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Microsoft is reportedly pulling the plug on additional data centre projects, with planned sites in Indonesia and Australia now joining a string of cancellations across the US, UK, and Europe, signalling a possible rethink of its AI strategy. -
The iliad Group has finalised its multi-billion dollar partnership with private equity firm InfraVia that looks to position its data centre subsidiary OpCore as a major European hyperscale platform.
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AirTrunk is securing a US$1.7 billion (SG$2.2 billion) green loan to fund an 80.2MW data centre in Singapore—yet no one in the industry seems to know where this new facility will be located.
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Raxio Group has secured $100 million in financing from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to fuel its Sub-Saharan African regional data centre platform.
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Data centres are expanding at breakneck speed, and fibre networks are racing to keep up.
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T-Mobile has completed its acquisition of fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) provider Lumos, forming a joint venture set to bring full-fibre broadband to homes across the US.
Forthcoming events
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Recent breakthroughs in semiconductors have shown that Moore's Law can and is being shattered. Gone are the days of simply doubling the number of integrated circuits on a chip to boost speed every two years.
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Microsoft has reportedly cancelled multiple data centre leases across the United States, signalling a potential slowdown in AI-related infrastructure expansion.
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CFK Africa, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering youth in Kenya’s informal settlements, is witnessing severe disruption following the abrupt withdrawal of support from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
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Intel is reportedly looking to sell a major stake in Altera, its programmable logic device subsidiary as it continues to look for ways to generate some much-needed cash.
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Inside DigitalBridge’s credit strategy to find real value in digital infrastructure
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Australian real estate giant Goodman Group is attempting to raise A$4 billion (USD$2.51 billion) to expand its data centre business.
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Capacity sits down with DigitalBridge CEO Marc Ganzi to talk AI and next-gen infrastructure
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VFN Holdings (Vero) has expanded its credit facility to $240 million, with the potential to increase to $310 million.
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The Italian state will retain a 70% stake in subsea firm Sparkle after Telecom Italia signed off on the €700 million (USD$733 million) acquisition bid from Italy’s Ministry of Economy and Finance and Asterion subsidiary Retelit.
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The Victorian government has signed a 10-year, AUD $500 million (USD ~$330 million) contract with Motorola Solutions to enhance and maintain the Metropolitan Mobile Radio (MMR) network, vital to the state's emergency services.
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EnCharge AI, a startup looking to shake up the semiconductor space, has raised over $100 million in an oversubscribed Series B funding round to accelerate the commercialisation of its AI accelerators.
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Britain’s economy saw an unexpected boost in the final quarter of 2024, with GDP rising by 0.1% despite earlier predictions of a decline.
