Data centers form the backbone of the digital ecosystem, and their geographical distribution provides a significant strategic advantage to the United States. The United States hosts 45.6% of the world's 11,800 data centers, far exceeding countries such as Germany and the United Kingdom (4.4% each)
China’s AI infrastructure boom, which began following the release of ChatGPT in late 2022, is collapsing, with a significant portion—up to 80%, according to sources—of the more than 150 government-backed data centres now standing empty. The national ambition to become a leader in artificial intelligence technology has
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) is expected to impose a fine exceeding €500 million on TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, for unlawfully transferring European user data to China for analysis. This is anticipated to be the third largest GDPR fine, following Meta’s €1.2 billion and Amazon’s
On 27 February 2025, Chinese tech giant Tencent unveiled its latest “fast-thinking” artificial intelligence model, the Hunyuan Turbo S. Compared to the DeepSeek R1 model, it boasts a 44% reduction in response time and twice the word generation speed. The new model adopts an innovative Hybrid-Mamba-Transformer architecture, which significantly reduces
In January, the Chinese AI startup DeepSeek launched its R1 language model, delivering performance comparable to OpenAI’s models at a development cost of just $6 million. This poses a significant challenge to Europe’s Mistral AI, which has secured over €1 billion in investment and reached a valuation of
Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek has shaken the global technology market after unveiling its R1 model in January 2025, which delivers performance matching American competitors at a fraction of the cost. The development was achieved for $5.6 million, compared to the American Stargate project's $500 billion budget.
