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
Vertiv buys King Environmental Services for EMEA
The deal extends Vertiv's fluid management services into Europe, the Middle East and Africa as data centre cooling demands grow.
Intel boosts Leixlip chip plant with EUR €5 billion
The upgrade is set to lift output of advanced semiconductors in Ireland and bolster Europe's supply chain as demand grows.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to AI Infrastructure
InfrOS launches tool to tune cloud AI infrastructure
InfrOS launches tool to adapt cloud infrastructure for AI
MongoDB launches Atlas Agent Engine for production AI
Gartner forecasts AI strain on services, costs & jobs
LG's 2.6MW cooling unit wins NVIDIA DSX qualification
Featured News
Celonis banking head: Banks want proof before scaling agents
Celonis argues frontier AI models are too generic for regulated banking, urging firms to weigh cost, risk and process gains before scaling deployments.
Interview: Cloudera says AI agents reshape zero trust
Enterprises must update identity controls as software agents generate more requests and need tightly time-limited access to sensitive systems.
Expert Columns
AI agents will multiply your inference bill. Is your enterprise ready?
The Next Evolution of Data Centres Isn't Technology. It's People
How businesses can avoid widespread harm from cloud outages
Agentic marketing and the intelligence ownership problem
AI is creating a semiconductor boom. But who will keep it running?
How AI Is changing enterprise storage security
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the network
Recent AI Infrastructure News
NVIDIA launches Minerva to spot AI factory faults early
The software aims to cut downtime and boost output for operators of massive GPU clusters by turning event storms into likely root causes.
ZenteiQ boosts inference throughput with Google Gateway
The startup says more reliable data generation is keeping pre-training on schedule after throughput rose 4.07 times across its production clusters.
Deutsche Telekom puts NVIDIA DSX OS into production
German industrial customers can now get private AI cloud environments within hours, as the service starts running NVIDIA DSX OS at scale in production.
Fleet adds NVIDIA AI workstations to device management
IT teams can now monitor AI workstations and deskside supercomputers alongside laptops and servers, tightening oversight as firms adopt NVIDIA hardware.
Google Cloud now adds OpenAI models to Model Garden
Enterprise customers will be able to compare and switch models by cost and performance on one invoice, intensifying cloud rivalry over AI access.
Schneider Electric launches modular AI data centre design
Rising demand for AI computing is pushing operators towards repeatable builds, and Schneider Electric says its new modular design can speed deployments.
Photon Bridge raises €10 million for AI laser scale-up
The Eindhoven startup says the cash will help ease a laser bottleneck as AI data centres demand millions of units a year.
CrowdStrike expands ties with Dynatrace & CoreWeave
Security teams may gain faster investigations as CrowdStrike links Falcon to Dynatrace telemetry and brings protection to CoreWeave's AI cloud.
CrowdStrike & Dell launch AI Factory security package
The package aims to help enterprises secure AI systems from infrastructure to agents as they rush to deploy production workloads.
Enteligent unveils PowerCore stack for AI data centres
The stack could lift AI rack compute density by up to 50% as operators face rising power demands and heat from GPU-heavy workloads.
Google launches llm-d 1.0 for distributed AI inference
The open-source stack aims to cut latency and boost accelerator use for AI workloads that now arrive in bursts and compete with interactive requests.
Google Cloud backs Reflection's Beam for coding agents
Developers could see faster, cheaper agentic coding sessions after Google Cloud added day-one support for Reflection's open-weight Beam model.
Cerebras to bring fast AI inference to Oracle cloud
The addition will give Oracle Cloud Infrastructure customers a faster option for AI agents, with Cerebras inference due in calendar year 2027.
UK tech leaders prioritise AI hosting location in deals
Hosting location has become a top buying factor for UK technology leaders as AI raises questions over sovereignty, security and control.
Oracle expands NVIDIA AI cloud with Vera Rubin systems
Customers will soon get broader access to NVIDIA Vera Rubin systems on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, as the pair scale AI capacity for training and agents.
AMD & Meta expand AI partnership with Helios systems
Meta is boosting the computing base for its frontier models with AMD hardware, while AMD will invest USD $1 billion in the equity offering.
Visko runs live AI video model on Google Cloud TPU
The startup said its Orbis system can keep a live video stream ahead of real time, with each chunk finishing before the previous one ends.
Viridis Data unveils off-grid model for tighter rules
Governments tightening energy and water rules are pushing data centre operators toward smaller sites that avoid grid delays and local backlash.
Salience Labs raises USD $125m in Bullhound-led round
Demand for AI data centre networking is drawing major chip investors as Salience Labs plans to expand manufacturing and Silicon Valley operations.
Vertiv & Deloitte issue guide to AI infrastructure
As AI projects move from pilots to production, the guide warns that power, cooling and connectivity limits may decide where workloads can run.