Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel backing £102M offshore ocean-powered AI data centre

US renewable energy and ocean technology company Panthalassa has secured $140M (£102M) in Series B funding to accelerate the development of autonomous offshore computing systems powered by ocean waves. The post Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel backing £102M offshore ocean-powered AI data centre appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

Small, connected data centers will power AI, a builder says

The days of big facilities are over because computing is transitioning from training to inferencing, which requires a decentralized model, according to Pete Sacco of PTS Data Center Solutions.

Tear down analogue planning silos and create one digital ecosystem all can use, report urges

Ditch the pin-ball machine of our fragmented planning system and embrace AI and cloud computing, say MPs and Autodesk The post Tear down analogue planning silos and create one digital ecosystem all can use, report urges appeared first on Construction Management.

How the rail sector is adapting to an AI-enabled future

Data centres are sprouting up across the UK, signalling the new cloud-based computing muscle behind artificial intelligence (AI) in this country and internationally. The post How the rail sector is adapting to an AI-enabled future appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

Turner Construction breaks ground $10bn US Meta data centre

Turner Construction has begun construction on a $10bn, four-million-sq-ft data centre campus on behalf of Meta in Lebanon, Indiana. The facility will have a 1GW computing capacity to support AI… The post Turner Construction breaks ground $10bn US Meta data centre appeared first on Global Construction Review.

The Economist - Are brain implants the future of computing? 15122022

Imagine brain implants that let you control devices by thought alone—or let computers read your mind. It’s early days, but research into this technology is well under way

IBM Research - The future of computing - Quantum, AI & Hybrid Cloud converge, 10052022

IBM invite us to watch 'The Fastest Path to Progress,' a new short film where you’ll be introduced to experts working on advancing technology to expedite the pace of science. We’re at a moment in time where computing is poised to reshape just about every industry, field of study and even society itself. When leveraging the capabilities of AI, quantum computing, and hybrid cloud in new ways together, e.g. the potential for discovering new materials, will be unlike anything we’ve seen before