Neowin News Feed for: Infrastructure

Microsoft and NVIDIA are solving the one bottleneck standing between us and AGI

Karthik Mudaliar — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 08:28:01 +0000

Microsoft and NVIDIA have identified the single biggest obstacle standing between today's AI and AGI. Read more...

Amazon warns of cloud service disruptions after drone strikes hit Middle East data centers

Paul Hill — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 04:26:02 +0000

Amazon reports structural damage to facilities in the UAE and Bahrain, warning customers of unpredictable service and supply chain delays. Read more...

Google to invest $3.3 billion building two data centers in South Carolina

Karthik Mudaliar — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 07:52:02 +0000

Google is investing $3.3 billion to build two data centers in South Carolina as part of infrastructure upgrades necessary for handling AI capabilities. Read more...

AMD to acquire ZT Systems to accelerate the deployment of AMD-powered AI infrastructure

Pradeep Viswanathan — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 15:30:01 +0000

AMD announced it will acquire ZT Systems for $4.9 billion to enhance its AI infrastructure capabilities. ZT Systems will become part of AMD's existing Data Center Solutions Business Group. Read more...

After photos from the battlefield, Musk denies that SpaceX is selling Starlink to Russia

Martin Hodás — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 09:10:02 +0000

Ukrainian intelligence confirmed that Russians are using Starlink at the front line in Ukraine. SpaceX denies a possibility that the Russian military obtained its terminals legally. Read more...

Microsoft says state-sponsored China actor targeting critical infrastructure in the US

Paul Hill — Wed, 24 May 2023 22:58:02 +0000

Microsoft has put out a warning about Chinese state-sponsored actors, Volt Typhoon. It is apparently targeting US infrastructure with the objective of disrupting communications with Asia. Read more...

Google comes out against the idea that it should pay network costs

Paul Hill — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 13:50:01 +0000

Google has spoken out against plans to make it pay network infrastructure costs to help providers meet EU targets. Network providers have been complaining they can't make viable returns on upgrades. Read more...

UK awards first Project Gigabit contract to connect hard-to-reach homes

Paul Hill — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 15:26:01 +0000

The UK has awarded its first major Project Gigabit contract to Wessex Internet to bring gigabit connectivity to hard-to-reach areas. The upgrades will begin in the coming weeks, the government said. Read more...

Vodafone CEO says three mobile networks in the UK, instead of four, would be healthier

Paul Hill — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 20:24:01 +0000

Vodafone CEO Nick Read has said that three mobile networks in the UK, instead of four networks, would be healthier. He believes this would increase investment in mobile infrastructure. Read more...

Data Center & Infrastructure Report: Key Findings and Trends for 2022

Sponsored — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 14:00:01 +0000

Service Express surveyed over 700 IT professionals to identify priorities and challenges and to record solutions that strengthen data center strategies. Gain helpful insights with this free report. Read more...

Microsoft to invest in Greek cloud services infrastructure

Usman Khan Lodhi — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 10:50:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced plans to build data centers in Greece, providing an investment amounting to roughly $1 billion in the country, which has suffered from a decade-long debt crisis. Read more...

Google to lay a new subsea cable connecting the US, UK and Spain

Namerah Saud Fatmi — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 15:28:01 +0000

A new subsea cable called Grace Hopper has been announced by Google Cloud. The submarine cable is set to link up the US, UK and Spain and is scheduled to launch operations in 2022. Read more...

Data Center & Infrastructure Report: Outlook for 2020 - Free Research Report

News Staff — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 18:46:01 +0000

Service Express surveyed more than 500 IT professionals to identify current and upcoming challenges, and to share plans for strategies in the data center. You can download the results for free. Read more...

Ofcom sets out proposals for fast and reliable fibre broadband

Paul Hill — Wed, 08 Jan 2020 17:44:01 +0000

The UK's internet regulator, Ofcom, has announced proposals to bring full-fibre broadband to the whole of the country including rural areas. The proposals will be finalised in early 2021. Read more...

Microsoft explains how its AI solutions are being used to keep infrastructure safe

Hamza Jawad — Fri, 28 Jun 2019 04:12:01 +0000

Microsoft details how various companies have made use of drones, cameras, and its AI services, such as in the form of Azure, to keep roads and bridges safe across the continent of Europe. Read more...

Dell EMC releases its XtremIO X2 flash array into general availability

Boyd Chan — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 10:10:01 +0000

Boasting increased performance and density compared to its predecessor, Dell EMC's XtremIO X2 may help enterprises achieve greater scalability with respect to their virtual desktop infrastructure. Read more...

Microsoft shares its data protection and cloud privacy measures

Florin Bodnarescu — Wed, 29 Mar 2017 03:26:01 +0000

Microsoft has shared a few of the methods employed to ensure the security of the data it handles. It was also quick to point out its efforts at transparency in the benefit of the end user. Read more...

Samsung reaches important milestone on the path to commercial 5G

Paul Hill — Sun, 19 Feb 2017 16:04:01 +0000

Samsung Electronics has made an important step on the road to 5G with the commercial readiness of a 5G RF Integrated Circuit. With MWC coming up we should hear more news from the company about 5G. Read more...

Virgin Media plans price hike for November

Paul Hill — Sat, 20 Aug 2016 18:52:01 +0000

Virgin Media has begun issuing letters to its subscribers informing them of the third price hike this year. Line rentals will increase by £1.01 and broadband packages will increase by £3-£4. Read more...

Happy 150th birthday Nokia!

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 12 May 2015 11:30:01 +0000

Nokia, a company best-known for mobile phones and modern technology, is actually turning 150 today, as it looks back on its past and looks forward towards an uncertain future. Read more...

Microsoft criticises U.K. government for investing in high speed rail, not broadband

Andy Weir — Mon, 14 Oct 2013 16:27:55 +0000

A Microsoft executive has criticised the U.K. government's decision to invest so heavily in high speed rail rather than in broadband infrastructure - a move that he called "a strategic mistake". Read more...

Welcome to the future: IPv6 launch day is tomorrow

Anthony Tosie — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 02:42:44 +0000

The Internet's undergoing an advancement in the amount of IP addresses: tomorrow it will allow for 2^128 IP addresses, a big advancement over its current allocation of 4.3 billion IP addresses. Read more...

The advantages of 4G infrastructure

Tzvi Friedman — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 22:40:01 +0000

We've heard a lot about Sprint's foray into the magical world of 4G communication, with its wondrous speeds (up to four times faster than 3G networks) and limited coverage areas. While it may be a... Read more...

Verizon denies neglecting copper infrastructure over fibre

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:16:17 +0000

Verizon is facing allegations that all of its infrastructure investments are being poured into the deployment of FiOS, Verizon's fiber-to-the-premises network. During testimony given before the Virginia State Corporation Commission last week, Communications Workers of... Read more...