Graeme Burton

1 month ago | datacenterknowledge.com | Graeme Burton

The UK’s construction planning system is notoriously bureaucratic, but does it really hinder data center development? According to some of the country’s leading data center operators, the answer depends on how much time – and money – you have. The country’s planning regime is one of the most restrictive in the world – arguably rivaled only by California, where even installing a kitchen or bathroom may require a permit.

1 month ago | computing.co.uk | Graeme Burton

OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman claims GPT 4.5 is the first AI model that can offer ‘good advice’ OpenAI has released its latest AI model, GPT 4.5, a “research preview” that is also the organisation’s most expensive offering due to the limited availability of GPUs. While not a “frontier model” and more of a step upgrade, it is nevertheless OpenAI’s biggest large language model (LLM) to date and ought to provide more natural conversations and be better at avoiding mistakes.

1 month ago | computing.co.uk | Graeme Burton

Promises 90% better error correction Ocelot’s architecture could slash the cost of producing quantum chips by four-fifths, claims Amazon. Amazon has unveiled Ocelot, its first quantum computing chip, just a week after Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella claimed his company’s Majorana 1 Quantum Processing Unit (QPU) had created a new state of matter. The chip was developed at the AWS Center for Quantum Computing at the California Institute of Technology.

1 month ago | computing.co.uk | Graeme Burton

Revenues double in one year despite China sanctions and emerging competition in datacentre AI Nvidia has posted full revenues up by 114% to $130.5 billion in the year to the end of January 2025. Its fourth quarter revenues, meanwhile, were up 78% compared to the same quarter last year, to $39.1 billion. Founder and CEO Jensen Huang attributed the outstanding results to the success of the company’s AI GPUs, with demand unaffected by the sudden success of the low-cost Chinese AI DeepSeek.

1 month ago | computing.co.uk | Graeme Burton

Council staff and suppliers damned by auditor’s report that reveals multiple failings over disastrous Oracle Fusion implementation The cloud-based enterprise system was expected to cost less than £19 million. It has already cost £171 million and played a decisive role in pushing the council into bankruptcy. Bankrupt Birmingham City Council went live on its new Oracle Fusion finance and pay system despite multiple red flags over the disastrous implementation.