AI
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Open source has been a driving factor behind the ever-continuing rise in AI. From the early days of OpenAI (before it closed its doors) and Meta’s ever-growing herd of llamas, open source AI has powered tools and technologies used by industries all over the world.
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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.
Forthcoming events
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The confirmed $10 billion acquisition of QTS Realty Trust by Blackstone - the biggest data centre acquisition ever seen - means the annual value of data centre mergers and acquisitions is moving towards a new record in 2021.
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Australia's DCI Data Centers has been granted New Zealand Overseas Investment Office consent to purchase land for a major new data centre in Auckland, its first in the country.
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Nautilus Data Technologies is to build a $300 million data centre on land, and use the same recycled water technology it has developed to cool it.
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Cecilia Lundin, executive vice president, head of people experience & culture at Telia Company, has announced that she is to leave her role later this year.
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US-based managed service provider Thrive has kick-started its international expansion with the acquisition of UK network, cloud and data centre services firm ONI.
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France's IPLine has been acquired by Belgium-headquartered Destiny, which is gaining six data centres into the bargain.
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Continuing our look at back at previous Global Carrier Awards winners, we move onto Nordic data centre provider, DigiPlex.
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Corporate Office Properties Trust (COPT) has formed a new joint venture with funds affiliated with Blackstone Real Estate to invest in data centres.
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Tencent Cloud has opened four new data centres in Bangkok, Frankfurt, Hong Kong and Tokyo.
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Scott Beasley is to join Frontier Communications as CFO following the resignation of Sheldon Bruha.
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Equinix has expanded its Silicon Valley campus with a new $142 million facility, expected to open for business at the end of this month.
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A new data centre services firm has been launched in Finland and it plans to invest an initial €200 million in revamping existing facilities and building new ones.