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Bridging continents: The role of connectivity in Africa’s digital transformation

CIO

Simply put, there is a direct link between economic progress and IT infrastructure, with robust trade dependent on a strong digital foundation. It launched a Regional Information Infrastructure Project, enabling access to the international internet backbone through undersea cables.

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Getting infrastructure right for generative AI

CIO

But while the payback promised by many genAI projects is nebulous, the costs of the infrastructure to run them is finite, and too often, unacceptably high. Infrastructure-intensive or not, generative AI is on the march. of the overall AI server market in 2022 to 36% in 2027. of AI storage in 2022 to 30.5%

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Are data centers obsolete in the age of AI? Not on our watch…

CIO

In my role as CTO, I’m often asked how Digital Realty designs our data centers to support new and future workloads, both efficiently and sustainably. Digital Realty first presented publicly on the implications of AI for data centers in 2017, but we were tracking its evolution well before that.

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Eye On AI: Funding To Biotech And Healthcare Startups Using AI Takes Off After Dip In 2023

Crunchbase News

billion in 2023, a significant decrease from 2022. billion through early December, per Crunchbase data. While you might think the general fervor around all things artificial intelligence means 2024 is a new high for the intersection of AI and biotech/healthcare, both 2021 and 2022 were strong funding years for the space.

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Scale Computing secures $55M to help companies manage edge infrastructure

TechCrunch

According to a 2021 survey (albeit from an edge computing services vendor), 77% of companies said that they expect to see more spending for edge projects in 2022. Managing a fleet of edge devices across locations can be a burden on IT teams that lack the necessary infrastructure. ” Those are lofty promises. .

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Startup Funding Regained Its Footing In 2024 As AI Became The Star Of The Show

Crunchbase News

Infrastructure and data provisioning to manage and operate AI grew. Other leading sectors included autonomous driving, healthcare, robotics, professional services, security and military, Crunchbase data shows. Large early-stage rounds went to data centers, renewable energy, AI, robotics and biotech.

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Cloud infrastructure sales rise as Microsoft closes in on AWS

CIO

Fueled by enterprise demand for data analytics , machine learning , data center consolidation and cloud-native app developmen t, spending on cloud infrastructure services jumped 33% year on year to $62.3 Cloud providers build out infrastructure. billion in the second quarter, according to Canalys.