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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Raxio has opened its first data centre in Uganda, a Tier III carrier-neutral data centre located at the Kampala Industrial and Business Park.
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ST Telemedia Global Data Centres of Singapore is joining forces with Indonesian conglomerate Triputra Group and global investment firm Temasek, to build a 72MW data centre campus in the Jakarta region, Indonesia.
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Five mobile network operators (MNO) have collaborated to introduce a new pan-industry labelling scheme to help consumers identify and compare sustainability across smart phones.
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MainOne says it plans to ramp up data centre storage capacity over the next two years in response to demand for its services.
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Etisalat has announced the expansion of its SmartHub data centre footprint with a third location at Kalba, UAE.
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Shaw Communications’ (Shaw) shareholders have “overwhelmingly” voted in favour of $26 billion merger between Shaw and Rogers Communications (Rogers).
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Indosat Ooredoo reports net profits of IDR 172 billion ($11.9 million) for the first quarter of 2021.
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New company Gotspace Data Partners is planning to build several data centres across the state of Connecticut, with the first planned in Wallingford.
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Liberty Global and investment fund Digital Colony have created the AtlasEdge Data Centres joint venture, with the aim of establishing over 100 branded edge data centres across Europe.
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Season 2, episode 17 is presented by deputy editor Melanie Mingas, and features editor-at-large Alan Burkitt-Gray, senior reporter Natalie Bannerman and special guest Carl Roberts.
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Telstra has named Mikoto Anzai as its new director of partners and alliances.
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Yondr Group has announced a $2 billion expansion plan to open up data centres across the US, Canada and Central and South America.