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Amazon pours $150B into data centers to handle expected AI boom – New York Post
Amazon is reportedly planning to spend a whopping $150 billion within the next 15 years on building data centers a move that will position the tech giant to be able to handle an expected explosion with artificial intelligence applications and other digital services.
Amazon to ‘invest $150bn in data centers’ for AI growth – ReadWrite
Amazon is reportedly gearing up to invest nearly $150 billion over the next 15 years in data centers. This substantial financial commitment will equip the cloud-computing giant with the necessary resources to manage a projected rise in demand for AI applications and various digital services.
Enter the Cloud Excellence Awards 2024 – Computing
The cloud paradigm enables organisations to respond rapidly to changing market conditions and to experiment with new ideas, products and tools. It can be an incredibly efficient way to set up new infrastructure and platforms, or to share the management of parts of the IT estate the business would prefer not to keep in-house. And like its aerial namesake, cloud computing is changing all the time, offering new opportunities to forward-looking organisations, teams and individuals.
Why Amazon’s multi-billion dollar AI alliance with Anthropic isn’t the game-changer it needs to remain king of the cloud – Fortune
When Amazon announced Wednesday that it had showered the hot AI startup Anthropic with an additional $2.75 billion to complete the $4 billion investment it had announced last fall, the company positioned the news as a royal win. Amazons AWS, the king of cloud computing (with nearly a third of global market share), was deepening its partnership with Anthropic, the number two prince (Harry, not William) of generative AI foundation models. Under the pact, Anthropic will use AWS as its primary cloud provider for mission critical workloads, and train and deploy its future AI models on Amazons homegrown chips, while AWS customers get access to future generations of Anthropics AI technology
How AI Is Poised to Upend Cloud Networking – Data Center Knowledge
Much has been said about how AI will accelerate the growth of cloud platforms and enable a new generation of AI-powered tools for managing cloud environments. But here's another facet of the cloud that AI is likely to upend: networking. As more and more AI workloads enter the cloud, the ability to deliver better cloud networking solutions will become a key priority
Microsoft says Russian companies will be forced off its cloud services within days – TechRadar
Despite recent reports that Microsoft was all set to ban Russian companies from its suite of cloud services from March 20, it turns out this still isnt in effect, but should be by the end of March 2024 - this week - instead, after the company held discussions with IT platform Softline, one of its customers.
Russian businesses get shut out from Microsoft cloud services at the end of this month new EU sanctions come into … – Tom’s Hardware
To comply with the EU regulations outlined in December 2023, Microsoft will cease the provision of cloud services to Russian organizations at the end of this month. This was originally meant to happen on March 20, but extra time has been given to impacted organizations to migrate to alternative solutions. As a result of the above implementation of EU sanctions, organizations in Russia will no longer have access to best-in-class Microsoft products including Office 365 apps, OneDrive, Microsoft Teams, Azure, SharePoint, Visual Studio, SQL Server, as well as LinkedIn apps and Media Player development kits.
Quantum Mechanics Hack Could Lead to Unbreakable Metals by Leveraging Weird Distortion of Atoms – The Debrief
Scientists say they have created a new method of testing materials that allows predictions to be made about their ductility, which could lead to the production of virtually unbreakable metals for use with components in a variety of applications.
Inside the 20-year quest to unravel the bizarre realm of ‘quantum superchemistry’ – Livescience.com
Chemistry depends on heat.
A 7-minute guide to the relationship between quantum mechanics and black holes – Big Think
Physicist Brian Cox takes us into the mind-bending world where quantum mechanics, black holes, and the future of computing converge. In this interview, Cox shares the engineering challenges behind building quantum computers and the intricate dance of storing information in their notoriously delicate memory.