Engineering the AI Factory Converge Digest tracks the technologies defining next-generation AI data centers—from GPUs and CPUs to networking fabrics, storage, cooling, power systems and hyperscale infrastructure. Coverage spans the complete architecture of modern AI factories. |
Technology Pillars AI Infrastructure ›GPUs ›CPUs ›Ethernet Fabrics ›Storage ›DCI ›Liquid Cooling ›Power › |
Key Players NVIDIA ›AMD ›Intel ›Broadcom ›Arista ›Cisco ›Supermicro ›Equinix › |
| Tracking: Scale Up • Scale Out • AI Factories • Rack-Scale Systems • Ultra Ethernet • InfiniBand • PCIe • CXL • HBM • 1.6T |
DriveNets introduced two new AI Ethernet fabric platforms based on Broadcom’s Tomahawk 6 switching silicon, targeting AI clusters that scale from hundreds to hundreds of thousands of XPUs. The new...
VIAVI Solutions introduced what it describes as the industry’s first Ultra Ethernet Transport (UET) validation solution for AI fabrics, extending its VIAVI TestCenter platform with traffic generation and analysis capabilities...
Cornelis and NextSilicon announced a collaboration to develop and evaluate joint reference architectures for artificial intelligence and high-performance computing systems. The effort combines Cornelis’ CN5000 400 Gbps fabric with NextSilicon’s...
Upscale AI announced a $190 million Series A-1 financing extension, bringing its total funding to $500 million and valuing the company at $2 billion. The round was led by Premji...
NVIDIA’s Vera Rubin architecture is beginning to move from roadmap to reality. Dell Technologies unveiled a new PowerEdge XE8812 platform that brings Vera Rubin NVL4 into a rack-scale AI system...
CoreWeave disclosed the engineering work behind its early deployment and validation of NVIDIA’s next-generation Vera Rubin NVL72 platform, becoming the first cloud provider to successfully bring up the rack-scale AI...
Arrcus and TELUS announced a proof-of-concept (PoC) to evaluate the Arrcus Inference Network Fabric (AINF) as the networking foundation for sovereign, distributed AI inferencing across Canada. The initiative aims to support low-latency...
CyrusOne has appointed Bob Hennegan as Senior Vice President of U.S. Operations, bringing in a veteran executive from Meta Platforms as the data center operator expands to meet growing hyperscale...
LAS VEGAS — HPE Discover 2026 opened with a broad thesis from CEO Antonio Neri: the future of AI will depend as much on networking, governance, security, power, and operations...
LAS VEGAS — At HPE Discover 2026, HPE is unveiling a broad set of networking, security, and AI operations enhancements aimed at extending its self-driving network vision across AI factories,...
Cornelis Networks announced that its CN5000 Omni-Path 400Gbps fabric has entered production at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory as the networking foundation for the new “Lynx” supercomputing cluster. The 952-node system,...
Adani Group and Jabil announced plans to form a strategic alliance aimed at creating a vertically integrated manufacturing platform for AI and data center infrastructure in India. The initiative would...
Vertiv has completed its acquisition of ThermoKey, an Italian provider of heat rejection and heat-exchange technologies, expanding its thermal management portfolio as demand accelerates for cooling infrastructure supporting AI factories...
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