The Ultimate Guide to AI Infrastructure
A curated Kiwi 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.
Kiwi AI Infrastructure News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
SiteHost launches local AI platform for New Zealand
Businesses wary of offshore AI will be able to keep requests in New Zealand, with usage-based billing and no upfront fee.
AI could drive advances that solve the problems it brings, computer scientist suggests
Higher electricity demand from artificial intelligence could be eased if it speeds up more efficient solar panels, batteries and chips.
Physical security guidance for New Zealand data centre hopes
New government guidance warns mega data centres are now critical infrastructure, with a single breach risking banking, logistics and communications.
Asia Pacific at the forefront of AI development
Asia Pacific firms are moving from pilots to GenAI scale-up, with talent shortages and data governance now the main brakes on returns.
NIWA partners with VAST Data to upgrade climate data systems
The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research in New Zealand has chosen VAST Data's platform to enhance its climate data management capabilities.
What recent moves in AI mean for infrastructure
Greater investment is needed if AI is to cut costs, speed delivery and ease labour shortages across infrastructure projects.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to AI Infrastructure
Tencent rolls out Hy3 internationally for enterprise AI
Ethyca launches Astralis to govern enterprise AI data
Fortinet launches FortiGate 1200G with FortiSASE Outpost
Vultr adds AMD MI455X GPU & Helios rackscale support
Gartner forecasts AI spending to hit USD $64bn in 2026
Featured News
John Margerison on the new class of employee: AI managers
Businesses should treat AI like a new hire, as weak oversight could expose sensitive data and leave staff needing fresh skills to stay relevant.
Agentic AI creates enterprise challenge beyond LLM boom
Enterprises face rising costs and governance gaps as thousands of AI agents begin operating alongside staff across multiple systems.
Exclusive: Virtuozzo sees GPU clouds reshape AI infrastructure
AI demand is pushing cloud providers towards GPU-as-a-service models, with efficiency and utilisation emerging as key differentiators.
Marvell targets AI connectivity bottleneck with NVIDIA boost
AI data centres are hitting copper limits, pushing Marvell and Nvidia towards optics as clusters grow larger and more distributed.
Expert Columns
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the networkRecent AI Infrastructure News
Building a 15,000km cable from Australia to Chile
A planned link to Chile could give the Asia Pacific and Oceania faster connectivity, as suppliers are asked to price the 15,000 km Humboldt Cable.
New Zealand needs a national strategy for AI
Limited funding means New Zealand risks missing out on AI benefits unless ministers set a coordinated plan for research, safety and growth.
Secureframe launches hosted AI server for compliance
Defence contractors could cut compliance overhead as Secureframe's new tools flag federal obligations, gaps and costs for CMMC and FedRAMP.
NVIDIA expands open world models for physical AI development
Open models matter because robots and vehicles need task-specific tuning, and Nvidia is betting on Cosmos 3 to fill that data gap.
Sharon AI lifts contract value to USD $8.8 billion
Revenue rose sharply but the Australian AI infrastructure group's loss widened after a USD $400.4 million non-cash hit, despite stronger cash reserves.
Google expands on-premises AI for sovereign data needs
Nearly half of senior IT leaders now prioritise data residency controls, as regulators and governments push AI workloads into local environments.
Mirendil taps Google Cloud AI hypercomputer for research
The startup gains faster access to scarce AI compute as it prepares to scale model training across both TPU and Nvidia systems.
AWS adds vector search to DynamoDB for AI retrieval
Businesses can now keep AI retrieval and live app data in one place, as the service cuts data copying and extra sync pipelines.
Ofgem weighs tougher rules for data centre grid queue
Tighter queue rules could speed grid access for legitimate projects, but risk pushing more data centre operators towards pricier off-grid power.
FPT named OpenAI Select Partner for enterprise AI push
The partnership could speed enterprise adoption of OpenAI tools as FPT adds frontier models to cybersecurity, software development and workflow systems.
Asia Pacific real estate investment hits record USD $92.5bn
Higher energy costs and currency volatility have not deterred investors, with regional dealmaking still surging to a six-month record of USD $92.5 billion.
UiPath expands Google Cloud use for shared GPU fleet
Higher availability and more predictable GPU access will support UiPath's AI workloads as scarce H100 chips become harder to secure.
Runware launches modular AI inference pods in weeks
The modular units aim to ease AI compute bottlenecks by bringing 1 megawatt of capacity online in weeks, not years.
OpenSearch 3.8 boosts vector search & observability
Up to 4.16 times faster vector ingestion could help OpenSearch customers cut AI search latency and reduce storage overhead.
Semtech backs linear pluggable optics for AI data centres
Lower power draw in dense AI networks is driving interest in linear pluggable optics, though Semtech says the design is not a universal replacement.
Nvidia opens cuFile APIs to speed AI storage access
The open-source move could cut latency to microseconds as AI systems increasingly need storage to act like part of the compute path.
Bitzero adds Vertiv to data centre partner network
The partnership is meant to ease power and cooling bottlenecks as AI data centre demand forces operators to secure specialist systems earlier.
Rehlko warns AI data centres need dynamic power checks
Operators face reliability risks as AI workloads strain generators, batteries and UPS systems beyond the limits of installed capacity.
Sandisk unveils NAND technologies for AI inference
AI operators could cut data-centre costs and power use as Sandisk positions flash memory for longer-context inference workloads.
Sharon AI signs USD $373 million cloud deal in Australia
Most of Sharon AI's Australian AI Factory capacity is now spoken for, with revenue from the USD $373 million deal due from early 2027.