South Korean chip startup FuriosaAI invades European datacenters

South Korean chip startup FuriosaAI is expanding its RNGD accelerators into European datacenters, specifically deploying hardware through Equinix's Lisbon facilities. This signals growing competition in AI inference accelerators outside the US and a shift in datacenter procurement patterns toward non-US chip vendors.

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