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Malaysia has recorded $94B of data-center investments between 2021 and mid-2026. SoftBank's investment plan would lift that total by more than half.
Read the original →Microsoft is trying to balance a rapid AI infrastructure build-out with capital efficiency.
Read the original →A Northeastern University survey report on public sentiment about AI was released Friday. Many Democrats and Republicans favor retraining programs focused on AI for workers, as well as ongoing lessons. Sixty-four percent of Republican respondents and 63 percent of Democratic respondents support job retraining to help workers gain the skills required.
Read the original →The Dutch cabinet announced that it wants to get rid of 25,000 full-time jobs by 2035.
Read the original →AI workloads are pushing rack power to new extremes. That shift is making 800V DC a bigger part of data center design, cost and infrastructure planning.
Read the original →Lehigh University PhD student Saskia Putri worked with Siemens through the Pasteur Partners PhD (P3) Program to explore more resilient and sustainable power systems for AI data centers. Her research focused on managing rapid fluctuations in electricity demand, integrating renewable energy and storage, and improving grid stability. It also gave her firsthand experience with industrial research and product development.
Read the original →Verizon now expects to add between 1.1 million and 1.2 million postpaid phone subscribers this year. Earlier projections were 750,000 to 1 million.
Read the original →Telecom operators that sold voice calls by the minute and second and data in small portions have started selling AI usage. As AI takes on search, reservations and business processing, they aim to turn growing demand into a new revenue source.
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