hyperscale
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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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Ooredoo Group is to begin trialling changes to its working practices to support an "agile, modern digital working culture".
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EQT Infrastructure V is to co-invest in EdgeConneX, alongside EQT Infrastructure, with each fund taking an equal ownership stake.
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Elsa Pine, global sales executive, emerging technologies and edge infrastructure at EdgeConneX, explains how the edge is empowering new economic inclusion
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Telefónica Global Solutions (TGS) has formed a partnership with Viasat to widen high-speed satellite availability for businesses in Brazil, under which TGS will act as a wholesale distributor of the satellite provider’s services.
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Former Chindata exec Kris Kumar has teamed up with PAG Real Estate to launch a digital infraco that will act as an investor/operator.
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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is boosting efforts to improve energy efficiency among the country’s data centres via its Energy Star programme.
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Vendor-neutral data centre provider Teraco Data Environments has completed its multi-billion-rand JB3 facility (pictured) on the Isando Campus in Ekurhuleni, east of Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Data centre colocation company Cyxtera and multicloud computing firm Nutanix have unveiled a partnership to launch a Federal Innovation Lab.
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Helios Towers saw revenue growth of 4% over the first half of the year, as the number of sites owned increased by 21%.
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HyperOne is preparing to tender the design, construction and operation work for Australia's first hyperscale national fibre backbone.
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UAE-based Etisalat has increased its stake in Maroc Telecom from 48.4% to 53%, according to a regulatory filing it posted on Tuesday.
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NTT Ltd is developing its seventh US data centre campus in Phoenix, Arizona, a 240MW capacity site with data centre cores and shells built to LEED specifications.
