Europe
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Data centre operator Serverfarm has formed a joint venture with the Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO) of Greece to build hyperscale data centres in the country.
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Sparkle has partnered with shipbuilding giant Fincantieri to develop advanced solutions for detecting and monitoring subsea cables.
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The EU has signed off on IRIS², a multi-orbital constellation of 290 satellites aimed at taking on Elon Musk’s Starlink.
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Nordic data centre firm atNorth has secured land in Sweden to build a “mega site” data centre.
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Field service management (FSM) provider Totalmobile has announced the acquisition of Irish workforce management firm Gartan Technologies.
Forthcoming events
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A1 Telekom Austria and Hungary’s Invitech ICT Services have built a new fibre connection from Vienna to Budapest to improve international links.
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Vodafone and Altice have set up a new company to upgrade up to 7 million cable homes in Germany and to offer wholesale fibre connections to all-comers.
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DE-CIX has officially opened its Leipzig internet exchange, offering regional interconnection within central Germany as well as a direct connection to DE-CIX Frankfurt.
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Nokia confirms that it is providing optical upgrades to Gulf Bridge International's (GBI) network between the Middle East and Europe.
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RETN has significantly strengthened its presence across Italy by doubling the number of its points of presence (PoPs) from 3 to 6.
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Google Cloud is bringing its first cloud region to Norway to meet growing demand for cloud services locally and around the world.
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London-based private equity company Star Capital has sold Datacenter One (DC1) to AtlasEdge after growing the space 330% in six years.
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Orange is reacting to Europe’s energy crisis by moving to batteries for part of the day, switching its lights off and turning down its thermostats.
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Digital Realty is to build a 6.5MW data centre on Crete, designed to serve as an interconnection hub for intercontinental and regional subsea cables landing on the Greek island.
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Telehouse has started construction work on its a second data centre at its TH3 Paris Magny campus in France.
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A group of 16 telcos have called on Big Tech to share the costs of telecom networks citing the rising costs associated with energy crisis and EU climate goals.
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Borealis Data Center has announced the acquisition of Reykjavik DC (RDC) from Islansbanki.
