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A new data centre operator has launched in the UK with an ambitious plan to open 40 purpose-built AI-focused facilities by 2030. -
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.
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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%.
Forthcoming events
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Tokyo has been named as the world's largest retail colocation market with 13.8 million square feet of gross retail capacity reported in 2021.
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President Joe Biden is due to nominate Jessica Rosenworcel, the acting chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), to serve another term and appoint her as permanent chair.
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Digital Realty has entered into two new partnerships with Pembani Remgro Infrastructure Fund that will see it take PlatformDIGITAL to new African markets.
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The focus of ongoing anti-competition investigations in Europe could be about to make the inevitable shift to cloud services.
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Colt has partnered with Axians to offer enterprise customers expanded SD WAN solutions.
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Raxio Group has invested in the first carrier-neutral Tier III data centre in Ivory Coast as it looks to expand its African footprint.
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Nokia has announced that its 5G Core is serving Asia Pacific Telecom’s (APT) live 5G Non-Standalone (NSA) and VoLTE service.
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PLDT is to build a "first of its kind" hyperscale data centre in the Philippines designed to Tier-3 standards and Tier-4 ready once operations begin.
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Digicel Group has entered into an agreement to sell its subsidiary Digicel Pacific, to a subsidiary of Australian telco Telstra Corporation, at a purchase price of $1.6 billion.
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Telia Carrier has expanded into Switch's data centre campus in Las Vegas, adding a new Point of Presence (PoP) and providing new connectivity options in the region.
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Solutions by STC – Saudi Telecom Company's newly listed IT service management arm – is planning a data centre at Saudi Arabian smart city, NEOM.
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As reporting season kicks off for the latest quarter, AT&T, Tata Communications and Zain KSA have all posted their latest earnings.
