Tag: AI infrastructure
64 articles tagged AI infrastructure
Google backs £11bn debt deal for Anthropic's Texas campus
Morgan Stanley is leading talks on a financing package for a data centre with its own 1.6GW gas plant, with Google guaranteeing Anthropic's lease commitments.
Microsoft frames £23bn UK investment as AI infrastructure bet
Microsoft UK CEO Darren Hardman positions £23 billion datacentre and skilling spend as the foundation of a British 'intelligence economy', ahead of London Tech Week.
Musk says SpaceX-Anthropic Colossus lease only runs six months
SpaceX CEO contradicts prior $1.25 billion-a-month framing, saying lease is 180 days with mutual cancellation rights — undercutting Anthropic's compute security.
Argyll launches UK sovereign AI inference cloud with SambaNova
Argyll Data Development has launched a UK sovereign AI inference cloud built with SambaNova for defence, healthcare and finance customers needing UK jurisdiction.
UK departments at odds on AI datacentre energy demand
DSIT and DESNZ projections for AI datacentre power use diverge by an order of magnitude as the UK's compute and net-zero plans collide.
UK 'powered land' valuations surge as AI data-centre queue balloons
Britain's AI data-centre gold rush has pushed land prices to £15m/acre on power-ready sites, with 119 projects in planning and 50 GW of grid requests queued.
OpenAI to open first permanent London office in 2027 amid UK data-centre pause
OpenAI secures King's Cross space for 544 staff as its largest research hub outside the US, days after pausing its UK data-centre project over regulation.
Investors back UK nuclear startups to power AI datacentres
Private capital is flowing into UK nuclear and fusion startups as AI datacentre demand and energy volatility push investors toward sovereign baseload power.
Nvidia's Jensen Huang bets big on token economics as AI's new currency
Nvidia's CEO outlined a vision where tokens become the fundamental unit of AI value, but significant gaps remain between production costs and real-world revenue.
Amazon Bond Sale Draws £94 Billion in Demand to Fund AI Spending
Amazon attracts £94 billion ($126bn) in peak demand for its latest bond offering as tech giants turn to debt markets to finance massive AI infrastructure buildouts.
UK AI firm Nscale raises £1.6 billion in Nvidia-backed funding round
British AI infrastructure company Nscale valued at £11.7 billion after $2 billion Series C round led by Norway's Aker and 8090 Industries.
UK Data Centre Cuts AI Power Draw by 40% on Demand in National Grid Trial
A five-day trial near London demonstrated that GPU clusters can dynamically reduce power consumption by up to 40% in response to grid events without disrupting workloads.
UK Protesters to March Against AI Data Centre Expansion
Campaigners are staging protests in London this weekend to demand stronger protections against the environmental impact of the UK's growing data centre infrastructure.
Nvidia Scales Back OpenAI Investment to £22 Billion
Chipmaker abandons planned £74 billion deal in favour of a £22 billion contribution to OpenAI's current funding round, valued at £540 billion.
AI memory chip famine pushes up smartphone and PC prices
The race to build AI data centres has created an acute shortage of DRAM and NAND memory chips, driving up costs for phones, PCs and consoles — with no relief expected before 2027.
Pulsant Completes £10 Million AI-Ready Data Centre in Milton Keynes
UK data centre operator Pulsant has opened a new high-density facility in Milton Keynes designed for AI workloads, targeting financial services, healthcare, and gaming sectors.
UK Government Admits AI Datacentre Approval Was Flawed
Ministers concede planning permission for major M25 datacentre should be quashed after failing to properly assess environmental impact.
Alphabet Acquires Intersect Power for $4.75bn to Fuel AI Data Centre Expansion
Google's parent company agrees to buy data centre energy group Intersect Power, securing power generation capacity for AI development.
BP Abandons UK Hydrogen Project as Data Centre Plans Take Priority
Oil giant BP has withdrawn its Teesside hydrogen plant application after the site was chosen for Europe's largest AI data centre, exposing tensions in government priorities.
UK Government Pledges £100mn to Buy British AI Chips Through 'First Customer' Programme
Science Secretary Liz Kendall announces advance payment mechanism for UK chip start-ups meeting performance standards, modelled on Covid vaccine procurement.
Operational Readiness Critical as 40% of AI Projects Face Cancellation
Technology leaders must treat AI as enterprise application requiring unified platform spanning compute, data, and governance to avoid Gartner's predicted agentic AI failure rate by 2027.
UK Announces AI Growth Zones Targeting £100 Billion Investment and Thousands of Jobs
UK Government confirms North Wales as latest AI Growth Zone site, introducing planning and energy reforms to accelerate development and unlock major investment in AI infrastructure.
