AI
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Nvidia has pledged to manufacture its AI supercomputing solutions in the US after President Trump’s currently suspended tariffs continue to force firms into supply chain rethinks. -
“People are investing ahead of the demand,” warned Alibaba chairman Joe Tsai, speaking about the current wave of data centre build-outs. As a billionaire investor and Jack Ma’s long-time right-hand man, Tsai knows a thing or two about spotting froth in the market. His view on the sector’s rapid growth? “I start to see the beginning of some kind of bubble.”
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Ericsson has launched a new wireless-first branch networking architecture aimed at helping enterprises manage increasingly AI-driven, distributed operations.
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AI was once again front and centre at Google Cloud Next 2025. CEO Sundar Pichai opened the show by reaffirming Alphabet’s long-standing approach: “to always bring our latest AI advances into the full layers of our stack: Products and platforms”.
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NTT Corporation has developed a purpose-built chip for AI inferencing on ultra-high-res video at the edge, capable of powering use cases like autonomous drone inspections of towers or real-time monitoring of critical infrastructure.
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The world’s data centres could double their electricity consumption over the next five years, driven largely by the rapid rise of artificial intelligence (AI), according to a new report by the International Energy Agency (IEA).
Forthcoming events
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With the world still reeling from the economic shockwaves of President Trump's tariff armageddon, the US appears poised to embrace its 'drill baby, drill' ethos once more, as the President signed an executive order mandating a return to coal power for the nation's burgeoning data centres.
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Proximus Global, through its messaging security arm 365squared, has launched 365guard, an AI-powered platform designed to help mobile network operators (MNOs) fight back against the growing wave of SMS fraud, spam, and ‘smishing’ attacks.
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has unveiled a major expansion to its Aruba Networking Central platform, offering new deployment models aimed at organisations with strict data control, security, and compliance requirements.
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The industry group attempting to create an open standard around GPU interconnectivity have unveiled their first specification, which aims to challenge Nvidia's proprietary technology while significantly boosting AI computing performance.
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The EU is set to unveil an ambitious, multi-pronged blueprint it believes will help guide the bloc to become a global AI leader.
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The UK government has launched a new cross-industry initiative aimed at improving energy efficiency and sustainability in AI.
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Meta has opened its barn doors once again to unleash a new herd of Llama models: Llama 4, and this time, they’re multimodal.
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Microsoft is reportedly pulling the plug on additional data centre projects, with planned sites in Indonesia and Australia now joining a string of cancellations across the US, UK, and Europe, signalling a possible rethink of its AI strategy.
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Deutsche Telekom has extended its strategic partnership with Google Cloud, with the pair working together on AI advancement and cloud integration across its network infrastructure.
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A team of industry leaders, including Ciena, HyperLight, and McGill University, has successfully demonstrated the first 3.2Tb/s (8×448Gb/s) O-band IMDD transmission over a 2km distance.
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Vertiv a global provider of critical digital infrastructure, has launched the Vertiv PowerDirect Rack, a high-density 1U 50V DC power system shelf designed to support the growing demands of AI and high-performance computing (HPC) applications.
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GlobalConnect is making a major investment in AI-powered network monitoring technology to revolutionise service operations and improve customer experience.
