… The design targets hyperscale AI training and inference environments where network performance and system-level optimization are critical. Google Cloud emphasized that tightly integrated infrastructure and managed AI services are required to support the next wave of AI workloads. …
… In many AI workflows, data preparation can take days or weeks, delaying model training and reducing effective GPU utilization. By enabling immediate access to datasets, the Cloud AI Accelerator allows workloads to start as soon as compute is available. …
Google Announces TPU v8t Sunfish and TPU v8i Zebrafish by Divyansh Jain on May 1, 2026 AI ◇ Enterprise At Google Cloud Next, Google announced its next-generation AI accelerators: the TPU v8t “Sunfish” for training and the TPU v8i “Zebrafish” for inference, along with its new Virgo data center fabri… …