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.
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It was revealed earlier this week that the European Commission plans to allocate €865 million towards improving digital connectivity across EU member states from 2024 to 2027.
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Polish data centre services provider Beyond.pl is working with Veolia Energia Poznan to recover waste heat generated by its data centre sites to feed the city’s heating network.
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Google DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis and John Jumper have won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work using AI to uncover the complex structure of almost every protein known to science.
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Geoffrey Hinton, one of the godfathers of AI, has won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on artificial neural networks.
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Nokia has launched six new applications on its MX Industrial Edge (MXIE) platform, aimed at enhancing worker safety, site security, operational efficiency, and securing operational technology (OT) environments.
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OptConnect has acquired Netherlands-based 4G and 5G IoT solutions provider Capestone.
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euNetworks has launched a new long-haul fibre route connecting Amsterdam and Frankfurt, part of its Super Highway initiative designed to meet Europe’s critical bandwidth needs.
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Altice Wholesale Solutions and DE-CIX have unveiled a strategic partnership to expand DE-CIX's Internet Exchange (IX) in Lisbon, boosting the city's role as a vital telecommunications hub in Europe.
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Telecom Italia (TIM) confirmed it has received a €700 million bid from Italy’s Ministry of Economy and Finance and Asterion subsidiary Retelit to purchase Sparkle.
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Cellnex has appointed former Óscar Fanjul as non-executive chair of the tower company, replacing former GSMA director general Anne Bouverot.
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In its largest investment in Italy, Microsoft has unveiled a €4.3 billion initiative to expand its cloud and AI infrastructure and train over one million Italians by 2025.
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Italian cloud and data centre operator Aruba S.p.A has unveiled its €300 million hyperscale data centre campus in Rome.
