]]>https://www.nextplatform.com/2026/01/30/gartner-takes-another-stab-at-forecasting-ai-spending/feed/0146933Microsoft Is More Dependent On OpenAI Than The Converse
https://www.nextplatform.com/2026/01/29/microsoft-is-more-dependent-on-openai-than-the-converse/
https://www.nextplatform.com/2026/01/29/microsoft-is-more-dependent-on-openai-than-the-converse/#respondFri, 30 Jan 2026 00:34:30 +0000https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=146928Everyone is jumpy about how much capital expenses Microsoft has on the books in 2025 and what it expects to spend on datacenters and their hardware in 2026. …
]]>https://www.nextplatform.com/2026/01/29/microsoft-is-more-dependent-on-openai-than-the-converse/feed/0146928Big Blue Poised To Peddle Lots Of On Premises GenAI
https://www.nextplatform.com/2026/01/29/big-blue-poised-to-peddle-lots-of-on-premises-genai/
https://www.nextplatform.com/2026/01/29/big-blue-poised-to-peddle-lots-of-on-premises-genai/#respondThu, 29 Jan 2026 05:53:17 +0000https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=146919If you want to know the state of the art in GenAI model development, you watch what the Super 8 hyperscalers and cloud builders are doing and you also keep an eye on the major model builders outside of these companies – mainly, OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI as well as a few players in China like DeepSeek. …
]]>https://www.nextplatform.com/2026/01/29/big-blue-poised-to-peddle-lots-of-on-premises-genai/feed/0146919Microsoft Takes On Other Clouds With “Braga” Maia 200 AI Compute Engines
https://www.nextplatform.com/2026/01/28/microsoft-takes-on-other-clouds-with-braga-maia-200-ai-compute-engines/
https://www.nextplatform.com/2026/01/28/microsoft-takes-on-other-clouds-with-braga-maia-200-ai-compute-engines/#commentsWed, 28 Jan 2026 05:25:13 +0000https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=146908Microsoft is not just the world’s biggest consumer of OpenAI models, but also still the largest partner providing compute, networking, and storage to OpenAI as it builds its latest GPT models. …
]]>https://www.nextplatform.com/2026/01/28/microsoft-takes-on-other-clouds-with-braga-maia-200-ai-compute-engines/feed/3146908Nvidia’s $2 Billion Investment In CoreWeave Is A Drop In A $250 Billion Bucket
https://www.nextplatform.com/2026/01/27/nvidias-2-billion-investment-in-coreweave-is-a-drop-in-a-250-billion-bucket/
https://www.nextplatform.com/2026/01/27/nvidias-2-billion-investment-in-coreweave-is-a-drop-in-a-250-billion-bucket/#commentsTue, 27 Jan 2026 05:05:22 +0000https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=146905With the hyperscalers and the cloud builders all working on their own CPU and AI XPU designs, it is no wonder that Nvidia has been championing the neoclouds that can’t afford to try to be everything to everyone – this is the very definition of enterprise computing – and that, frankly, are having trouble coming up with the trillions of dollars to cover the 150 gigawatts to more than 200 gigawatts of datacenter capacity that is estimated to be on the books between 2025 and 2030 for AI workloads. …
]]>https://www.nextplatform.com/2026/01/27/nvidias-2-billion-investment-in-coreweave-is-a-drop-in-a-250-billion-bucket/feed/1146905Nvidia Takes The Open Road In AI Weather Forecasting
https://www.nextplatform.com/2026/01/26/nvidia-takes-the-open-road-in-ai-weather-forecasting/
https://www.nextplatform.com/2026/01/26/nvidia-takes-the-open-road-in-ai-weather-forecasting/#respondMon, 26 Jan 2026 20:34:19 +0000https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=146903Amid the myriad discussions about AI – from the astounding amount of money being spent by vendors and enterprises and the debate about actual ROI those businesses are getting to the technology’s effect on cybersecurity, jobs, and the fear of disinformation and resulting distrust – it’s easy to forget its usefulness in particular industries. …
]]>https://www.nextplatform.com/2026/01/26/nvidia-takes-the-open-road-in-ai-weather-forecasting/feed/0146903AI Is Coming To Solve Your System Outages
https://www.nextplatform.com/2026/01/26/ai-is-coming-to-solve-your-system-outages/
https://www.nextplatform.com/2026/01/26/ai-is-coming-to-solve-your-system-outages/#respondMon, 26 Jan 2026 19:49:03 +0000https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=146901SPONSORED Your phone buzzes at 2 AM. The website is down. …
]]>https://www.nextplatform.com/2026/01/26/ai-is-coming-to-solve-your-system-outages/feed/0146901Intel Is Still Struggling In The Datacenter, But It Could Get Better
https://www.nextplatform.com/2026/01/23/intel-is-still-struggling-in-the-datacenter-but-it-could-get-better/
https://www.nextplatform.com/2026/01/23/intel-is-still-struggling-in-the-datacenter-but-it-could-get-better/#commentsFri, 23 Jan 2026 16:31:22 +0000https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=146896Intel has been pushing its two-core server CPU strategy for so long, in one form or another, that we have become accustomed to differentiating products the way Intel does and then try to figure out what workloads these chips might be useful for. …
]]>https://www.nextplatform.com/2026/01/23/intel-is-still-struggling-in-the-datacenter-but-it-could-get-better/feed/5146896Meta Platforms Metamorphizing Into An AI Cloud For Sovereigns
https://www.nextplatform.com/2026/01/22/meta-platforms-metamorphizing-into-an-ai-cloud-for-sovereigns/
https://www.nextplatform.com/2026/01/22/meta-platforms-metamorphizing-into-an-ai-cloud-for-sovereigns/#commentsFri, 23 Jan 2026 02:41:42 +0000https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=146895Meta Platforms is not happy just being the social network for the world anymore. …
]]>https://www.nextplatform.com/2026/01/22/meta-platforms-metamorphizing-into-an-ai-cloud-for-sovereigns/feed/1146895Upscale AI Nabs Cash To Forge “SkyHammer” Scale Up Fabric Switch
https://www.nextplatform.com/2026/01/21/upscale-ai-nabs-cash-to-forge-skyhammer-scale-up-fabric-switch/
https://www.nextplatform.com/2026/01/21/upscale-ai-nabs-cash-to-forge-skyhammer-scale-up-fabric-switch/#commentsWed, 21 Jan 2026 18:47:53 +0000https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=146893The first company that can make a UALink switch with high radix – meaning lots of ports – and high aggregate bandwidth across those ports that can compete toe-to-toe with Nvidia’s NVSwitch memory fabric and NVLink ports is going to make a lot of money. …