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Google has elevated longtime AI infrastructure architect Amin Vahdat to the newly created role of chief technologist for AI infrastructure, reporting directly to CEO Sundar Pichai. The move underscores the importance of AI compute as Alphabet plans to spend up to $93 billion on capital expenditures through 2025. Vahdat, a former professor with a PhD from UC Berkeley, has driven key projects such as the seventh‑generation TPU "Ironwood," the high‑speed Jupiter network, the Borg cluster manager, and the Axion Arm‑based CPUs. His promotion signals Google’s commitment to maintaining a competitive edge in the fast‑evolving AI hardware landscape. Ler mais

Google’s AI infrastructure leader told employees the company must double its serving capacity every six months to keep up with soaring AI demand. Vice president Amin Vahdat outlined a goal to increase compute, storage and networking capability roughly a thousand‑fold in the next four to five years while maintaining cost and energy efficiency. The push comes amid intense competition, with rivals like OpenAI planning six new data centers and committing massive investment to support hundreds of millions of weekly users. Google’s challenge is to build faster, more reliable, and more scalable infrastructure than any competitor. Ler mais