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Bernard Looney, former CEO of oil and gas giant BP has joined sustainable data centre startup Prometheus Hyperscale as chair of its Board of Directors. -
Microsoft has hit back at Google Cloud's claims that its licensing terms “restrict” customers from moving to competitors, claiming the hyperscale rival is secretly funding a group trying to discredit the company.
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Investment firm KKR has formed a partnership with power generation investors Energy Capital Partners (ECP) to create a $50 billion fund to invest in digital infrastructure opportunities aimed at supporting AI and cloud workloads.
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Telecom Italia’s Sparkle has expanded its agreement with media delivery company Mainstreaming to support distribution of video content.
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Google’s 2024 environment report revealed that the tech giant’s green house gas (GHG) emissions rose by 13% year over year in 2023, while scope 2 emissions rose by 37%.
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APAC-focused hyperscale data centre operator AirTrunk will expand its MEL1 campus in Melbourne, according to CEO Robin Khuda
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The interim results of Deutsche Telekom’s partnership with AIT to develop a European Quantum Communication Infrastructure (EuroQCI) have now been delivered.
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Axiata Group Berhad (Axiata) confirms that its current chairman Tan Sri Ghazzali Sheikh Abdul Khalid will retire from the position on 31 December 2021.
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Colt Group has announced it has gained a Gold rating from sustainability rating provider EcoVadis for its environment, social and governance (ESG) performance and a B rating from the Climate Disclosure Project (CDP) for company environmental performance.
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Capacity shares five key stories from around the world making headlines today!
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Nokia has announced that it has been selected by Teletalk Bangladesh to deploy its 5G network in the country.
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Rostelecom has announced that it, along with VEB Ventures will acquire a stake in Atlas to develop a new generation backbone fibre-optic communication line through Europe and Asia.
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BICS has announced the acquisition of Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS) specialist 3m Digital Networks by its Singaporean subsidiary.
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Telecom Italia (TIM) has announced that two of its senior executives will be leaving the company.
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The UK government has revealed that it has committed £250m of investment to support and accelerate OpenRAN architecture.
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Telcos Singtel Optus and Telstra have spent over $2 billion in securing spectrum licenses in Australia.
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Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has announced that it is selling a 5.01% stake in Saudi Telecom (STC) through a secondary share offering.
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Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) has announced it has completed the upgrade of its entire national network gigabit speeds, four years ahead of target.
