Nvidia’s hometown data centres left powerless
Santa Clara projects sit idle as AI boom slams into an energy wall
Two massive data centre projects in Santa Clara, California, in the heart of Nvidia’s glorious green empire, are sitting empty as the city’s grid buckles under demand from the AI gold rush.
EU mulls legal ban on Huawei and ZTE gear
Commission watchdogs want tougher rules on ‘high-risk vendors’
The European Commission is weighing up plans to turn its 2020 guidance on high-risk telecom vendors into binding law, a move that could effectively force EU nations to phase out Huawei and ZTE kit from their mobile and fixed-line networks.
Cyber insurance payouts triple as hackers target UK firms
Industry warns of rising threats and underinsured businesses
British insurers shelled out at least £197 million in cyber claims during 2024, more than triple the £60 million paid the year before, according to fresh data showing how cyber gangs have stepped up attacks on UK companies.
AI takes control of $35 billion Korean data centre
Project Concord aims to make humans redundant in server farms
A group of investors in South Korea claims it is building the world’s first large-scale data centre designed, constructed and operated entirely by AI.
CoreWeave’s AI gold rush stalls
Delays bite despite a flood of new deals.
CoreWeave, one of the biggest outfits flogging cloud computing to AI outfits, saw its revenue more than double in the third quarter as it cosied up to some of the biggest beasts in the AI jungle.