Cloud computing: Experts poke holes into President Ruto’s 1GW data centre

Cloud computing: Experts poke holes into President Ruto’s 1GW data centre

President William Ruto’s announcement that Kenya will begin constructing a one Gigawatt (1GW)-capacity data centre in Naivasha has stirred debate within expert circles around the viability of the project. Without revealing the construction cost in his post on X last week, Dr Ruto indicated that the investment would be powered by green energy and that …

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Microsoft, OpenAI plan $100 Billion data centre with ‘Stargate’ AI Supercomputer

Microsoft, OpenAI plan 0 Billion data centre with ‘Stargate’ AI Supercomputer

Microsoft and OpenAI are working on plans for a data center project that could cost as much as $100 billion and include an artificial intelligence supercomputer called “Stargate” set to launch in 2028, The Information reported on Friday. The Information attributed the tentative cost of $100 billion to a person who spoke to Altman about …

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G42, EcoCloud partner to build green data centre in Kenya

G42, EcoCloud partner to build green data centre in Kenya

Image courtesy: Jason marz/ Getty Images Abu Dhabi artificial intelligence group G42 has partnered with Kenyan technology company EcoCloud to develop a 1-gigawatt (GW) data centre powered by geothermal energy. The new facility will enhance cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) services to advance digital transformation in East Africa and beyond. The EcoCloud-G42 mega data …

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