Microsoft launches $2.5 billion AI deployment company
Microsoft is investing $2.5 billion and embedding 6,000 engineers inside customer organizations as it bets that successful AI adoption requires people, not just models.
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Microsoft wants to build a massive AI datacenter in Texas, but will locals actually want it?
Microsoft plans to build one of its largest AI datacenter campuses ever in Pecos, Texas. While the company highlights jobs, economic growth, and sustainability efforts, some residents may still have concerns about the project’s long-term impact.
FreeBSD 15.1 arrives with Linux 7 based Wi-Fi drivers and cloud improvements
FreeBSD 15.1 is now available with Linux 7 based wireless drivers, cloud image improvements, C23 language support progress, Unicode 17 updates, and other enhancements for users of the BSD operating system.
Amazon drops $10 billion on Missouri data center campus
Amazon has announced a $10 billion investment in a new Missouri data center campus that will create hundreds of permanent jobs and thousands of construction positions. The project reflects the growing demand for cloud computing and AI infrastructure across the United States.
OpenAI is building AI agents that never clock out
OpenAI plans to acquire Ona, a company specializing in secure cloud execution environments. The deal reveals a larger strategy to create AI agents that can continue working for hours or even days without requiring users to stay connected.
Sovereign AI sounds independent until you notice everything still runs on NVIDIA
Governments around the world are pushing sovereign AI initiatives to reduce dependence on foreign cloud providers and protect national data. There is just one awkward problem though. Nearly all of this supposedly independent AI infrastructure still runs on NVIDIA hardware and software. As countries build AI factories across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, the global AI race increasingly looks less diversified and more dependent on a single American company.
IBM and Google Cloud want AI agents running your business instead of just answering questions
IBM and Google Cloud just announced a major partnership that shows where enterprise AI is heading next, folks. The days of companies merely experimenting with chatbots appear to be fading fast. Now the conversation is about AI agents handling actual business operations, automating workflows, and potentially replacing portions of human decision-making across industries. The two … Read more
Microsoft says its first data center helped save a struggling small town
Microsoft says its first self-built data center campus helped transform Quincy, Washington from a struggling farming town into a growing tech hub with better jobs, lower poverty, and major public investments. But is Big Tech rewriting the narrative around AI infrastructure?
The AI boom has a dirty secret nobody wants to discuss
A new report claims only 8 percent of organizations fully understand the true cost of serving AI features. As GPU bills rise and pricing models remain messy, the AI industry may be running into a profitability problem nobody wants to discuss.
Motorola Solutions opens Boston AI hub focused on emergency response and public safety
Motorola Solutions is expanding its AI ambitions with a new Boston hub focused on emergency response, public safety, and resilience software.
AMD Instinct MI355X GPUs are suddenly everywhere and Zyphra wants in on the AI frenzy
Zyphra is betting big on AMD with 15 megawatts of Instinct MI355X GPU capacity as AI companies keep searching for alternatives to NVIDIA.
Microsoft and OpenAI open up their partnership as AI relationship gets complicated
Microsoft and OpenAI are still partners, but their updated deal opens the door to other clouds and less exclusivity.