Read Lintasarta unveils AI cloud 'GPU Merdeka' in Indonesia
Lintasarta unveils AI cloud 'GPU Merdeka' in Indonesia
August 25, 2024

Lintasarta unveils AI cloud 'GPU Merdeka' in Indonesia

Indonesia

 Indonesian IT service management company Lintasarta has launched an AI cloud service called GPU Merdeka, a GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS) would be a sovereign AI cloud featuring Nvidia chips.  The GPU Merdeka service features GPU servers with a configuration of 8x Nvidia H100 SXM Tensor Core GPUs,...

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Read Grid Telecom and Tamares Telecom partner on cable landing station in Cyprus
Grid Telecom and Tamares Telecom partner on cable landing station in Cyprus
August 25, 2024

Grid Telecom and Tamares Telecom partner on cable landing station in Cyprus

Europe

IPTO subsidiary Grid Telecom and Israeli firm Tamares Telecom have signed a Heads of Agreement to both participate in the joint venture Tamares Telecom Cyprus.  The venture will establish a carrier-neutral, open-access hub with interconnection data center facilities to connect the island to Gr...

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Read Nokia partners with Axiom Space for 4G-enabled spacesuits
Nokia partners with Axiom Space for 4G-enabled spacesuits
August 25, 2024

Nokia partners with Axiom Space for 4G-enabled spacesuits

United States

Nokia has partnered with Axiom Space to equip the company's next-generation spacesuits with advanced 4G/LTE communications to be used by astronauts on Axiom's Artemis III lunar mission. This partnership will see the two companies incorporate high-speed cellular-network capabilities in the Axio...

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Read Microsoft petitioned for illegally dumping waste in local lake
Microsoft petitioned for illegally dumping waste in local lake
August 25, 2024

Microsoft petitioned for illegally dumping waste in local lake

Microsoft Azure

Residents in Mekagunda, a village near Indian tech hotspot Hyderabad have filed a petition against Microsoft, and 35 other companies and government bodies in Telangana's High Court,  alleging that Microsoft has illegally occupied land beyond its property, and is dumping industrial waste into a...

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Read Mubadala invests in data center developer Yondr Group
Mubadala invests in data center developer Yondr Group
August 25, 2024

Mubadala invests in data center developer Yondr Group

Yondr Group

Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund Mubadala has invested in data center developer Yondr via an existing investment by US asset manager Apollo.  Mubadala said its investment will support Yondr’s growth strategy amid increased demand for hyperscale data centers.  It has also invested in global fi...

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Read Avaio signs solar and storage deal in Canada
Avaio signs solar and storage deal in Canada
August 25, 2024

Avaio signs solar and storage deal in Canada

Canada

 Avaio has signed a renewable energy deal with Quebec-based renewable energy firm, Sunbird Energy for its upcoming data center project outside Ottawa, Canada. The partnership integrates Sunbird’s renewable energy capabilities with ADP’s data center project in development in Gatineau, Quebec.  ...

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Read Meta signs new renewable energy deal in Indiana
Meta signs new renewable energy deal in Indiana
August 25, 2024

Meta signs new renewable energy deal in Indiana

Indiana

Meta has signed a long-term Environmental Attributes Purchase Agreement with Arevon Energy, a renewable energy developer, owner, and operator for its Heirloom Solar Project in Pike County, Indiana.   “Arevon is proud to once again partner with Meta and contribute to their sustainability goal o...

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Read Six Russian supercomputing centers team up for research consortium
Six Russian supercomputing centers team up for research consortium
August 25, 2024

Six Russian supercomputing centers team up for research consortium

Russia / Россия

Six Russian supercomputing centers are teaming up to form a research consortium called the Distributed Scientific Supercomputer Infrastructure consortium. These facilities will combine a relatively meager 1.5 petaflops of compute performance with scientific data storage systems exceeding 15 PB...

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Read Edged Data Centers launches new facility in Atlanta
Edged Data Centers launches new facility in Atlanta
August 25, 2024

Edged Data Centers launches new facility in Atlanta

Edge Centres

Data center provider Edged Energy has launched its first North American data center in Atlanta, Georgia. The campus will feature three data centers, the first of the three which is now live, delivering 27MW of capacity. At full build-out, the campus will offer 168MW of IT capacity.  Brandon Be...

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Read Open Compute begins trials with hyperscale companies to test green concrete
Open Compute begins trials with hyperscale companies to test green concrete
August 25, 2024

Open Compute begins trials with hyperscale companies to test green concrete

Google

 The Open Compute Project Foundation (OCP) has announced a new collaboration with several hyperscale companies including Google, AWS, Meta, and Microsoft to test developing and deploying low-embodied carbon concrete, or “green concrete.”  The initiative is in line with an open letter written b...

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Read Synergy Group names Northern Virginia, Beijing, and Dublin as top 3 hyperscale locations
Synergy Group names Northern Virginia, Beijing, and Dublin as top 3 hyperscale locations
August 23, 2024

Synergy Group names Northern Virginia, Beijing, and Dublin as top 3 hyperscale locations

Northern Virginia

A report from Synergy Research Group found that just twenty state or metro markets account for 62 percent of the world’s current hyperscale data center capacity. Northern Virginia tops this list while the Greater Beijing Area takes the second place, with both making up 22 percent of global hyp...

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Read Eight Windstream switch and data center sites portfolios up for sale
Eight Windstream switch and data center sites portfolios up for sale
August 23, 2024

Eight Windstream switch and data center sites portfolios up for sale

United States

 A portfolio of eight switch and data center sites in the US are up for sale. The sites are located in eight cities across seven states, totaling 379,000 square feet (35,210 sqm) spread across 26 acres. The facilities are located in Lexington, Kentucky; Texarkana and Sugar Land, Texas; Colorad...

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Read Tet plans new data center outside Riga
Tet plans new data center outside Riga
August 23, 2024

Tet plans new data center outside Riga

Latvia

 Latvian telco Tet has announced plans to invest €30 million ($33.2m) in developing the facility in Salaspils, to the south of the capital city. The construction on the new data center is planned to start at the end of 2024 for a 2028 completion with Tet's construction subsidiary Citrus Soluti...

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Read DISA sets up JOE cloud in Germany
DISA sets up  JOE cloud in Germany
August 23, 2024

DISA sets up JOE cloud in Germany

Germany / Deutschland

The US Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is setting up a Joint Operational Edge (JOE) cloud in Germany in an attempt to expand DISA cloud offerings outside of the US. According to DISA, JOE is an "interconnected and integrated mesh of large form factor Edge computing platforms, install...

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Read UK Post Office chief transformation officer to step down
 UK Post Office chief transformation officer to step down
August 23, 2024

UK Post Office chief transformation officer to step down

United Kingdom

The UK's Post Office chief transformation officer, Chris Brockleby, has stepped down from his post following delays in replacing the controversial Horizon IT system. He will depart from the Post Office on September 6, with Andy Nice set to take on the role on an interim basis.  Nice was previo...

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Read IonQ delivers quantum processor to its European quantum data center
IonQ delivers quantum processor to its European quantum data center
August 22, 2024

IonQ delivers quantum processor to its European quantum data center

Switzerland

IonQ last week announced the delivery of an ion trap to its European quantum data center in the QuantumBasel business park. It's specialists working out of the company’s Basel, Switzerland headquarters will be on site to receive the quantum processor and continue the build and commissioning of...

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Read Singtel and Bridge Alliance to launch GPU-as-a-Service in South Asia
Singtel and Bridge Alliance to launch GPU-as-a-Service in South Asia
August 20, 2024

Singtel and Bridge Alliance to launch GPU-as-a-Service in South Asia

South Asia

Singapore's Singtel and the Bridge Alliance are set to launch a GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS) offering in Southeast Asia. In February 2024 when the company first announched the launch, it mentioned that Singtel’s GPUaaS will be powered by Nvidia H100 Tensor Core GPU-powered clusters that are opera...

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Read Swiss startup to use metal foam for cooling data centers
Swiss startup to use metal foam for cooling data centers
August 20, 2024

Swiss startup to use metal foam for cooling data centers

United States

 Swiss company Apheros this week raised $1.85 million in a funding round led by venture capital firm Founderful to help commercialize its metal foam product. The foam is meant to cover the chip, which helps dissipate the heat generated during use through its large surface area. The company not...

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Read Sapeon Korea and Rebellions to merge operations
Sapeon Korea and Rebellions to merge operations
August 19, 2024

Sapeon Korea and Rebellions to merge operations

South Korea

Two Korean AI chip startups with wealthy backers have decided to merge on an equity value ratio of 1:2.4, respectively. The new company will retain the name Rebellions, and be run by Rebellions’ CEO Park Sung-hyun.  Sapeon counts SKT, SK Square, and SK Hynix as investors. The company launched ...

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Read OADC unveils new data center in DR Congo
OADC unveils new data center in DR Congo
August 18, 2024

OADC unveils new data center in DR Congo

Open Access Data Centres (OADC)

Open Access Data Centres (OADC) has unveiled its new data center in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and has launched the first phase of OADC Texaf Digital - Kinshasa, a joint venture between OADC and TEXAF. Mohammed Bouhelal, managing director of OADC Texaf DRC, s...

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