Image generated by Google Gemini It’s the year of living dangerously… or boldly. It all depends on the point of view. Oracle has revealed plans to raise up to $50 billion over the course of 2026 to supercharge its data center and AI infrastructure. It’s a very big bet because its stock is facing serious … Read more
Image: Envato India has dropped a technology incentive that may be of interest to foreign firms. The Union Budget 2026 offers a complete tax holiday lasting until 2047 for foreign AI and cloud providers that route their global services through Indian data centers. The sweeping policy change aims to transform India into a dominant data … Read more
Japanese multinational investment holding company SoftBank has launched Infrinia AI Cloud OS, a software suite custom-designed for AI data centers. Infrinia AI Cloud OS designed by the Infrinia team enables data center operators to provide Kubernetes-as-a-service (KaaS) in multi-tenant settings and offer inference-as-a-service (Inf-aaS). This allows customers to access LLM through simple APIs that can … Read more
Willis Insurance has introduced an eight-point digital infrastructure framework that classifies data centers as a separate insurance system class. The firm says the change reflects a change in the risk profile of data centers. This was influenced by the role that DC assets now play in cloud and AI workloads. In announcing the framework on … Read more
Large financial institutions rarely overhaul their technology in one dramatic step. Change typically occurs in phases, with systems gradually shifting, consolidating, and improving over time. Nationwide Building Society’s expanded cloud services partnership with AWS fits right into this pattern. Rather than signaling a new direction, the deal reflects a decision to continue down a path … Read more
For many large organizations, cloud computing is still in the background. Operates internal systems, supports analytics teams, and scales storage as needed. It is changing where the cloud manifests itself in the work itself – including performance-critical environments such as Formula 1 or F1, where Mercedes uses cloud systems to support real-time decision-making under pressure. … Read more
Image generated by Google Gemini The U.S. military is looking to modernize and has turned to major technology ally Salesforce for support. Salesforce has been awarded a $5.6 billion, 10-year, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to accelerate digital modernization and operational readiness across the Department of War (DOW). The deal positions Salesforce as a … Read more
Hey! It’s my first post for 2026 and I’m writing to you while I watch our driveway being dug up. I hope wherever you are you are safe and warm and your data keeps flowing! This week brings exciting news for customers with GPU-intensive workloads, with the launch of our latest graphics and AI instances … Read more
Today we are proud to introduce Maia 200, a breakthrough inference accelerator designed to dramatically improve the economics of AI token generation. The Maia 200 is a powerful tool for AI inference: an accelerator built on TSMC’s 3nm process with native FP8/FP4 tensor cores, a redesigned memory system with 216 GB HBM3e at 7 TB/s … Read more
Image generated by Google Gemini Microsoft’s cloud empire collapsed yesterday (January 22) in a devastating service outage. The incident left businesses across North America staring at error messages instead of their essential work tools. The chaos lasted over eight grueling hours and revealed just how fragile our digital workplace really is. The digital disaster began … Read more