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The Ultimate Guide to AI Infrastructure

A curated Canadian 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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Recent AI Infrastructure News

Microsoft cuts datacentre water use by 25% in FY25
Sustainability

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.

Today

OpenAI & Broadcom unveil Jalapeño AI inference chip
Energy efficient

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.

Today

HPE takes six of top 10 spots in supercomputer ranking
Energy efficient

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.

Today

Dify flaws expose cross-tenant AI data, Zafran says
Patching

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.

Today

Tsuga raises USD $35 million to expand AI observability
Digital Transformation

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.

Yesterday

NVIDIA's Rubin servers ditch fans for liquid cooling
Sustainability

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.

Yesterday

AMD chips power 191 supercomputers as rankings shift
Energy efficient

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.

Yesterday

F5 & Equinix join forces on enterprise AI security
Digital Transformation

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.

Yesterday

Envoy AI Gateway reaches 1.0 for production AI use
AI Security

Envoy AI Gateway reaches 1.0 for production AI use

Enterprises can now route AI traffic with open-source governance and observability as Envoy AI Gateway reaches version 1.0.

Yesterday

Dell launches PowerEdge XE8812 for AI supercomputing
Energy efficient

Dell launches PowerEdge XE8812 for AI supercomputing

Data centres and research labs could cram larger AI models and simulations in memory, with Dell's new rack scaling to 144 GPUs per rack.

3 days ago

Platform9 launches partner plan for VMware migrants
Managed Services

Platform9 launches partner plan for VMware migrants

Cloud providers facing the end of VMware's CSP programme in 2027 can now tap migration tools and new pricing to protect margins.

Last week

IBM study finds executives struggle with AI sovereignty
Digital Transformation

IBM study finds executives struggle with AI sovereignty

Most executives lack visibility over AI suppliers and infrastructure, leaving core operations exposed to outages, compliance risks and vendor lock-in.

Last week

Cast AI integrates MiniMax M3 into Kimchi Coding agent
Serverless architecture

Cast AI integrates MiniMax M3 into Kimchi Coding agent

Developers using Kimchi can now route tasks to MiniMax M3, cutting costs and keeping code inside controlled enterprise environments.

Last week

Glean adopts Nile network service to speed AI growth
Productivity

Glean adopts Nile network service to speed AI growth

Network speeds jumped and support tickets nearly vanished after the rollout, easing pressure on a lean IT team as AI use expands.

Last week

Rackspace, AMD to deploy 30 MW AI cloud for enterprises
Semiconductors

Rackspace, AMD to deploy 30 MW AI cloud for enterprises

The phased rollout will give regulated enterprises dedicated AI compute capacity from late 2026, with healthcare among the target sectors.

Last week

Open Compute Project rack market to hit USD $4.32bn
DataCentre infrastructure

Open Compute Project rack market to hit USD $4.32bn

Demand is being lifted by edge and AI workloads, with the market forecast to more than double to USD $4.32 billion by 2030.

Last week

Taboola opens DeeperDive ads to AI chatbot providers
Advertising Technologies

Taboola opens DeeperDive ads to AI chatbot providers

AI chatbot firms can now sell adverts against user queries, as Taboola extends DeeperDive's monetisation system beyond publishers.

Last week

CPP Investments backs CtrlS India data centre expansion
Hyperscale

CPP Investments backs CtrlS India data centre expansion

The Canadian pension fund is deepening its exposure to India's fast-growing digital infrastructure market with up to INR 70 billion of backing.

Last week