Oracle wants to power a new gigawatt data center with three small nuclear reactors – and it’s not the only big hyperscaler eyeing nuclear to meet surging AI energy demands

Oracle wants to power a new gigawatt data center with three small nuclear reactors – and it’s not the only big hyperscaler eyeing nuclear to meet surging AI energy demands

Oracle is set to power a new data center with upwards of 1 gigawatt (GW) capacity through nuclear energy, according to the firm’s CTO Larry Ellison. Speaking during a recent earnings call, Ellison confirmed the cloud computing giant has… Article Source https://www.itpro.com/infrastructure/data-centres/oracle-wants-to-power-a-new-gigawatt-data-center-with-three-small-nuclear-reactors-and-its-not-the-only-big-hyperscaler-eyeing-nuclear-to-meet-surging-ai-energy-demands

Microsoft Azure is the first hyperscaler to have NVIDIA’s Blackwell system with GB200

Microsoft Azure is the first hyperscaler to have NVIDIA’s Blackwell system with GB200

Back in March, NVIDIA announced the new NVIDIA Blackwell platform, which offers up to 25 times lower cost and energy consumption than its predecessor for large language… Article Source https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-azure-is-the-first-hyperscaler-to-have-nvidias-blackwell-system-with-gb200/