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Read CoreWeave to convert New Jersey lab building into data center
CoreWeave to convert New Jersey lab building into data center

CoreWeave to convert New Jersey lab building into data center

October 29, 2024 New Jersey

CoreWeave is expanding its data center footprint in New Jersey. According to local press, the company has signed a long-term lease with an Onyx Equities and Machine Investment Group partnership for the entirety of building 11 at The Northeast Science & Technology Center (NEST) in Kenilworth,...

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Read Neste to supply Verne's Finnish data centers with HVO
Neste to supply Verne's Finnish data centers with HVO

Neste to supply Verne's Finnish data centers with HVO

October 18, 2024 Finland

Finnish oil refining firm Neste Oyj has signed an agreement with European data center firm Verne to supply renewable diesel to power the company's backup generators in Finland. The oil firm will deploy the renewable diesel at all of Verne’s Finnish data centers. Verne currently has three...

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Read Infinera approved for $93m in direct funding
Infinera approved for $93m in direct funding

Infinera approved for $93m in direct funding

October 18, 2024 Pennsylvania

The Department of Commerce has provisionally agreed to provide up to $93 million in direct funding to optical networking vendor Infinera which would support the construction of a new fab in San Jose, California, and a new advanced test and packaging facility in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.“We are...

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Read Eviden partners with IQM to install a quantum computer in France
Eviden partners with IQM to install a quantum computer in France

Eviden partners with IQM to install a quantum computer in France

October 11, 2024 France

Atos-owned Eviden has partnered with IQM to install a quantum computer in France which will be housed at Eviden’s flagship factory in Angers, with both physical and remote access to be made available to users, the latter via an Eviden private cloud. IQM Spark is a 5-qubit superconducting quantum...

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Read Nebius to expand Mäntsälä data center capacity
Nebius to expand Mäntsälä data center capacity

Nebius to expand Mäntsälä data center capacity

October 09, 2024 Finland

European AI data center developer Nebius has announced plans to triple the capacity of its data center in Mäntsälä, Finland. This expansion will see Nebius place upwards of 60,000 GPUs at the facility, growing its capacity from 25MW to 75MW. This is part of a broader program that will see the...

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Read Talen acquires Nautilus Cryptomine facility
Talen acquires Nautilus Cryptomine facility

Talen acquires Nautilus Cryptomine facility

October 08, 2024 Pennsylvania

US independent power producer Talen Energy has acquired full ownership of Nautilus Cryptomine, a 200MW Bitcoin mining facility in Berwick, Pennsylvania, from TeraWulf. Talen acquired TeraWulf’s 25 percent interest in Nautilus and obtained full control of the legacy Power Purchase Agreement (PPA)...

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Read IQM has manufactured 30 quantum computers at Espoo, Finland
IQM has manufactured 30 quantum computers at Espoo, Finland

IQM has manufactured 30 quantum computers at Espoo, Finland

September 21, 2024 Finland

IQM Quantum Computers revealed on September 16 thst it has manufactured 30 full-stack quantum computing machines to date at its Espoo, Finland, manufacturing facility. In addition, it has delivered and installed six full-stack quantum computers to customers including the VTT Technical Research...

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Read Qualcomm acquires 4G IoT tech
Qualcomm acquires 4G IoT tech

Qualcomm acquires 4G IoT tech

August 28, 2024 France

Qualcomm has acquired 4G IoT technology assets from France-based Sequans specializes in supplying 4G and 5G semiconductor products for IoT. This acquisition includes certain employees, assets, and licenses. Nakul Duggal, group general manager of automotive, industrial and embedded IoT, and cloud...

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Read Talen Energy looks to sell nuclear powered facility in Pennsylvania
Talen Energy looks to sell nuclear powered facility in Pennsylvania

Talen Energy looks to sell nuclear powered facility in Pennsylvania

August 18, 2024 Pennsylvania

Independent power firm Talen Energy is looking to pivot away from crypto mining operations to supply power to data center developers instead and has confirmed its plans to sell its stake in the Bitcoin mining center located at its Pennsylvania nuclear power plant. The company first announced its...

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Read Alerify acquires Pennsylvania data center
Alerify acquires Pennsylvania data center

Alerify acquires Pennsylvania data center

August 01, 2024 Pennsylvania

Recently formed colocation firm Alerify, Inc. announced this week that it will be acquiring the assets of the hosting and Internet services business of Elevated MSP which was built in 1981 and is owned by local real estate firm the Vartan Group. The two-story building totals 68,830 square feet...

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Read Ovzon launches services from debut geostationary (GEO) broadband satellite
Ovzon launches services from debut geostationary (GEO) broadband satellite

Ovzon launches services from debut geostationary (GEO) broadband satellite

July 09, 2024 France

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, the...

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Read TotalEnergies unveils Pangea 4 hybrid supercomputer
TotalEnergies unveils Pangea 4 hybrid supercomputer

TotalEnergies unveils Pangea 4 hybrid supercomputer

July 05, 2024 France

Energy company TotalEnergies has unveiled the latest generation of its Pangea supercomputer, housed at the Jean Féger Scientific and Technical Center at Pau in southwest France. The Pangea 4 system is smaller and more energy efficient than the Pangea II, using 87 percent less electricity than its...

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Read Iliad founder submits $4.1bn Millicom bid
Iliad founder submits $4.1bn Millicom bid

Iliad founder submits $4.1bn Millicom bid

July 02, 2024 France

French billionaire Xavier Niel has submitted a bid for Latin American telecoms group Millicom that values the carrier at $4.1 billion through his investment vehicle, Atlas Investissement.In a statement, Atlas said that its offer will ensure the company can expand its reach. "The purpose of the...

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Read Nokia sells submarine unit to French State
Nokia sells submarine unit to French State

Nokia sells submarine unit to French State

June 27, 2024 France

Telecoms OEM Nokia announced today that it has entered an agreement to sell Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) to the French State, represented by the Agence des Participations de l'Etat (APE) in a deal which is expected to close at the end of 2024 or the beginning of 2025.Alain Biston, president...

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Read Andra cuts energy use by switching to Pure Storage
Andra cuts energy use by switching to Pure Storage

Andra cuts energy use by switching to Pure Storage

June 12, 2024 France

France's nuclear waste agency, Andra, has cut down its energy usage and cooling costs by as much as 20 percent through the switch by moving from old HPE equipment to Pure Storage hardware.According to Olivier Tardy, head of infrastructure operations in the department of the CIO at Andra, the...

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Read French telco group Iliad to invest in OpCore data center unit
French telco group Iliad to invest in OpCore data center unit

French telco group Iliad to invest in OpCore data center unit

June 01, 2024 France

French telco group Iliad has revealed plans to invest billions of Euros into its OpCore data center unit as it aims to expand that business unit over the next decade. The company plans to invest €2.5 billion in organic developments, supported by Iliad and a future financial partner and has also...

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Read NcodiN closes a €3.5 million funding round
NcodiN closes a €3.5 million funding round

NcodiN closes a €3.5 million funding round

May 27, 2024 France

NcodiN, a French optical interposer startup, has closed a €3.5 million ($3.8m) funding round, with Elaia, Earlybird, and OVNI Capita amongst the investors as the company looks to improve chiplet-to-chiplet communications with optical interposer technology.The company said the technology will...

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Read Boldyn Networks finalizes acquisition of Cellnex's private network business
Boldyn Networks finalizes acquisition of Cellnex's private network business

Boldyn Networks finalizes acquisition of Cellnex's private network business

March 04, 2024 Finland

Boldyn Networks has completed its acquisition of Cellnex's private network business for an undisclosed sum. This acquisition includes Edzcom, Cellnex’s Finnish subsidiary that specializes in private networks for industrial environments.“By bringing Cellnex's private networks business unit under...

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Read Former Sungard data center is up for sale in New Jersey
Former Sungard data center is up for sale in New Jersey

Former Sungard data center is up for sale in New Jersey

February 14, 2024 New Jersey

Via RI Marketplace, Real estate firm Marcus & Millichap is offering 1008 Virgil Avenue in Ridgefield, a former Sungard data center field as up for sale via auction and bidding for this property is set to begin March 25, with $750,000 listed as a starting bid. The listing reads, “The property...

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Read New French operator raises €5 million for new facility
New French operator raises  €5 million for new facility

New French operator raises €5 million for new facility

January 08, 2024 France

New French operator Phocea DC has raised €5 million to develop a new data center in Marseille from French venture firm Reflexion Capital. The planned facility will span 1,700 square meters and offer around 1.2MW with a PUE of 1.2. It will also feature two meet-me rooms, will look to reuse waste...

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