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August 01, 2026
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Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has claimed that its rivals Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google are 'muddying the waters' of the antitrust investigation currently underway by the UK Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA). Google reiterated the criticism of Microsoft in its six-page response. which said; "We be...
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New Zealand
Kiwi information management services provider Team IM has deployed Oracle Alloy in its data centers and is set to launch a sovereign cloud for New Zealand which it claims will be New Zealand's first sovereign hyperscale cloud. Ian Rogers, CEO of Team IM. said: “Many companies have promised to...
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Israel
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...
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Oracle
Jason Rees, SVP of technology and cloud engineering EMEA at Oracle Cloud during a roundtable this week confirmed that Oracle is not currently looking at developing its own custom chips for artificial intelligence (AI). When asked if Oracle was exploring the possibility of developing its own c...
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United Kingdom
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...
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United States
GPU cloud company Lambda Labs has launched Nvidia HGX H100 and Quantum-2 InfiniBand Clusters for AI model training. The Silicon Valley-based company targets its Click clusters at AI developers that need access to high-end AI hardware, but not for long periods. “Lambda has solved a complex co...
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Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has announced plans to deploy Lumen’s Private Connectivity Fabric (PCF) to improve its data center network infrastructure. Lumen will also migrate its workloads to Microsoft Azure and work with the company to deliver “telecom industry-specific solutions.” Erin Chapple, corporate vi...
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Jaguar's Formula E team has selected Google Cloud as cloud partner and will be using Google Cloud's artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing technologies both on and off the track during the 2024/25 season. James Barclay, managing director of JLR Motorsport and Jagar TCS racing team pr...
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United Kingdom
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 ...
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Saudi Arabia
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 ...
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QTS Data Centers
Investment management company Blackstone in its latest earnings call mentioned that it has more than $70 billion in prospective data center pipeline development and over $70 billion in prospective data center pipeline development. CEO Stephen Schwarzman said that "the consequences of AI are as...
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United Kingdom
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...
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Singapore
Quantinuum has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with several Singaporean institutions to provide the city-state with access to it's H-Series and Helios quantum computers and collaborate on quantum computing use cases. Other signatories of the MoU include Singapore’s National Quantum Offic...
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Austria
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...
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United States
AI startup Code Metal which provides AI-powered development workflows at the Edge has secured a total of $16.5m in funding in its pre-seed round led by J2 Ventures and with support from Fulcrum Venture Group, Underdog Labs amongst others, and seed funding rounds led by Shield Capital.Peter Mor...
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Taiwan
AMD president Victor Peng has announced plans to retire on August 30. Till his retirement date, Peng will continue to serve on the AMD executive team and take on an advisory role to support the leadership transition.AMD chair and CEO Dr. Lisa Su said: “Victor re-joined AMD in 2022 following t...
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New Zealand
New Zealand data center firm Datagrid has purchased another six hectares of land for expansion on its campus on New Zealand’s South Island. The New Zealand Overseas Investment Office has approved the land acquisition and will allow the project to reach a total area of 49 hectares.Perrine Dhall...
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United States
Data center startup Ultrascale Digital Infrastructure (UDI) has revealed that it will be partnering with US food company Cargi for its plant-based immersion cooling fluid known as NatureCool 2000. Arnold Magcale, founder and CEO of UDI said: “At Ultrascale, we’ve proven that liquid immersion...
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Equinix
Equinix this week announced that it will be entering into the Philippines market after purchasing three facilities from Total Information Management, a local technology solutions provider. This deal comprises three carrier-neutral and interconnection-rich data centers with more than 1,000 cabi...
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Luxembourg
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...
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