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Explained: Trump signs order for national AI platform

Mon, 1st Dec 2025
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President Donald Trump signed an order launching the Genesis Mission, a national AI platform uniting US supercomputers and data to boost innovation and leadership.
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AMD & Oak Ridge announce USD $1 billion AI supercomputing push

Tue, 28th Oct 2025
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AMD and Oak Ridge National Labouratory partner with the US Department of Energy in a USD $1 billion investment to launch two AI supercomputers, Lux AI and Discovery.
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HPE to build Discovery & Lux computing systems for Oak Ridge lab

Tue, 28th Oct 2025
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HPE will build Discovery and Lux, advanced supercomputing systems for Oak Ridge lab, boosting AI and scientific research with cutting-edge tech.
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Dr. Deepak Divan to lead Endeavour drive in high power DC

Tue, 9th Sep 2025
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Dr Deepak Divan joins Endeavour to lead high-power DC infrastructure development, tackling rising energy demands in AI, industry and transport sectors.
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Cybersecurity on alert as Iran shifts to disruptive digital attacks

Tue, 24th Jun 2025
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Iranian cyber attacks shift towards causing disruption and political damage following Israeli strikes, raising cybersecurity alarms.
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Hitachi Vantara ups energy efficiency & sets new carbon goals

Wed, 23rd Apr 2025
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Hitachi Vantara boosts energy efficiency in its storage solutions and sets carbon neutrality targets for FY2030 and FY2050, enhancing sustainability efforts worldwide.
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US Department of Energy secures USD $107.57 billion deals

Tue, 28th Jan 2025
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The U.S. Department of Energy's Loan Programs Office has secured a record USD $107.57 billion across 53 projects in four years, bolstering clean energy innovation.
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Puerto Rico receives $584.5 million for energy boost

Fri, 24th Jan 2025
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The US Department of Energy has granted a $584.5 million loan guarantee to support solar and battery projects in Puerto Rico, enhancing energy resilience.
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El Capitan: world's fastest exascale supercomputer debuts

Tue, 19th Nov 2024
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise has delivered El Capitan, the world's fastest exascale supercomputer, to the US Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore Laboratory.
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OpenText reveals concerning surge in ransomware-as-a-service attacks

Thu, 26th Oct 2023
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Nastiest Malware report reveals rise in Ransomware-as-a-Service attacks, with Cl0p named as this year's top threat.
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2032 digital substation market to be US$14.11 billion: FMI

Fri, 10th Mar 2023
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The digital substation market was valued at US$6.5 billion in 2021. It is expected to be US$14.11 billion by 2032, growing at a 7.3% CAGR from 2022 to 2032.
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NVIDIA names data centre CPU after computer scientist Grace Hopper

Thu, 15th Apr 2021
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NVIDIA Grace is designed to support artificial intelligence-based supercomputers, natural language processing, and recommender systems.
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Digital Realty announces Hong Kong data center build

Fri, 3rd Jul 2020
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The HKG11 data center will span 21,000 square metres and deliver 24 megawatts of IT capacity, to be in Kwai Chung, a developing data center cluster.
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Digital Realty scoops Green Lease Leaders award

Mon, 15th Jun 2020
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Digital Realty has been honoured as a 2020 Green Lease Leader by the US DOE's Better Buildings Alliance and IMT, recognising its eco-friendly leasing efforts.
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Veeam completes its US$5 billion acquisition, in huge month for US M&As

Tue, 3rd Mar 2020
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Veeam is now officially a US-based company, with the company's headquarters soon to be relocated from Switzerland to the United States.
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GIGA Data Centers brings energy efficiency to Mooresville, NC

Wed, 26th Jun 2019
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GIGA Data Centers has unveiled a cutting-edge, energy-efficient data center in Mooresville, NC, leveraging green energy and innovative cooling systems.
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Intel building US's first exascale supercomputer

Tue, 19th Mar 2019
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Intel and the Department of Energy are building potentially the world's first exascale supercomputer, capable of a quintillion calculations per second.
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NVIDIA confirms $6.9b acquisition of Mellanox

Tue, 12th Mar 2019
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The announcement of NVIDIA's largest ever acquisition follows months of speculation involving other potential bids from the likes of Microsoft and Intel.
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Digital Realty claims sustainability award at REITworld 2018

Mon, 12th Nov 2018
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Digital Realty wins the Nareit 'Leader in the Light' award for the second year in a row at REITworld 2018, highlighting its commitment to sustainability.
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HPE to triple performance with new supercomputer for US laboratory

Wed, 15th Aug 2018
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The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has opted with Hewlett Packard Enterprise for a new supercomputer.