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Where We're Going, We NEED Roads

Where We're Going, We NEED Roads

AI Infrastructure Where We're Going, We NEED Roads Networking is not the supporting act in AI clusters. It is the system itself. Last week in London, I stepped out of Sainsbury’s with a couple of Jellycats for my...

Yotta 2025: AI Infrastructure & Data Center Insights

Yotta 2025: AI Infrastructure & Data Center Insights

AMD's challenge is architectural: their "world size" is limited to 8 GPUs per node, while Nvidia can interconnect 72. AMD's solution won't arrive until 2027, leaving Nvidia with a commanding lead for training and large-scale inference.

The Future of Tech Leadership

The Future of Tech Leadership

The Future of Tech Leadership Discover the shocking truths and emerging trends that will define technology leadership in the years ahead The landscape of technology leadership is undergoing a dramatic transformation. As...

Data Centers Out Of This World

Data Centers Out Of This World

Nick Hume interviews Philip Johnston, co-founder of Starcloud, about building large data centers in space. They explore how reduced launch costs and innovative cooling solutions make orbital compute viable, discussing current projects, space challenges, and AI's future beyond Earth.

AMD MI355X: Strong Node-Level Inference, but Not Yet Rack-Scale

AMD MI355X: Strong Node-Level Inference, but Not Yet Rack-Scale

AMD MI355X Analysis Strong Node-Level Inference, but Not Yet Rack-Scale 288 GB HBM3E Memory 8 TB/s Bandwidth 1.4 kW Power Draw Quick Navigation 1. Overview 2. Performance Analysis 3. Memory Advantage 4. Interconnect...

Hyperscalers Are Eating the World (and the Grid)

Hyperscalers Are Eating the World (and the Grid)

A recent Synergy Research Group report has revealed a striking statistic that should give every infrastructure professional pause: hyperscalers—AWS, Azure, Google, Meta, and their peers—now account for 44% of the world's total data center capacity. More importantly, this figure is projected to surge

The AI Infrastructure Deep Dive: Q&A Session with the Value3 Community

The AI Infrastructure Deep Dive: Q&A Session with the Value3 Community

The artificial intelligence revolution is fundamentally transforming the infrastructure that powers our digital economy. In this exclusive Q&A session with Mark from Value3, our U.S. Tech Lead Nick Hume explores what's really driving the AI boom—from infrastructure challenges to strategic opportunit

The AI Revolution: How Data Centers Are Transforming Into Intelligence Factories

The AI Revolution: How Data Centers Are Transforming Into Intelligence Factories

In this conversation, Mark and Nick Hume discuss the current state and future of the data center industry, particularly focusing on Nvidia's advancements in GPU technology and the implications for AI and data centers. They explore the challenges posed by rapid GPU iteration, the evolution of data ce

The IPv4 Crisis That Almost Broke Our Scaling Plans

The IPv4 Crisis That Almost Broke Our Scaling Plans

During my deployment engineering days at Amazon, we were in the middle of what felt like controlled chaos. New AWS regions launching monthly, services expanding globally, data centers coming online faster than anyone thought possible.

NVIDIA's NVLink Fusion: True Innovation or Strategic Lock-in?

NVIDIA's NVLink Fusion: True Innovation or Strategic Lock-in?

NVIDIA's NVLink Fusion True Innovation or Strategic Lock-in? Earlier this week at Computex, Jensen Huang introduced NVLink Fusion, positioning it as a means to "democratize scale-up" by allowing customers to mix and...