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Salute launches direct-to-chip cooling service for AI data centres
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Salute launches direct-to-chip cooling service for AI data centres

Salute launches a Direct-to-Chip liquid cooling service to help AI data centres manage risks and optimise high-density computing operations.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Thu, 30th Oct 2025
HPE to build Discovery & Lux computing systems for Oak Ridge lab
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HPE to build Discovery & Lux computing systems for Oak Ridge lab

HPE will build Discovery and Lux, advanced supercomputing systems for Oak Ridge lab, boosting AI and scientific research with cutting-edge tech.

By Melvin Hipolito • 4 min read • Tue, 28th Oct 2025
Dell unveils open rack-scale AI systems with 60% cooling savings
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Dell unveils open rack-scale AI systems with 60% cooling savings

Dell launches modular AI rack systems with 60% cooling savings, featuring PowerCool eRDHx and open standards for efficient enterprise deployments.

By Melvin Hipolito • 4 min read • Thu, 16th Oct 2025
AMD unveils Helios rack built for Meta's AI data centre vision
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AMD unveils Helios rack built for Meta's AI data centre vision

AMD unveils Helios, a rack-scale AI platform built to Meta's new Open Rack Wide standard, designed for high-performance AI and HPC data centres.

By Melania Watson • 4 min read • Wed, 15th Oct 2025
Oracle to launch AI supercluster with AMD MI450 GPUs in 2026
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Oracle to launch AI supercluster with AMD MI450 GPUs in 2026

Oracle will launch a public AI supercluster in 2026 powered by AMD MI450 GPUs, starting with 50,000 units to boost large-scale AI workloads.

By Jake MacAndrew • 4 min read • Wed, 15th Oct 2025
Dell unveils IR9000 rack & PowerCool eRDHx for AI efficiency
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Dell unveils IR9000 rack & PowerCool eRDHx for AI efficiency

Dell launches the IR9000 rack and PowerCool eRDHx cooling system to enhance AI efficiency with up to 60% reduced cooling costs and open-standard design.

By Jed Nykolle Harme • 4 min read • Wed, 15th Oct 2025
Carrier debuts QuantumLeap data centre cooling in Asia
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Carrier debuts QuantumLeap data centre cooling in Asia

Carrier unveils QuantumLeap data centre cooling in Singapore, boosting efficiency and sustainability amid Asia's $800bn data centre investment surge by 2030.

By Melvin Hipolito • 3 min read • Tue, 7th Oct 2025
Corintis raises USD $24M for AI chip cooling with Microsoft
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Corintis raises USD $24M for AI chip cooling with Microsoft

Corintis has raised USD $24 million in Series A funding after a breakthrough in AI chip cooling achieved in partnership with Microsoft to boost data centre efficiency.

By Jed Nykolle Harme • 5 min read • Sat, 27th Sep 2025
Equinix opens $69 million Chennai data centre to boost AI & cloud
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Equinix opens $69 million Chennai data centre to boost AI & cloud

Equinix has launched a $69 million data centre in Chennai, enhancing India's AI and cloud infrastructure with high-capacity, energy-efficient facilities.

By Melvin Hipolito • 4 min read • Mon, 22nd Sep 2025
LiquidStack appoints new executives to drive growth & innovation
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LiquidStack appoints new executives to drive growth & innovation

LiquidStack announces three new C-suite executives to boost growth and innovation, supporting rising demand for liquid cooling in data centres globally.

By Jed Nykolle Harme • 3 min read • Thu, 18th Sep 2025
Vertiv acquires Waylay to boost AI & analytics for data centres
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Vertiv acquires Waylay to boost AI & analytics for data centres

Vertiv has acquired Belgian software firm Waylay to enhance AI-driven monitoring and analytics for power and cooling in global data centres.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Thu, 28th Aug 2025
EnterpriseDB platform cuts datacentre emissions by up to 87%
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EnterpriseDB platform cuts datacentre emissions by up to 87%

EnterpriseDB's AI platform helps datacentres slash carbon emissions by up to 87% and energy use by 81%, cutting costs while maintaining performance.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Sat, 23rd Aug 2025
AI drives data centre surge to $387 billion by end of 2025
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AI drives data centre surge to $387 billion by end of 2025

AI and sovereign data laws drive global data centre market to an estimated $387 billion by 2025, reshaping infrastructure and energy use worldwide.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Thu, 21st Aug 2025

Stories from Other Regions

New Zealand's chance to lead in green datacentres
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New Zealand's chance to lead in green datacentres

New Zealand stands poised to lead in sustainable data centres, harnessing 85% renewable energy to power AI growth worth NZD $3.4b annually by 2035.

By Ollie Hill • 4 min read • Wed, 22nd Oct 2025
Exclusive: Carrier's Arun Bhatia on powering Asia's sustainable data centre growth
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Exclusive: Carrier's Arun Bhatia on powering Asia's sustainable data centre growth

Asian data centres innovate cooling, using seawater and AI-driven tech, to boost sustainability amid rising digital demand and strict regulations.

By Melania Watson • 4 min read • Thu, 9th Oct 2025
Johnson Controls launches scalable liquid cooling for data centres
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Johnson Controls launches scalable liquid cooling for data centres

Johnson Controls unveils scalable liquid cooling platform to boost energy efficiency and meet rising data centre demands in Asia Pacific's urban hubs.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Wed, 8th Oct 2025
Earth Sciences NZ unveils AI supercomputer to boost climate resilience
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Earth Sciences NZ unveils AI supercomputer to boost climate resilience

Earth Sciences New Zealand launches Cascade, an HPE AI supercomputer boosting weather forecasting with triple computational power and green tech for climate resilience.

By Melvin Hipolito • 3 min read • Mon, 22nd Sep 2025