Europe
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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. -
Vodafone Group has consolidated its procurement company and voice and roaming services divisions into a single entity called Vodafone Procure & Connect.
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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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Cellnex has reportedly kicked off plans to sell its Swiss business in a deal that could be worth as much as $2.2 billion.
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Emitel, the Polish tower operator owned by Cordiant Digital Infrastructure Limited, has secured a contract with Orange Polska to support the expansion of its mobile network coverage in the country.
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Ericsson has partnered with Boliden, a Swedish company specialising in metals, mining, and smelting, to pioneer the extraction of valuable materials from decommissioned telecom equipment.
Forthcoming events
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UK and Scottish governments join forces to boost rural internet access
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Swedish authorities are investigating a suspected cable break off the coast of Gotland, the latest in a series of incidents affecting undersea infrastructure in the region.
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Microsoft’s $700 million cloud, AI, and cybersecurity investment in Poland threatens Europe’s digital sovereignty and national security, warns Kai Wawrzinek, co-founder of Impossible Cloud Network.
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Oxigen has opened its second and largest data centre in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain, a 6,000-square-metre facility designed in collaboration with Vertiv.
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Ireland's energy regulator has proposed new rules that would force new data centres to provide power generation capabilities that would match their capacity demand in order to reduce strain on the national grid.
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Space Norway is set to launch a new high-speed connection from the Norwegian mainland to Jan Mayen and Svalbard in what would be one of the world's northernmost subsea cable systems.
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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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United Group BV, a leading telecommunications and media provider in Southeastern Europe, has agreed to sell key Serbian assets, marking a strategic shift towards EU markets.
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As the 2025 AI Action Summit begins in Paris, discussions surrounding AI are set against a backdrop of geopolitical tensions and high stakes for the future of global AI governance.
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France is challenging the US's OpenAI-led Stargate project with President Emmanuel Macron announcing €109 billion (USD$112 billion) in AI infrastructure investments.
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Russia's state-controlled telco Rostelecom said one of its subsea cables in the Baltics has been damaged by “an external impact”.
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Investment firm Brookfield is set to invest €20 billion to build out AI infrastructure in France.
