Capacity News Weekly Roundup: Huge Intel deal falls through, AI 'kill switch', earthquake monitoring and more

Capacity News Weekly Roundup: Huge Intel deal falls through, AI 'kill switch', earthquake monitoring and more

China blamed for scuppering Intel’s $5.4bn Tower deal

Intel has scrapped its US$5.4 billion acquisition of Tower Semiconductor, after the required regulatory approvals from China were not obtained. The US chip giant announced plans to buy the Israeli-based chip manufacturer in 2022. However, Intel must now pay a termination fee of US$353 million to Tower.

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Intel missed out on a US$5.4 billion semiconductor deal

Does the UK need an AI 'kill switch'?

Should the UK should consider the need for an artificial intelligence (AI) “kill switch” to safeguard the public and businesses if an AI system poses a serious threat? Kevin Bocek, VP of ecosystem and community at Venafi certainly thinks so. Read what he has to say about establishing AI guardrails is crucial as the technology continues to advance at a rapid pace.

Tesla plot “first of its kind” data centre

A curious job post has appeared on Tesla website. Electric car manufacturer, Tesla, has posted a job advertisement on its website for a senior engineering program manager that will lead the end-to-end design and engineering of Tesla's first of its kind data centres.

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Is Tesla moving into the data centre business?

FiberSense and GNS team on "game changer" earthquake monitoring trials

FiberSense, an infrastructure sensing and monitoring company, has partnered with New Zealand’s geoscience authority GNS Science, Te Pū Ao (GNS) to monitor and detect seismic activity around Wellington City. The trials have been described as a "game changer".

nLighten: A step change in edge data centres

Capacity's Natalie Bannerman speaks to nLighten's Harro Beusker and Chad McCarthy on the company's sustainability-first mission, its use of AI technology and is approach to talent and skills.

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Harro Beusker spoke exclusively to Capacity

Central and Eastern European data infrastructure: the Capacity Europe guide

As FLAP-D reaches saturation point, businesses are looking elsewhere for infrastructure locations - and Central and Eastern Europe fits the bill. This 16-page guide to CEE data gives an overview of the wider region and offers individual profiles of 11 countries - including key connectivity and infrastructure statistics, country trends, and the latest news in infra development.?

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Capacity Europe 2023 will take place in October

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