Tracked topic
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT and Codex and the models those tools utilize, and Broadcom, an established silicon supplier, have announced a new chip called Jalapeño, designed specifically for large language model inference in data centers. …
… Further, getting in at the silicon and data center levels can be an advantage in a market where data center access is likely to remain constrained, with multiple companies competing for compute as they scale up their AI models and services. …
… Ars has previously examined the logic behind orbital data centers along with the economic challenges of taking this course of action. Building that orbital data center future envisioned by SpaceX would potentially require more than a trillion dollars. …
… Currently, AI firms like OpenAI are combating what Axios billed as an “AI hate wave.” Recent polls find that 70 percent of Americans don’t want AI data centers built in their area and half of Americans are more concerned than excited about AI. …
… AI companies are generally facing more challenges in funding and building expensive AI data centers , even as they shift more of the subsidized costs of running AI services onto shocked customers through usage-based pricing . …
… Although some data center projects were removed from residential zones due to noise complaints, communities have largely benefited from letting data centers in, with lower tax rates and more affordable housing. This week, Meta claimed a similar data center PR win in Louisiana. …
… Amazon told Ars that it’s exploring the use of solar energy and battery storage at the Texas data center but plans to rely on gas turbines in the meantime. xAI’s head start on gas-powered data centers In a recent report , Cleanview flagged 59 data centers “with a combined capacity of ~90 GW that pl… …
… The national resistance to data centers Despite the oversight gaps, the Texas moratorium on data center approvals “throws a massive wrench into ERCOT’s plans to bring data centers online,” according to E&E News . …
… Its competitor, OpenAI, recently announced a new custom chip called Jalapeño designed for large language model inference in data centers. OpenAI partnered with Broadcom to develop the chip. …
… Investors have also been concerned about Oracle’s reliance on OpenAI, a customer that is not yet profitable and is reportedly losing billions of dollars a year. …