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AI was once again front and centre at Google Cloud Next 2025. CEO Sundar Pichai opened the show by reaffirming Alphabet’s long-standing approach: “to always bring our latest AI advances into the full layers of our stack: Products and platforms”. -
New images of Elon Musk’s xAI data centre reveal a major expansion of on-site gas turbines, which campaigners claim violates environmental regulations.
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The EU is set to unveil an ambitious, multi-pronged blueprint it believes will help guide the bloc to become a global AI leader.
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is eyeing a regulatory refresh that could finally bring its spectrum-sharing rules into the 21st century.
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Meta has opened its barn doors once again to unleash a new herd of Llama models: Llama 4, and this time, they’re multimodal.
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President Trump shocked the world late last week with sweeping tariffs that have sent stock markets tumbling. The new levies could severely hamper the data centre boom as just about every major cost centre required for buildout was subject to the new taxes.
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Nvidia has announced its fourth-quarter earnings for fiscal year 2025, reporting record revenue of $39.3 billion, marking a 12% increase from the previous quarter and a 78% surge year-over-year.
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e& has reported a net profit of AED 10.8 billion (£2.3 billion) in its FY24 results, a 4.3% increase year-over-year (YoY).
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Spanish telecoms giant Telefónica has sold its Argentina business to Telecom Argentina for $1.2 billion as part of its ongoing strategy to gradually reduce its presence in Latin America.
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Microsoft has reportedly cancelled multiple data centre leases across the United States, signalling a potential slowdown in AI-related infrastructure expansion.
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The panel discussion at Capacity Middle East titled: How important is Africa to Middle East connectivity, explored Africa’s role in Middle East connectivity, focusing on digital transformation, infrastructure development, economic benefits, and technological advancements.
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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 claims to have developed the “transistor for the quantum age” upon unveiling Majorana 1, the world’s first quantum chip powered by a new Topological Core architecture.
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On February 24, the unexpected severing of three submarine cables—Seacom/TGN-EA, EIG, and AAE-1—led to severe disruptions in internet traffic across East Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.
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The AI race between OpenAI and xAI took another turn after the Elon Musk-owned startup released Grok 3, its latest model which the billionaire claimed was “magnitude more capable than Grok 2”.
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The telecommunications sector is on the brink of a significant transformation driven by artificial intelligence (AI). With projected investments exceeding $5 billion by 2026, AI is poised to become the foremost driver of innovation and efficiency.
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Capacity sits down with DigitalBridge CEO Marc Ganzi to talk AI and next-gen infrastructure
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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.
