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Microsoft will deploy AMD’s Helios rack-scale AI accelerator ‘at scale’ on Azure – Radeon Instinct MI455X and Epyc Venice power will be available through Redmond’s cloud infrastructure

The demand for AI compute is already insatiable, and it seems only poised to grow in the wake of the introduction of frontier-class open models like Kimi K3 that anybody can potentially fine-tune and serve. Against this…

Tom's Hardware 20 Jul 2026, 13:05 7 minutes ago
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Power companies can seize private land to make way for new AI data center transmission lines, report says — takeovers could be implemented using eminent domain law when private citizens refuse to sell land

A report by The Conversation has claimed that power companies can seize private land to make way for new transmission lines needed to meet the surging electricity demand of data centers. According to the July 16 report…

Tom's Hardware 20 Jul 2026, 13:00 12 minutes ago
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