North America
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Elon Musk has announced that xAI, his AI startup rivalling OpenAI, plans to double the size of its Colossus supercomputer cluster, which currently consists of 100,000 Nvidia GPUs. -
Semiconductor manufacturer Wolfspeed is the latest chipmaker to receive funding under the US CHIPS and Science Act, receiving up to $750 million to build a new silicon carbide wafer manufacturing site in North Carolina.
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Crusoe, the crypto miners turned clean energy AI infrastructure operator, has launched a $3.4 billion joint venture with Blue Owl Capital and Primary Digital Infrastructure to build data centres in Texas.
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Vertiv has revealed plans for a major expansion of its North American manufacturing footprint with a new 215,000-square-foot facility in Pelzer, South Carolina.
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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.
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Google has started construction on two new data centres in Dorchester County, South Carolina, as part of a $2 billion investment that will create 200 jobs.
Forthcoming events
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DE-CIX and H5 Data Centers are joining forces to bolster data centre and connectivity services – more than seven years after DE-CIX New York joined H5's 325 Hudson facility.
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Tony Staffieri has been appointed interim president and CEO of Rogers Communications, following the departure of Joe Natale on 16 November.
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The Wireless Broadband Alliance is extending its relationship with the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) to "maximize the full benefits" of 6 GHz Wi-Fi – today Wi-Fi 6E, and the near future, Wi-Fi 7.
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Zayo Group Holdings (Zayo) is continuing its investment and expansion of network infrastructure in Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, Indiana.
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The LINX NoVA interconnection facility has named its first peering and interconnection partner, from its latest point of presence (PoP) at QTS Data Centers, Ashburn VA
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KKR and Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) have entered a definitive agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of common stock of CyrusOne for approximately $15 billion.
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Shaw Communications is expanding its underground LTE connectivity, boosting service provision for Shaw Mobile and Freedom Mobile customers travelling on the SkyTrain system.
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American Tower Corporation (American Tower) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire CoreSite Realty Corporation (CoreSite) for approximately $10.1 billion in cash.
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ADIPEC, IBM and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have partnered to support the oil & gas industry accelerate it energy transition.
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NTT DOCOMO has collaborated with Airbus to trial solar-powered Zephyr High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) for wireless connectivity and, based on the results, will assess the application of HAPS "in 5G evolution and 6G".
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Telesat, which is planning to build a satellite network, Lightspeed, to rival OneWeb and SpaceX’s Starlink, will complete its merger with Loral Space & Communications next week.
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Kyndryl, the managed services business recently spun off from IBM, has landed its first major deal since its IPO earlier this month.
