EMEA Data Center News

Telecom Namibia inaugurates cable landing station in Swakopmund

Telecom Namibia has inaugurated its cable landing station in Swakopmund, Namibia, activating its capacity on Google’s Equiano subsea cable which connects Namibia to Europe via Portugal and to the rest of Africa, via Cape Town and Johannesburg. The cable will help to build resilience in light ...

August 01, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Africa

TenneT to invest up to €4.6bn in new transmission infrastructure

Dutch transmission system operator TenneT is looking to invest up to €4.6bn in thousands of kilometers of new transmission infrastructure across the Netherlands and Germany as it looks to update the grid. TenneT CEO Manon van Beek said: “To achieve the 2030, 2045, and 2050 climate milestones ...

July 31, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Netherlands

Iceotope CEO David Craig to retire in September

Liquid cooling firm Iceotope has announced that CEO David Craig will be retiring, effective September 30 after spending nine years at the helm of Iceotope, previously serving as COO of McLaren Software and the founder of wind turbine developer Green Power partnership. Nathan Blom, chief comme...

July 31, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United Kingdom

Quantum Transistors secures funding from European Council

Israeli quantum computing startup Quantum Transistors has secured funding of up to €17.5 million ($19 million) from the European Innovation Commission. The council selected 68 companies that will receive an estimated €411 million ($446.1m) in funding, of which up to €165 million ($179m) is in...

July 28, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Israel

Fractile exits stealth with $15 million in seed funding

AI chip startup Fractile has exited stealth with $15 million in seed funding round co-led by Kindred Capital, NATO Innovation Fund, and Oxford Science Enterprises and included participation from a number of angel investors, including Stan Boland, co-founder of Icera, and Amar Shah, co-founder...

July 28, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United Kingdom

Grid Telecom signs MoU to build Greece-Saudi Arabia subsea cable system

Grid Telecom, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO) of Greece has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Saudi Electricity-owned Dawiyat Integrated to build a subsea cable system connecting Greece to Saudi Arabia, and other major destinations ...

July 27, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Saudi Arabia

Secure I.T. Environments completes upgrade of NHS data center

Modular data center firm Secure I.T. Environments (SITE) has completed a mechanical and electrical upgrade at the data center of St Mary’s Hospital in the Isle of Wight, the UK to accommodate 14 racks with a capacity of 80kW. This upgrade will allow the Isle of Wight NHS Trust to reach its ...

July 27, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United Kingdom

University of Innsbruck integrates quantum computer with HPC cluster

The University of Innsbruck, Austria has integrated a quantum computer into a high-performance computing (HPC) environment for the first time in Austria. The Innsbruck team has connected the university’s LEO5 cluster with AQT's IBEX Q1 quantum computer. “With the advent of quantum computers...

July 25, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Austria

SingularityNet to invest in data center modules from Ecoblox

Artificial general intelligence (AGI) startup SingularityNet, which is developing decentralized and blockchain-based AI infrastructure announced that it will be investing $53 million in data center supercomputing modules. Half of this investment will be used for the creation of world’s fir...

July 25, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United Kingdom

Gcore raises $60m in new funding round

Gcore, an Edge artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud provider, has secured $60m in a Series A funding round led by game developer and publisher Wargaming, with participation from Constructor Capital and Han River Partners. “We are on the cusp of an AI revolution that will transform how compa...

July 23, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Luxembourg

Ofcom fines BT Group for technical fault from last year

UK regulator Ofcom has fined BT Group a fee of £17.5 million ($22.6m) after a technical fault that impacted its ability to handle emergency calls between 06:24 and 16:56 on June 25th, 2023. Suzanne Cater, Ofcom’s director of enforcement said: "Being able to contact the emergency services can...

July 22, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United Kingdom

Yandex remained as Nebius Group

Nasdaq-listed tech giant, Yandex which was formerly referred to as “Russia’s Google,” have been renamed as Nebius Group and pivoted to focus on AI following the company's agreement to sell its Russian operations to local management and investment firms. The company said: “In addition to exp...

July 20, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Russia / Россия

Heimdall Power raises $25m in new funding round

Power grid optimization specialist Heimdall Power has raised $25 million in a Series B funding round to scale up production of its “Magic Ball” sensors which it claims can help grid operators access up to 40 percent of additional transmission capacity in existing power lines. These neuron sens...

July 19, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Norway

Infleqtion to install neutral atom quantum computer in Harwell, UK

Quantum component manufacturer Infleqtion will be making history as the first company to install a neutral atom quantum computer at the National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC) in Harwell, UK. “Our recent installation is part of Infleqtion’s dedication to leading facility logistics in partne...

July 18, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United Kingdom

Vertiv to add ZincFive’s niZn batteries to UPS offerings

Vertiv recently announced that it will add the ZincFive BC Series UPS Battery Cabinets to its portfolio of uninterruptible power supply (UPS) offerings, as they are compatible with select large and medium Vertiv UPS, including the recently launched Trinergy offering. ZincFive's CEO and co-fou...

July 18, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Europe

EuroHPC JU signs procurement contract for EuroQCS

The EuroHPC JU has signed a procurement contract for EuroQCS-Poland, a 20 qubit trapped ion quantum computer, which will be hosted at the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center (PSNC) in Poznan , Poland, and supplied by Alpine Quantum Technologies (AQT).Coordinator of the EuroQCS-Poland p...

July 12, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Poland

Hexatronic acquires parts of Icelandic services firm

Swedish Fiber and connectivity firm Hexatronic this week announced it has signed a letter of intent to acquire parts of Endor, a data center services unit owned by Icelandic company Sýn, in an acquisition which will bring Hexatronic a customer base across Iceland, Sweden, and Germany."The bus...

July 11, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Sweden

New quantum computing demonstration system commissioned in Germany

A quantum computing demonstration system, the first full-stack, ion-trap-based quantum computer demonstrator made entirely in Germany by NXP Semiconductors and quantum computing startups eleQtron and ParityQC has finally been commissioned. Jan Leisse, co-founder & CEO at eleQtron, said: “W...

July 10, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Germany / Deutschland

Planqc secures €50 million in equity financing

German quantum computing startup Planqc which makes neural atom-based quantum computers, has secured €50 million ($54m) in equity financing in a Series A investment, led by the European Family Office Catron Holding and the DeepTech & Climate Fonds (DTCF).Alexander Glätzle, CEO and co-foun...

July 10, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Germany / Deutschland

Ovzon launches services from debut geostationary (GEO) broadband satellite

Swedish satellite communications firm Ovzon has launched services from its debut geostationary (GEO) broadband satellite. “Ovzon’s proprietary satellite Ovzon 3 has reached its orbital position in the geostationary arc,” the company said recently. “After a few weeks of final in-orbit testing, ...

July 09, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

France

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