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Microsoft might be scaling back on several data centre projects, but rival Meta is reportedly steaming ahead with plans to spend almost $1 billion on a new project in Wisconsin. -
Elon Musk’s cost-cutting government quango-buster, the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has its next target in its sights: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
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Data centres are enjoying a boom, with billions of dollars being pumped into new facilities to support increased demand for cloud and storage services, along with the emergence of AI.
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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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The uncertain future of embattled semiconductor giant Intel has taken a significant step towards clarity, as it has reportedly agreed to join forces with TSMC.
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Microsoft is reportedly pulling the plug on additional data centre projects, with planned sites in Indonesia and Australia now joining a string of cancellations across the US, UK, and Europe, signalling a possible rethink of its AI strategy.
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Cerebras Systems, makers of some of the largest chips in the world, has launched six new data centres to power its growing AI inference service.
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SES and Lynk Global have revealed a strategic partnership to accelerate the high-growth direct-to-device (D2D) market.
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Elon Musk’s xAI is believed to have purchased a one-million-square-foot site for a new data centre to expand its presence in Memphis, Tennessee.
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President Trump’s broadside of tariffs on semiconductors and optical fibre products has forced firms around the globe to scramble — except one, which claims that even with 200% tariffs, operators would still be better off.
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President Trump’s row with Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky has spiralled beyond the Oval Office as a war of words between Elon Musk and European officials could upend the war-torn country’s internet connectivity.
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It appears to be the end for the CHIPS Act as President Trump described the Biden administration’s semiconductor subsidy programme as a “horrible, horrible thing”.
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Europe is at risk of falling irreversibly behind in the global AI race unless the European Commission takes urgent action to scale digital infrastructure, the President of the European Data Centre Association (EUDCA) has warned.
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Taiwanese semiconductor giant TSMC has announced a historic investment in US manufacturing, weeks after President Trump threatened punitive tariffs on imported chips.
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Meta is reportedly considering a major expansion of its AI infrastructure with a new data centre campus that could cost over $200 billion, according to several sources.
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Florida-based IQ Fiber is set to expand its 10-gig capable network in South Carolina to continue its expansion across the Southeast of the US.
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SAT-IX has become the first Internet Exchange to partner with DE-CIX as a Turnkey Connectivity Partner, enabling San Antonio networks to directly connect and peer with networks in Dallas without additional transport solutions or remote cross-connect charges.
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Hexa Capital Consultancy has brought APTelecom onto the MYUS subsea cable project to provide consulting, project management, and implementation support.
