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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With nominations for the Global Carrier Awards now open, chairman of the judging panel, Carl Roberts, is sharing his tips for those who wish to enter.
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Telstra has appointed Noah Drake as vice president of the customer solutions group for the Americas region.
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Mexican telco Telmex has opened a new data centre in Cancun to take advantage of the subsea fibre links that land there and will be landing in the area.
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Microsoft is seeking to expand its Azure cloud services presence in San Antonio, Texas with the building of five new data centres at a total cost of $200 million.
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Rural broadband access provider American Broadband has boosted its executive leadership team with several senior appointments.
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Quantum Loophole in the US has received a “significant investment” from Tom Natelli, CEO and principal owner of Natelli Communities, a privately held real estate investment and development firm.
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TikTok is believed to be planning a $500 million move into Echelon's new data centre campus in Clondalkin, Ireland.
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The proliferation of 5G edge computing is driving the greater need for real-time processing, better user-experience and data intelligence. Capacity heard from Cliff Tam, VP of global data strategy, international business, HGC Global Communications, about the new real-time economy and digital glocalization.
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Record steel prices in the US pose a risk to the construction of new data centres at a critical point in the industry's growth trajectory.
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LOGIX Fiber Networks has completed two major power upgrades in its Dallas data centres.
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Amazon Web Services has announced the general availability of AWS Local Zones in Dallas and Philadelphia to serve the growing edge connectivity market.
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A double winner back in 2020, it was Sparkle’s projects across the Middle East and Africa, as well as the Americas, that saw it take home the trophies.