North America
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Social media app TikTok has said it will fight an order by the Canadian government to cease operations in the country over national security concerns. -
Donald J. Trump has secured a returned to the White House to become the 47th US President.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Forthcoming events
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With nominations for the Global Carrier Awards now open, chairman of the judging panel, Carl Roberts, is sharing his tips for those who wish to enter.
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Telstra has appointed Noah Drake as vice president of the customer solutions group for the Americas region.
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Microsoft is seeking to expand its Azure cloud services presence in San Antonio, Texas with the building of five new data centres at a total cost of $200 million.
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Rural broadband access provider American Broadband has boosted its executive leadership team with several senior appointments.
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GCI confirms a $150 million partnership with satellite communications service provider, Intelsat.
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Quantum Loophole in the US has received a “significant investment” from Tom Natelli, CEO and principal owner of Natelli Communities, a privately held real estate investment and development firm.
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President Joe Biden is threatening to copy action by previous administrations to break up monopolies – and to undo approvals given for past mergers.
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Record steel prices in the US pose a risk to the construction of new data centres at a critical point in the industry's growth trajectory.
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A Canadian court has told Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou that she cannot introduce HSBC documents into her battle to avoid extradition to the US.
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LOGIX Fiber Networks has completed two major power upgrades in its Dallas data centres.
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Amazon Web Services has announced the general availability of AWS Local Zones in Dallas and Philadelphia to serve the growing edge connectivity market.
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Huawei’s CFO Meng Wanzhou will hear today whether a Canadian court will allow evidence from HSBC in her fight to avoid extradition to the US.
