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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Colt Technology Services (Colt) confirms the appointment of two new senior roles completing the company’s executive leadership team (ELT).
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Vodafone Group Plc and the International Telecommunication Union are to address the global digital divide through a new working group.
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American Tower has launched its Data Center Channel Partner Program, to expand its market reach for its colocation and carrier-neutral data centres.
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More than 12 global tech companies and organisations have agreed to collaborate to increase diversity and equality in the technology industry, as part of the #ChangeTheFace Alliance.
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ST Telemedia Global Data Centres in Thailand has officially opened its hyperscale data centre in Bangkok.
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Geneva, Switzerland – 16 September, 2021, Huawei became a founding member of the Equipment Vendor Program (EVP) of the Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS), in an effort to actively improve global Internet security.
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Schneider Electric has kitted out a new, on-premise facility for the University of Birmingham Dubai’s new campus, creating energy savings of up to 15% while operating at peak performance.
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Fibre network firm MOX Networks and QTS Realty Trust are partnering to enhance connectivity opportunities for carriers, enterprises, hyperscalers and wireless providers in the new QTS data centre campus in Hillsboro, Oregon.
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Colt Group has committed to achieve net zero emissions by 2030, across all its operations.
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Liberty Latin America confirms that its subsidiary Cable & Wireless Panamá has agreed to acquire América Móvil's operations in Panama (Claro Panamá).
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Cloud networking co Extreme Networks has completed its acquisition of Ipanema, the cloud-native, enterprise SD-WAN division of Infovista.
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DXN is acquiring 100% of the SDC data centre in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.