The Ultimate Guide to AI Infrastructure
A curated Irish edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for AI Infrastructure.
What to know about AI Infrastructure
AI Infrastructure explores the hardware, software, and systems that make modern artificial intelligence possible. This tag covers everything from compute and storage architectures to networking, data pipelines, and observability stacks that keep AI workloads reliable and efficient.
Stories here dig into practical questions: how to design scalable training and inference clusters, choose between GPUs and emerging accelerators, manage feature stores, and orchestrate distributed workloads. You’ll find discussions of MLOps practices, cost optimization, performance tuning, and the trade-offs behind different infrastructure patterns.
Whether you’re building a new AI platform or evolving an existing stack, this tag helps you understand the components, constraints, and design decisions that sit underneath AI products. Reading these pieces will give you concrete examples, architectural patterns, and lessons learned that you can apply to your own systems.
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Featured News
Exclusive: Virtuozzo sees GPU clouds reshape AI infrastructure
AI demand is pushing cloud providers towards GPU-as-a-service models, with efficiency and utilisation emerging as key differentiators.
Marvell targets AI connectivity bottleneck with NVIDIA boost
AI data centres are hitting copper limits, pushing Marvell and Nvidia towards optics as clusters grow larger and more distributed.
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Interviews and video coverage from the networkRecent AI Infrastructure News
FAR Labs opens access to cheaper AI inference platform
Developers facing rising AI bills can now register for early access to FAR Labs' platform, which claims lower inference costs on some models.
NVIDIA expands AWS AI infrastructure with new GPU instances
Customers should see faster AI search and training on AWS as NVIDIA makes GPU indexing the default and adds new EC2 G7 instances.
AlpSemi raises EUR €17m to scale solid-state breakers
The Grenoble startup will use the funding to industrialise its breaker technology as AI data centres and electrified buildings strain power networks.
EDB launches agentic Postgres AI with governance tools
Enterprises can now run AI agents on live PostgreSQL data with governance controls, as EDB expands its Postgres AI platform.
Nebius selects Komodor's AI SRE platform for reliability
The deployment could speed up incident response across Nebius's GPU-heavy AI cloud, where outages can leave costly compute idle and affect customers.
Featherless.ai & Z.ai launch GLM 5.2 access worldwide
Access to advanced coding tools is becoming a bigger concern as Featherless.ai hosts Z.ai's GLM 5.2, an open-source model aimed at software teams.
Malt tops 1 million freelancers as AI demand surges
Demand for specialist AI and technology freelancers has climbed sharply as companies across Europe plug skills gaps and move projects to production.
Scality revamps partner programme with new Authorised tier
Existing resellers and distributors will get higher margins and longer deal protection as Scality shifts rewards towards certifications and demand creation.
Qualcomm to buy Modular in push for edge AI software
The deal gives Qualcomm a stronger software layer for developers as AI workloads spread from edge devices into data centres.
Microsoft cuts datacentre water use by 25% in FY25
Rising scrutiny over AI and cloud power use has pushed the datacentre operator to cut water intensity sharply and boost local supplies.
OpenAI & Broadcom unveil Jalapeño AI inference chip
The chip could cut serving costs and speed up ChatGPT and API responses as OpenAI moves deeper into custom hardware.
HPE takes six of top 10 spots in supercomputer ranking
Its systems now account for more than 11.4 exaflops of combined performance, strengthening the vendor's grip on the supercomputing elite.
Dify flaws expose cross-tenant AI data, Zafran says
Users of Dify's cloud service could have had private chats and files exposed after Zafran Security disclosed four flaws in the AI platform.
Tsuga raises USD $35 million to expand AI observability
Rising AI data volumes are forcing observability vendors to rethink pricing and storage as Tsuga wins fresh backing to keep telemetry in-house.
WD unveils tiered storage architectures for AI workloads
AI and HPC users could cut storage costs as WD's new designs shift colder data to hard drives while keeping active workloads on NVMe.
General Atlantic takes minority stake in Westcon-Comstor
Access to new capital could help Westcon-Comstor expand its cybersecurity and cloud portfolio after seven straight years of growth.
Europe's power prices threaten AI data centre investment
Higher electricity costs are putting Europe at a disadvantage as investors choose locations for the power-hungry AI data centres they need.
NVIDIA's Rubin servers ditch fans for liquid cooling
The fanless design could cut cooling bills and water use for AI data centres, while also boosting rack density for hyperscale operators.
AMD chips power 191 supercomputers as rankings shift
Energy-efficient computing is tilting towards AMD, which now powers 191 ranked systems and four of the world's 10 fastest supercomputers.
F5 & Equinix join forces on enterprise AI security
The tie-up gives enterprises a single policy layer to curb data leaks and compliance risks as AI workloads spread across clouds and models.