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Workflow automation platform Flowfinity has made upgrades to its data centre sites to expand its capacity to meet increased customer demands. -
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.
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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.
Forthcoming events
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Digital Realty has entered into two new partnerships with Pembani Remgro Infrastructure Fund that will see it take PlatformDIGITAL to new African markets.
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FirstLight Fiber has promoted Katie Brandl to become the company’s VP of carrier and wholesale sales.
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Telia Carrier has expanded into Switch's data centre campus in Las Vegas, adding a new Point of Presence (PoP) and providing new connectivity options in the region.
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As reporting season kicks off for the latest quarter, AT&T, Tata Communications and Zain KSA have all posted their latest earnings.
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The first community in the US to install a OneWeb satellite terminal for broadband is Akiak in southwestern Alaska.
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DataBank has announced that its KC3 facility in Kansas City will expand its footprint and capabilities to meet growing demand.
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Zayo is in talks to buy two other US carriers, Uniti and Windstream, according to an unconfirmed report.
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Connections to 5G networks worldwide remain on track to triple this year to 637 million and more than double in 2022 to 1.34 billion according to predictions from CCS Insight.
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Windstream Wholesale has partnered with II-VI Incorporated (II-VI) to co-develop next-gen transceivers to streamline the deployment of 400 gigabit services.
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AT&T will invest “tens of millions of dollars” to harden its network in Louisiana against the impact of hurricanes and tropical storms.
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The 17th annual Global Carrier Awards (GCAs) was back live in London during this year's Capacity Europe conference.
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Data released on 20 October by British regulator Ofcom confirmed that 44.6 million adults in the UK were targeted with scam calls and texts over the summer.
