Five Minute Briefing - Data Center
March 10, 2025
Five Minute Briefing - Data Center: March 10, 2025. Published in conjunction with SHARE Inc., a bi-weekly report geared to the needs of data center professionals.
News Flashes
IBM is debuting the latest version of its Granite large language model (LLM) family, Granite 3.2—continuing to deliver small, efficient, practical enterprise AI for real-world impact.
IBM announced its intent to acquire DataStax, an AI and data solution provider that will enhance IBM's watsonx portfolio of products to accelerate the use of generative AI and help companies unlock value from vast amounts of unstructured data. According to the companies the acquisition also builds on IBM's commitment to open-source AI.
Nebius Group N.V. (Nebius), a leading AI infrastructure company, is upgrading its U.S.-based cloud computing capacity with the planned construction of a new data center in New Jersey, with capacity of up to 300 MW. The data center that Nebius has commissioned in New Jersey will be built to Nebius's own design, enabling the company to achieve maximum efficiency and offer superlative performance to customers.
PEAK:AIO, a fast-scaling AI infrastructure provider redefining AI and GPU data storage, is releasing a new version of its AI Data Server, setting a new standard for performance, density, and sustainability. Engineered with Dell Technologies' enterprise-grade precision and powered by PEAK:AIO's cutting-edge software, this compact 2U solution provides 1.5PB of storage and 120GB/sec RDMA NFS and NVMe-oF performance.