infrastructure: the story so far
5 stories, newest first, each linking to the original reporting.
Google adds TPU 8tx for confidential compute and TPU 8i Max for long context, its fourth TPU system this year
Google announced two more eighth-generation TPU systems on November 9: TPU 8tx, built on the same silicon as the training-focused 8t and paired with f…
Fireworks AI tells customers of a second breach in a month, reaching billing data and some model weights
Fireworks AI notified customers on November 9 that an intruder entered development machines on October 24 through a cloud provider and reached billing…
Anthropic reportedly paid $3.4 billion for 1.7 gigawatts of gas generators
Anthropic took over OnePWR Solutions' orders for roughly 1.7 gigawatts of Caterpillar gas-fired generators in a deal signed in late September and wort…
After the midterms, data-center politics turn against the builders
Voters backed candidates and local measures opposing new data centers in several races this week, and TechCrunch reports that Elon Musk's data-center …
Crusoe sells its troubled Wyoming data-center project to Google
Crusoe has handed off a struggling data-center development in Wyoming to Google, TechCrunch reported, as hyperscalers pick up projects from smaller bu…
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