Work
Lauren Goode: Well, they're all interested in growing more. Who among us, Mike? But the hyperscalers refers to this class of major tech companies...
While OpenAI races to build AI data centers, Nadella reminds us that Microsoft already has them | TechCrunch
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Thursday tweeted a video of his company’s first deployed massive AI system — or AI “factory” as Nvidia likes...
Even after Stargate, Oracle, Nvidia, and AMD, OpenAI has more big deals coming soon, Sam Altman says | TechCrunch
At nearly the same moment as Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was expressing surprise over OpenAI’s multibillion-dollar deal with competitor AMD — shortly after his...
Microsoft buys another 100 MW of solar, this time in Japan | TechCrunch
Microsoft is buying 100 megawatts of solar capacity from Japanese developer Shizen Energy, the latest in a string of renewable energy deals designed to...
Why the Oracle-OpenAI deal caught Wall Street by surprise | TechCrunch
This week, OpenAI and Oracle shocked the markets with a surprise $300 billion, five-year agreement, part of a surge of new business that sent...
AI mania or AI bubble? Nvidia’s earnings—and its China exposure—will decide how Wall Street answers that question
Nvidia’s earnings aren’t just about Nvidia anymore. The $4 trillion chipmaker’s quarterly financials have become a litmus test for the AI boom—and, by extension,...
Meta to add 100 MW of solar power from U.S. gear | TechCrunch
Meta signed a deal yesterday with solar developer Silicon Range to develop a $100 million, 100-megawatt solar farm in South Carolina.
The new renewable installation...
Aalo Atomics raises $100M to build a microreactor and data center together | TechCrunch
Nuclear startups have been soaking up attention from hyperscalers and cash from investors. Aalo Atomics is the latest beneficiary of the big tech-small nuclear...
NeoLogic wants to build more energy-efficient CPUs for AI data centers | TechCrunch
When NeoLogic started building its more energy-efficient CPUs for AI servers, folks in the industry told its founders Avi Messica and Ziv Leshem that...