Matthew Gooding

5 days ago | datacenterdynamics.com | Matthew Gooding

Plans for a 300MW data center in Thailand have moved a step closer after the company behind the project purchased a plot of land for the campus. Chinese data center operator Beijing Haoyang Cloud & Data Technology Co. has bought the land from WHA Industrial Development (WHAID), one of Thailand’s leading industrial estate developers. The data center will be developed by Haoyang’s local subsidiary, Haoyang Data Center 1.

5 days ago | datacenterdynamics.com | Matthew Gooding

The race for AI supremacy has governments around the world lauding multi-billion dollar investments from some of the biggest names in tech, and France is no exception. In the latest edition of DCD>Magazine, we take an in-depth look at the French bid to become Europe's capital of AI infrastructure.

6 days ago | datacenterdynamics.com | Matthew Gooding

Global Switch has launched a showcase of liquid cooling technologies at its data center in London’s Docklands. Working with six vendors, the company has set up the suite to demonstrate to its enterprise clients the different liquid cooling solutions that can be deployed within its data halls. The suite, located in GS2/London East, features single and two-phase immersion cooling systems, as well as direct-to-chip technologies, from vendors including Liquidstack, SuperMicro, and Vertiv.

6 days ago | datacenterdynamics.com | Matthew Gooding

The financial figures thrown around, willy-nilly, by companies developing AI data centers have become so enormous that they often feel meaningless. OpenAI, SoftBank, and chums plan to drop $500 billion for Stargate, and Meta is rumored to be looking at a $200 billion campus somewhere in the US. Projects with a price tag of $1 billion are so commonplace that, for many, they barely merit talking about.

1 week ago | datacenterdynamics.com | Matthew Gooding

A ship’s captain from China has been sentenced to three years in prison in Taiwan after his vessel damaged an undersea cable. The case is thought to be the first prosecution relating to the severing of cables in the seas around Taiwan. According to a BBC report, the man, identified only by his surname Wang, was captain of the Hong Tai 58, a ship registered in Togo.