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The Ultimate Guide to AI Infrastructure

A curated Irish edition of IndustrialDay 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.

Irish AI Infrastructure News

Regional stories with direct local relevance

Analyst Insights

Research and market analysis connected to AI Infrastructure

Expert Columns

Interviews

Interviews and video coverage from the network

Recent AI Infrastructure News

Google Cloud launches M4N instances for Oracle workloads
Hybrid Cloud

Google Cloud launches M4N instances for Oracle workloads

Enterprise Oracle users could cut licensing and infrastructure costs as Google Cloud adds high-memory M4N instances tuned for heavy I/O workloads.

Last week

Nvidia touts AI data centre software to boost output
Energy efficient

Nvidia touts AI data centre software to boost output

Utilities and cloud operators could squeeze more AI work from fixed power budgets as Nvidia's DSX software lifts throughput and cuts demand.

Last week

Google Cloud launches Filestore agent volumes for AI
Virtualisation

Google Cloud launches Filestore agent volumes for AI

The service aims to cut storage overheads for firms running thousands of AI agents, while keeping workspaces isolated and quick to spin up.

Last week

Nvidia backs AI power efficiency push with new deals
Energy efficient

Nvidia backs AI power efficiency push with new deals

Electricity is becoming the main bottleneck for AI data centres as new Nvidia partnerships aim to raise output per megawatt.

Last week

Google warns AI is reshaping cyber attacks & defences
Data Protection

Google warns AI is reshaping cyber attacks & defences

Attackers are exploiting AI tools to speed intrusions and drain cloud resources, pushing defenders towards machine-speed security operations.

Last week

Cohere launches North Small Translate in translation push
Benchmarking

Cohere launches North Small Translate in translation push

Enterprises handling large multilingual workloads may gain cheaper, faster translation as Cohere's new model targets data control and sovereign deployment.

Last week

GSMA warns rising handset costs could widen AI divide
Semiconductors

GSMA warns rising handset costs could widen AI divide

Billions already within coverage risk missing AI-era services as entry-level smartphones become less affordable in low-income markets.

Last week

Bolt.new launches Forge for Pro users with open models
Data Protection

Bolt.new launches Forge for Pro users with open models

Developers get 50 times more open-model usage at no extra cost, as Bolt.new seeks to curb dependence on costly closed AI systems.

Last week

Forrester urges firms to prioritise practical AI governance
Disaster Recovery

Forrester urges firms to prioritise practical AI governance

Enterprises face mounting risks from AI outages and hidden governance costs as Forrester says day-to-day operational needs now outrank frontier fears.

Last week

Google launches open-source Agent Substrate on GKE
Virtualisation

Google launches open-source Agent Substrate on GKE

Teams running AI agents at scale could save idle compute and tighten isolation as Google opens Agent Substrate on Kubernetes Engine.

Last week

Google Cloud adds pause & resume to Dataflow batch jobs
Managed Services

Google Cloud adds pause & resume to Dataflow batch jobs

Interrupted batch workloads can now resume where they stopped, potentially cutting wasted compute and delays for Google Cloud customers.

Last week

AWS adds OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra to Bedrock for business
Data Protection

AWS adds OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra to Bedrock for business

Businesses can now run OpenAI's latest frontier model on AWS without managing infrastructure, as Bedrock gains access to GPT-6 Astra.

Last week

AI pushes storage to the top of IT leaders' agenda
Cloud Storage

AI pushes storage to the top of IT leaders' agenda

Most firms are underprepared for AI as storage demands rise, with data quality and infrastructure now overtaking compute as the main bottlenecks.

Last week

Versos launches NVIDIA NeMo agents for video training
Software-as-a-Service

Versos launches NVIDIA NeMo agents for video training

AI teams could cut days from video data preparation as Versos' new agents match natural-language requests to licensed footage and keep provenance attached.

Last week

OpenMatter adds secure AI & data tools to platform
Data sharing

OpenMatter adds secure AI & data tools to platform

Enterprises handling sensitive data can now use OpenMatter's platform to manage AI models, protect secrets and run privacy-preserving machine learning.

Last week

Salute to acquire T5 Operations in data centre push
Hyperscale

Salute to acquire T5 Operations in data centre push

Demand for specialist data centre support is pushing Salute to expand, with the combined group set to manage more than 15GW globally.

Last week

Databricks adds adaptive retrieval model for AI agents
Business Intelligence

Databricks adds adaptive retrieval model for AI agents

Databricks has introduced an AI retrieval model that adjusts search depth to query complexity, aiming to reduce latency on simpler requests.

This month

Alibaba Cloud, Cambricon join PyTorch Foundation board
Semiconductors

Alibaba Cloud, Cambricon join PyTorch Foundation board

Chinese AI groups gain formal sway over PyTorch's direction, as developers seek support across more chips and cloud environments.

This month

iPronics raises USD $125 million for AI optical switching
Energy efficient

iPronics raises USD $125 million for AI optical switching

Demand for AI data-centre networking is pushing iPronics to scale its optical switch platform after a USD $125 million Series B.

This month

Red Hat AI 3.5 adds safety tools for enterprise AI
Virtualisation

Red Hat AI 3.5 adds safety tools for enterprise AI

Enterprises can now monitor and govern AI systems more closely as the new release adds benchmarking, compliance reporting and GPU controls.

This month