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Sterlite Technologies enters AI data centre market with edge optical solutions at India Mobile Congress 2024

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Sterlite Technologies enters AI data centre market with edge optical solutions at India Mobile Congress 2024

Sterlite Technologies (STL) has announced its entry into the AI-driven data centre market with a showcase of its integrated offerings at the India Mobile Congress 2024. The portfolio, which includes optical cables, connectivity, and interconnect solutions, was inaugurated by Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia, India’s Honourable Telecom Minister. This development marks a significant leap in India’s technological … Read more

Markets with Bertie: Pink papers, IPO frenzies, and why AI won’t replace your bartender just yet

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Markets with Bertie: Pink papers, IPO frenzies, and why AI won’t replace your bartender just yet

After a long hiatus, Bertie found himself back in the land of his beloved Queen—may her soul rest in peace. Ever a creature of habit, even on vacation, Bertie continued his routine of reading the country’s leading financial daily. Labour had recently secured a historic landslide victory, so he expected jubilant headlines, brimming with optimism. … Read more

G42 in talks with Indian companies to adopt and further develop Hindi LLM use-cases: CEO Manu Jain

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G42 in talks with Indian companies to adopt and further develop Hindi LLM use-cases: CEO Manu Jain

G42, a United Arab Emirates-based technology holding group, has started discussions with startups and tech companies in India to build generative AI solutions based on its Hindi large language model (LLM) NANDA, Manu Jain, CEO of its India arm, said in an exclusive interaction with Mint. With this foundational model, Hindi language speakers can harness the … Read more

Generative AI has a clean-energy problem

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Generative AI has a clean-energy problem

Nasty, brutish and short, more like. Talk to utilities and data-centre operators and, though many share Mr Altman’s excitement about artificial intelligence (AI), they are grappling with an energy conundrum on which the future of three big economic shifts partly hinges: the AI revolution; the efforts to electrify swathes of the economy; and the fight … Read more

Big tech’s great AI power grab

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Big tech’s great AI power grab

The comparison with the famously capex-happy energy industry is apt not just because of the sums involved. AI needs vast amounts of processing power. And that processing power needs vast amounts of electricity. On May 2nd Bob Blue, chief executive of Dominion Energy, one of America’s biggest utilities, said that data-centre developers now regularly ask … Read more