hyperscale
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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
Forthcoming events
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The volume of network attacks and security breaches continues to rise. This puts traditional bolt-on IP network security solutions under strain, with the potential to impact service quality and increase latency in a time when customers are expecting the highest reliability.
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BT Group has published a new company-wide manifesto that focuses on its efforts to build a better business for its customers, the economy and society at large.
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Communications Platform-as-a-Service (CPaaS) revenue generated in North America will reach $15 billion by 2026 up from $3.7 billion in 2021, according to a study from Juniper Research.
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The serviceable addressable market (SAM) for global satellite broadband over geostationary (GEO), medium earth orbit (MEO), and low earth orbit (LEO) satellites will stand at 330 million homes by 2026.
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Predictions from Deloitte have revealed that the games console market will generate £60.6 billion globally and the wearable market will ship 320 million devices worldwide.
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Telefonica is set to offer over 3,000 of its staff voluntary redundancy born in 1967 or earlier with at least 15 years of employment with the company.
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Macquarie Data Centres’ David Hirst speaks to Natalie Bannerman about the mega trend that is hybrid IT, and why it is taking a ‘grow your own’ approach to bridging the skills gap.
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Capacity’s Natalie Bannerman speaks to China Unicom Global’s Dr Shusen Meng for a full update on where the company is focusing its efforts and what innovations are on the horizon.
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Lefdal Mine Datacenter is to host Daimler’s High Performance Computing (HPC) workloads, which the automotive giant uses to design vehicles and automated driving technologies.
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Emerging quantum company SpeQtral has announced that it has successfully closed an $8.3 million financing led by Xora Innovation.
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Telcos will add gaming to their ‘super aggregator’ strategies as more venture into the gaming industry according to the latest predictions made by Analysys Mason.
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Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) has announced it has allocated more spectrum to local 5G mobile network operators.
