AI
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Meta has partnered with Lumen Technologies to “significantly increase” its network capacity to meet the increased demand for its AI models and services.
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Tech Mahindra has opened a Centre of Excellence (CoE) powered by Nvidia AI Enterprise and Omniverse platforms.
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Latin American data centre operator ODATA unveiled plans to construct two facilities in Colombia to provide 144MW of connectivity to the region.
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Nokia has partnered with Lenovo to offer data centre solutions designed to meet increasing demand for AI workloads.
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Oriole Networks, a startup developing photonic networking technologies, has secured $22 million in funding to address the growing data centre demands driven by AI workloads.
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Lightmatter, a startup developing computing hardware that uses light instead of electricity has raised $400 million with its valuation soaring to $4.4 billion.
Forthcoming events
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ImmuniWeb has made available a free cloud security test that “rapidly identifies” unprotected cloud storage.
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PCCW Global's network-as-a-service platform Console Connect has been integrated with the DCConnect platform in Hong Kong, to offer businesses connectivity to data centres across mainland China.
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TeleGeography has found that global internet bandwidth increased by 29% in 2021, bringing it back to "normal" levels compared to 2020's COVID-driven levels of 34%.
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The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will open a $1.9 billion programme to reimburse mostly rural telecoms carriers for removing network equipment from Chinese companies.
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Ericsson's Bhutan deal; EA's winning buy; GTT chapter 2.0 and 5G speeds in Europe
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Cyber security services firm SenseOn has sealed a $20m Series A funding round to scale its AI-driven platform globally.
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) is opening a new data centre design facility in Zagreb, Croatia.
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Russian web services giant Yandex plans to launch a new cloud region in Germany in 2022, at an initial cost of $30 million.
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Civo has unveiled a new region in Germany for its Kubernetes-focused cloud services platform, adding to the existing regions in the US and the UK.
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Deutsche Telekom subsidiary T-Systems International GmbH has appointed a new chief commercial officer (CCO) effective from 1 January.
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G-Core Labs has expanded its content delivery network infrastructure in Russia and in CIS countries.
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Equinix has deployed a fully functional 5G and edge technology development centre, which includes a non-standalone 5G network from Nokia to support its drive for new wireless-related business.