AI Trend Alert: Infrastructure on the Rise
The race to stay on pace with AI innovations
AI software and ChatGPT continue to grab headlines. Still, software is taking a back seat this month as hardware and infrastructure become a more significant concern.
Here are your top AI news stories that are pointing toward significant shifts in how we power and deliver AI technologies:
- Aug 1, 2024: For the first half of the year, Amazon's CAPEX was US$30.5B. Due to "strong demand" for generative and non-generative AI workloads, Amazon expects spending to be higher for the rest of the year. 🔗
- Aug 1, 2024: Corning's next-generation fiber-optic cable is designed to support next-generation Data Center AI demands. Lumen has already reserved 10% of Corning's global fiber capacity. 🔗
- Aug 5, 2024: Speaking of Lumen, the company announced a $5B infrastructure upgrade with a potential for another $7B, more than doubling its intercity network miles over the next five years. 🔗
- Aug 5, 2024: Whenever I watch old Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes, I cringe when they say "mainframe." While they may still be around, the data locked within them points to a new AI future, according to Belle Lin of the Wall Street Journal. 🔗
What did you think about this news rundown? Did you find it helpful, and would you like to see more? Let me know in the comments.
Dr. Deborah Chen provided editing services for this article.
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