Hunter Biden judge agrees to drop old gun count after indictment replaces scuttled plea deal_我的网站
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硅谷新一轮基础设施投资热潮启动了。
7月22日消息,OpenAI宣布启动其首个自主主导建设的200亿美元数据中心项目,并将到2030年的预计算力支出上调至7500亿美元;同日,AMD宣布将向Anthropic投资高达50亿美元,而Anthropic则承诺采购高达2GW的AMD最新一代AI芯片。 WASHINGTON -- A gun count that had been part of a collapsed plea deal in the Hunter Biden case was dismissed Wednesday as a judge signed off on a prosecution request. The order from U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika formally removes a gun-possession charge that has now been replaced by an unrelated three-count indictment filed after the agreement imploded in July. The president's son is charged with violating measures against drug users having guns when he bought and kept a revolver for about 11 days in 2018, a period where he has acknowledged struggling with addiction. He pleaded not guilty, earlier this month as the case moved toward a potential trial with the 2024 election looming. His lawyers have said he did not break the law and they planned to push for dismissal of the indictment. Hunter Biden, 53, was originally expected to plead guilty to misdemeanor tax counts in an agreement with prosecutors and avoid prosecution the gun possession charge if he stayed clean and out of trouble. But the deal collapsed in July after Republicans raised questions about it. The new gun indictment, now dismissed, was filed weeks later. No new tax counts have yet been filed by special counsel David Weiss.。
两项交易表明,科技巨头们的竞争已不再局限于单纯的芯片采购,而是全面延伸到了数据中心自建、能源保障以及底层基础设施的直接控制中。
01 OpenAI算力预算飙至7500亿
为了确保获得开发和运行AI模型所需的庞大算力,OpenAI进一步扩大了其数据中心规划与预算。
知情人士透露,受与云服务提供商达成的新协议推动,OpenAI已将其到2030年的预计算力支出从今年年初约6000亿美元上调至7500亿美元。
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不过,随着OpenAI推进IPO进程,如何平衡计算成本与财务健康成为了管理层讨论的焦点。
C | 首席执行官山姆·奥特曼大力推动的算力扩张计划,让首席财务官萨拉·弗莱尔对公司的资金链状况保持审慎态度。
据悉,弗莱尔向管理层表达了隐忧,即如果业务收入的增长不及预期,公司可能会在未来履行庞大的算力采购协议时面临资金缺口。
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在具体项目推进上,OpenAI宣布投资200亿美元,在佐治亚州埃芬汉姆县启动名为“Project Camellia”的数据中心项目。
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在电力保障方面,OpenAI已与佐治亚电力公司达成协议,将在2028年至2032年之间分阶段获得3.2GW的电力供应。
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据了解,该项目是OpenAI首次作为首席设计和开发方自主推进的数据中心。在此之前,OpenAI主要是向甲骨文、亚马逊AWS等云服务提供商租用算力。
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为此,OpenAI聘请了此前在马斯克旗下xAI负责孟菲斯超级计算机数据中心建设的布伦特·梅奥(Brent Mayo),担任数据中心建设与交付负责人。梅奥将向本月晋升为算力首席技术官的乌代·鲁德拉拉朱(Uday Ruddarraju)汇报。
为了缓解公众对数据中心建设日益高涨的反思与抵触,OpenAI承诺在项目生命周期内提供8000万美元社区福利资金,用于学校、公共安全、医疗等领域。
H | 同时,向佐治亚州高校学生提供高达7100万美元的Codex代金券。并且采用闭环水循环冷却技术以极小化用水量。以及在用电高峰期主动自愿减少功耗,确保不推高当地居民电费。
除了佐治亚州的项目外,OpenAI还在推进多项算力协议:此前与甲骨文签约了6GW的数据中心容量;并在2月底将其与亚马逊AWS的云计算协议扩大至8年138亿美元(包含2GWTrainium芯片算力);去年还承诺向微软Azure追加2500亿美元的云支出。