https://it-news.uk/tags/cloud-computing/ Recent content in Cloud Computing on IT News Hugo en-us Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800 https://it-news.uk/posts/google-cloud-blackwell-confidential-computing/ Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800 https://it-news.uk/posts/google-cloud-blackwell-confidential-computing/ <p>Google is betting that hardware-level encryption will set its cloud apart in the AI race. On Monday, the company announced a major upgrade to its Confidential Computing lineup on Google Cloud — new virtual machines powered by NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs, an open-source SDK for encrypting AI prompts, and beefed-up attestation features for multi-party data collaboration.</p> https://it-news.uk/posts/australian-firmus-170000-nvidia-gpu-ai-factory/ Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0800 https://it-news.uk/posts/australian-firmus-170000-nvidia-gpu-ai-factory/ <p>The global AI infrastructure race just found another gear. Australian cloud provider Firmus is building a 360MW AI data center on the Indonesian island of Batam — and it plans to fill it with 170,000 NVIDIA GPUs.</p> https://it-news.uk/posts/volcano-engine-denies-ipo-doubao-2-1/ Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:12:00 +0800 https://it-news.uk/posts/volcano-engine-denies-ipo-doubao-2-1/ <p>Volcano Engine, the cloud services arm of ByteDance, has no plans to pursue a separate initial public offering, according to company president Tan Dai. Speaking at a media session during the 2026 FORCE conference on June 23, Tan addressed growing speculation that the unit might be spun off amid soaring valuations across the AI sector. &ldquo;As far as I know, Volcano Engine currently has no plans for a separate spin-off IPO,&rdquo; Tan said, adding that ByteDance remains firmly focused on advancing its core AI technologies — including the Doubao large language model, the Seedance video generation platform, and enterprise AI-native architecture deployment.</p>