The Ultimate Guide to Hyperscale
A curated Irish edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for Hyperscale.
What to know about Hyperscale
Hyperscale refers to the large-scale data center environments and cloud infrastructure that support massive volumes of data and computing demands for today’s digital services. These environments power public cloud providers, hyperscale data centers, and supporting technology ecosystems that drive everything from artificial intelligence to global online services.
Readers exploring Hyperscale will find insights into the rapid expansion of data center campuses, innovations in cooling and energy efficiency, groundbreaking networking and storage technologies, and collaborations among major cloud and data infrastructure companies. The evolution and expansion of hyperscale compute dockets present opportunities and challenges around cost optimization, sustainability, security, and operational scalability, all discussed in the associated stories.
By following developments tagged with Hyperscale, readers stay informed on technological advances, industry partnerships, and market movements shaping the backbone of cloud computing and enterprise IT infrastructure. This knowledge is essential for understanding how the digital world is supported at scale and what future trends will influence the delivery of cloud services and data center capabilities.
Irish Hyperscale News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
Servecentric hosts Profitsflow cloud ERP in Ireland
Local manufacturers and field service firms could cut software costs by an average of EUR 100,000 a year under the new hosting deal.
Origina opens Dublin headquarters, adding 350 jobs
The new base will lift the Irish technology company’s workforce to 750 and support product development, security and AI roles.
Ireland's first Green Energy Park planned for Arklow
The Arklow campus could ease grid pressure while backing offshore wind, solar and storage, as construction continues toward a 2028 finish.
Equinix starts USD $92m Dublin data centre project
Equinix has begun a USD $92m data centre build in Dublin, expanding colocation capacity while staying within existing grid power limits.
ISIF backs new €340m fund for Irish climate transition
ISIF anchors a new EUR €340m TirNua climate fund with EUR €140m to boost Ireland's energy transition, renewables and storage projects.
ISIF backs new climate fund with EUR €140m cornerstone
ISIF commits EUR €140m as cornerstone to TirNua climate fund targeting Irish energy-transition infrastructure and data centre decarbonisation.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to Hyperscale
Google Cloud named Leader in Forrester cloud assessment
Google named Gartner cloud leader for ninth straight year
Google named Forrester AI Platforms leader on strategy
Google named IDC MarketScape Leader in AI software
Neocloud providers set to grab AI cloud market share
Expert Columns
Microsoft dramatically cut their distributors
The Death of the Firewall
Energy for AI, AI for energy: designing AI-ready data centres
Why fibre connectivity must be a front-end consideration in data centre site selection
Why AI-powered security needs network telemetry across the hybrid cloud
Agent computers: The PC era, amplified
Secure by default: Moving beyond secure by design
How women can build influence in critical tech roles
The outlier in the data: Leading in tech beyond the model minority
Building inclusively at scale: Empowering women in the data center boom
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the network
Humanoid robots, 0-day defence among Info-Tech trends for '27
Marvell targets AI connectivity bottleneck with NVIDIA boost
Exclusive: Google Cloud accelerates shift to agentic data
Affirmo: Could AI make a reality of IoT dreams?
Beyond silicon: AMD evolves AI processor performance, makes play for investment trillions
Recent Hyperscale News
TechDay expands into Ireland with eight new technology news sites
TechDay launches eight specialist technology news sites in Ireland, targeting sectors from cybersecurity to telecoms as part of its international growth.
Equinix to invest USD $700 million in Dundalk plant
Equinix will invest up to USD $700 million in a new Dundalk plant with Hanley Energy, promising hundreds of skilled jobs and faster kit supply.
Irish firms say AI adoption hit by talent shortages
Irish firms say skills shortages, not tech, are throttling AI rollout, forcing sweeping job redesign and major investment in training.
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.
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.
Qualcomm and Amazon team up on AI data centre chips
The pact deepens Qualcomm's push into data-centre hardware as AWS seeks custom chips to cut costs, power use and latency for AI workloads.
AWS adds Claude Fable 5.1 to Bedrock & AWS platform
Customers using advanced AI on AWS will face tighter data rules, as Claude Fable 5.1 comes with 30-day retention and safety review.
AI data centres make grid access key to power deals
Grid congestion is adding risk and a scarcity premium to data centre deals as AI demand drives electricity needs sharply higher.
Nvidia agrees USD $12.93 billion deal for Hugging Face
The deal puts a major open AI model hub under Nvidia's control, raising questions over whether its neutrality will survive intact.
Microsoft, DE-CIX launch Azure Metro in five cities
Customers in five cities gain backup Azure routes designed to keep AI and critical enterprise workloads online if one link fails.
NVIDIA expands NVLink Fusion with new NVHBM memory
Cloud builders could gain more compute headroom, as NVIDIA shifts memory control off the chip and opens NVHBM to multiple suppliers.
AWS, NVIDIA to deploy 2 million more GPUs for AI workloads
The deployment will help AWS meet surging demand for AI computing as the cloud giant deepens reliance on NVIDIA hardware and robotics.
Ciena survey: AI revenue & quantum-safe encryption
Most operators expect AI services to drive new revenue, but nearly half say optical network upgrades are critical to meet demand.
Ciena says AI services to drive telecoms revenue growth
Telecom operators face urgent network upgrades as most expect AI and managed fibre services to be major new revenue sources.
Everpure raises outlook after record second-quarter revenue
Higher demand for AI and hyperscale products helped lift revenue 38% to USD $1.2 billion, prompting Everpure to raise full-year guidance.
AMD launches calculator for enterprise AI deployment costs
Rising token bills may push firms towards local or hybrid AI, as AMD's new tool estimates when hardware beats cloud-only spending.
NVIDIA launches NVLink Fusion for custom AI factories
It lets cloud operators pair custom XPUs with NVIDIA's rack-scale systems, aiming to cut delays and integration costs in AI build-outs.
AI buildout drives USD $120 billion data centre surge
Delivery bottlenecks, rather than demand, are now the main risk as AI-fuelled data centre expansion pushes revenue to USD $120 billion by 2030.
Dell'Oro lifts data centre capex forecast on AI demand
AI infrastructure spending is now expected to push worldwide data centre capital expenditure above USD $3 trillion by 2030.
AMD says AI energy efficiency rises fourfold by 2026
Data centre operators may gain relief as AMD says its AI systems could use four times less energy per unit of work by mid-2026.