Britain’s businesses put £11.2bn into digital infrastructure last year, roughly three times what the official measure had been reporting. The jump in UK digital infrastructure investment did not come from a building spree. Almost none of the difference…
Southeast Asia has 306 data centres running and 173 more in the pipeline, according to figures published on Tuesday. The capacity being planned is nearly four times what is already operating. Southeast Asia data centre investment will rise from $15.72b…
Texas governor Greg Abbott says data centre companies brought the backlash on themselves. “They basically dug their own grave for the problem that’s been caused for them,” he told ABC’s Jonathan Karl on Sunday. “And that’s why they got the backlash the…
Taiwanese prosecutors have indicted nine people over the alleged illegal export of high-end AI servers to China, among them an employee of Nvidia’s Taiwan operation and two from Super Micro. The charges are the first to emerge from an investigation tha…
Ukraine and the United Kingdom have signed a joint declaration on artificial intelligence partnership covering the development and deployment of AI-enabled military capabilities, according to the Ukrainian presidency’s account of talks in Kyiv between …
The Australian government intends to impose national energy standards on AI data centres at this week’s National Cabinet meeting even though Queensland will not agree to them, a shift from the consensus approach that stalled when Queensland and the Nor…
A cyber attack shut down a small British power plant for four days in July. Hackers affiliated with the Iranian regime were responsible, according to the Telegraph. Tony Diver, Rozina Sabur and Matt Oliver broke the story on Saturday. It is thought to …
OpenAI has asked California to toughen the AI safety law it once fought. The company published the request on Friday, and Chase DiFeliciantonio reported it for Politico. It is the first major AI lab to call for changes to the transparency law. That law…
Australian data centres will take 13% of the country’s main electricity market by 2035-36, up from 3% today. That is almost a sevenfold rise in a decade, according to the Australian Energy Market Operator. Keira Wright reported the forecast for Bloombe…
The US Department of Homeland Security proposed a rule on Monday. It would charge employers $103,265 for a new H-1B visa. Daniel Wiessner reported the filing for Reuters. A federal judge blocked a similar fee in June, calling it unlawful. H-1B visas le…