One of President Biden's closing acts before leaving office was to extend an olive branch to the US data centre market, instructing federal agencies to make sites ready for new AI data centres and clean power facilities.

Southern Cross Cable claims to have connected the world’s first transpacific 1 terabits per second (Tb/s) single-carrier wavelength over the world’s longest single optical submarine cable segment.

LightSpeed has partnered with Neos Networks to accelerate the rollout of fibre-to-the-remises (FTTP) and wholesale services.

President Joe Biden has issued an Executive Order aimed at accelerating AI infrastructure in the US, including making federal sites available for new AI data centres and clean power facilities.

Alibaba Cloud, Apple, and Synopsys have become the latest big tech firms to join the industry group attempting to create an open standard around GPU interconnectivity.

Regional grid constraints are creating bottlenecks for new data centre projects, but a new report from Schneider Electric suggests alternative energy solutions and stronger collaboration with utility firms could pave the way forward.

4 - 6 February 2025 (3 February - Pre-event day)

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