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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Google is launching a new cloud region in Melbourne, Australia, tomorrow (29 July).
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Telefonica Deutschland has raised its outlook for revenue and core profit this year after posting record first-half growth.
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The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is to conduct an in-depth investigation into the sale of CK Hutchison’s tower assets to Cellnex.
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Yondr Group has formed a $1 billion joint venture with Everstone Group to open hyperscale data centres in India.
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UK data centre services firm Pulsant has been acquired by Antin Infrastructure Partners, which has bought it from joint owners Oak Hill Capital and Scottish Equity Partners.
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The president of Jasmine Telecom Systems (JTS) has outlined how he plans to make the Thai operator the largest bitcoin miner in the ASEAN region by 2024.
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From roaming to connected factories, two pieces of research released this week have set out new business cases for the monetisation of 5G and private networks.
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The availability of power is the most important factor in the decision-making process for a new data centre, according to new research.
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DataBank has acquired an industrial facility in Denver to create its fifth data centre in the evolving market hotspot.
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Infrastructure REIT DigitalBridge has acquired the data centre business of PCCW for $750 million, covering a number of data centres in Hong Kong, China and Malaysia.
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Three UK has called on the UK government to explore the "credible alternative" of Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) to deliver gigabit connectivity in rural areas.
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The last day to submit an entry to the Global Carrier Awards 2021, is 29 July.