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.
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Liquid and Unitas Global are aiming to create the largest network of interconnected data centres in Africa.
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T-Systems and Google Cloud are planning to build a sovereign German cloud to provide services to the country's enterprises and its public sector.
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5G security firm Exium is collaborating with IBM to help firms securely adopt an edge AI strategy.
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Australia's Zella DC has introduced its Micro Data Centre as-a-service (MDCaaS) offering, available for all its existing micro data centres.
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Zain KSA's board has approved non-binding offers from three sources to acquire stakes in its towers.
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XConnect and Odine Solutions have partnered to reduce disputes and stop losses from Origin Based Rating (OBR).
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A strategic alliance has been announced between Martin Murphy, ex-chief operating officer of CBRE Data Centre Solutions, and AMS, to create new bespoke digital infrastructure solutions firm AMS Helix.
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In many earthquake-prone countries, base isolation is used widely; but it is not used so much in the US. Now a Silicon Valley data centre has combined it with other techniques to offer a new level of protection. Melanie Mingas looks at whether others could follow the lead
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Operating in an industry that considers itself recession-proof has its benefits – but it also brings some unexpected challenges for project management. Joe Cusick, Soben Americas CEO, shares his observations of the US construction market with Melanie Mingas
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Building restrictions, energyrestraints, materials costs and changing technologies are all issues and potential obstacles to successful deployments of data centre building projects. Antony Savvas looks at how the industry is coping
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Japan’s hyperscale market is heating up – and with the addition of Princeton Digital Group’s $1 billion new campus, things are about to get even hotter. Melanie Mingas talks to Rangu Salgame, chairman, CEO and co-founder
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Iceland's Verne Global has been acquired by Digital 9 Infrastructure (D9) for around £231 million. D9 is a newly established investment trust.