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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

Maxio launches Wallets for prepaid credit tracking
Software-as-a-Service

Maxio launches Wallets for prepaid credit tracking

As software vendors shift to usage-based billing, Maxio's new tool aims to cut spreadsheet tracking and help finance teams manage prepaid balances.

Today

US data centre boom lifts North American equipment sales
Data centers

US data centre boom lifts North American equipment sales

AI-fuelled building work is offsetting weakness in housing and other projects, keeping North American equipment revenues rising despite softer demand.

Yesterday

Accenture launches Construct for global capital projects
Public Sector

Accenture launches Construct for global capital projects

Greater scrutiny will follow major infrastructure programmes as Accenture combines 5,000 specialists into a new capital projects unit.

Yesterday

Schneider Electric launches hybrid data centre cooler
Productivity

Schneider Electric launches hybrid data centre cooler

Data centre operators can now mix air and liquid cooling in one unit as AI workloads push rack densities higher across facilities.

Yesterday

VAST launches confidential AI system for sensitive data
Government

VAST launches confidential AI system for sensitive data

It lets regulated firms run AI on sensitive data without exposing customer records or model weights to infrastructure operators.

2 days ago

Business AI spending rises 406% at Revolut Business
Software-as-a-Service

Business AI spending rises 406% at Revolut Business

Companies are treating AI like a recurring operating cost, with monthly business spending up 406% and average outlay far above retail users.

2 days ago

Nutanix buys Ryax to boost hybrid AI workload orchestration
Private Cloud

Nutanix buys Ryax to boost hybrid AI workload orchestration

Enterprises could cut AI running costs as the deal aims to ease GPU shortages and simplify workload scheduling across hybrid systems.

2 days ago

OpenSearch survey flags AI infrastructure vendor worries
Hybrid Cloud

OpenSearch survey flags AI infrastructure vendor worries

Technology leaders are prioritising vendor-neutral AI systems as 83% of organisations run or plan AI workloads, a survey found.

3 days ago

Olas says new forecasting model matches GPT-4.1 benchmark
Machine learning

Olas says new forecasting model matches GPT-4.1 benchmark

Forecasting error fell by about a fifth after Olas trained an open-weight model on 214,529 real prediction-market records.

3 days ago

Forrester warns AI growth will strain energy & water
IT Industry

Forrester warns AI growth will strain energy & water

By 2027, AI expansion is set to drive up power and water costs, while forcing tougher rules on data centre building and funding.

3 days ago

Fastly launches AI firewall & runtime control tools
Web application firewall

Fastly launches AI firewall & runtime control tools

Machine-generated traffic is driving up costs and security risks as Fastly adds controls for AI systems now moving into production.

4 days ago

Data centre lighting market set to more than double
Energy efficient

Data centre lighting market set to more than double

Rising AI infrastructure spending is driving a UK data centre build-out that could lift lighting demand to GBP £130 million by 2030.

4 days ago

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

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 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

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