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Data Centre Developer Sues New Jersey Town for $300m

Data centre developer Hexa Builders is seeking $300 million in damages from Monroe Township, New Jersey, after officials rejected its proposed 1 million sq ft data centre in May. The lawsuit, filed...

Data centre developer Hexa Builders is seeking $300 million in damages from Monroe Township, New Jersey, after officials rejected its proposed 1 million sq ft data centre in May. The lawsuit, filed in New Jersey Superior Court, alleges the township council and planning board violated multiple constitutional rights, including zoning authority, fundamental fairness, and First and Fourteenth Amendment protections. Hexa argues the application was rejected because of the township’s opposition to d...

August 01, 2026

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Read Japanese scientists develop new EUV lithography technology
Japanese scientists develop new EUV lithography technology
August 07, 2024

Japanese scientists develop new EUV lithography technology

Japan

Professor Tsumoru Shintake of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) has proposed an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography technology that is supposedly superior to the method currently used in semiconductor manufacturing. The proposed method uses smaller EUV light sources, whi...

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Read US Cellular to use Ericsson routers for rural 5G network expansion
US Cellular to use Ericsson routers for rural 5G network expansion
August 07, 2024

US Cellular to use Ericsson routers for rural 5G network expansion

United States

Regional carrier US carrier US Cellular has picked Ericsson to support its 5G network infrastructure upgrade in rural areas, leveraging Ericsson's Router 6000 portfolio, including model 6671, to bolster its 5G transport infrastructure. Narothum Saxena, vice president of technology, strategy, a...

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Read Riverlane raises $75 million in a Series C funding round
Riverlane raises $75 million in a Series C funding round
August 07, 2024

Riverlane raises $75 million in a Series C funding round

Europe

 Quantum engineering company Riverlane has raised $75 million in a Series C funding round led by Planet First Partners. This funding saw participation from ETF Partners, EDBI, and existing investors Cambridge Innovation Capital, Amadeus Capital Partners, the UK's National Security Strategic In...

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Read 4iG plans entry into North Macedonian mobile market
4iG plans entry into North Macedonian mobile market
August 07, 2024

4iG plans entry into North Macedonian mobile market

Alabama

Hungarian-based IT company 4iG last week, the company revealed that North Macedonia's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Transport, Aleksandar Nikoloski, held talks with Gellért Jászai, chairman of 4iG Group  over a potential expansion into the North Macedonian mobile market.  "We believe ...

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Read NextDC receives Nvidia DGX-Ready data center certification
NextDC receives Nvidia DGX-Ready data center certification
August 07, 2024

NextDC receives Nvidia DGX-Ready data center certification

NEXTDC

 Australian data center operator NextDC has received Nvidia DGX-Ready certification which enables the operator to support Australian organizations with digital infrastructure architectures designed for Nvidia's artificial intelligence (AI) platforms. NextDC's chief customer and commercial offi...

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Read FCC grants AST SpaceMobile license to launch commercial satellites
FCC grants AST SpaceMobile license to launch commercial satellites
August 06, 2024

FCC grants AST SpaceMobile license to launch commercial satellites

Florida

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted AST SpaceMobile a license to launch and operate V, S, and UHF frequencies to support gateway, feeder link, and telemetry, tracking, and control operations for the first five commercial satellites later this year.Scott Wisniewski, presiden...

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Read CtrlS acquires land for new data center in India
CtrlS acquires land for new data center in India
August 06, 2024

CtrlS acquires land for new data center in India

CtrlS Datacenters Ltd

 CtrlS Datacenters has acquired a parcel of land in Patna, India for an Edge data center development on a site less than 300m from its' existing Patna DC1 data center in the Pataliputra Industrial Area.  The company plans to invest around Rs 400 crore ($477.2m) in the facility, which will have...

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Read Oracle launches second public cloud region in Saudi Arabia
Oracle launches second public cloud region in Saudi Arabia
August 06, 2024

Oracle launches second public cloud region in Saudi Arabia

Oracle

 Oracle has launched a second cloud region in Saudi Arabia as a part of its planned $1.5 billion investment in the Kingdom. This public cloud region located in Riyadh is hosted in a Center3 data center and will give organizations access to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) services, including ...

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Read Centuria to acquire 50% stake in ResetData
Centuria to acquire 50% stake in ResetData
August 06, 2024

Centuria to acquire 50% stake in ResetData

Australia

Australasian real estate fund manager Centuria Capital Group has announced that it has gotten into an agreement to acquire a 50 percent stake in cloud data center provider ResetData for up to $21 million as it plans to expand the group’s revenue stream into a new business line that aims to pro...

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Read Liberty Latin America and Millicom to merge operations in Costa Rica
Liberty Latin America and Millicom to merge operations in Costa Rica
August 05, 2024

Liberty Latin America and Millicom to merge operations in Costa Rica

Caribbean

Liberty Latin American (LLA) and Millicom have signed an agreement merge their operations in Costa Rica which will see LLA hold a stake of around 86 percent in the company, with Millicom holding the remaining 14 percent. The final ownership percentage will be confirmed at closing and the new e...

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Read Kings College Hospital London migrates to Oracle Cloud
Kings College Hospital London migrates to Oracle Cloud
August 05, 2024

Kings College Hospital London migrates to Oracle Cloud

Oracle

Kings College Hospital London in Dubai (KCH Dubai) has migrated its Oracle Health Electronic Health Record (EHR) to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, and can now be accessed by more than 1,000 concurrent users across KCH Dubai's facilities. Following this migration, the hospital has reportedly seen...

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Read Atturra expands sovereign cloud in NextDC Sydney data center
Atturra expands sovereign cloud in NextDC Sydney data center
August 05, 2024

Atturra expands sovereign cloud in NextDC Sydney data center

Sydney

Australian advisory and IT solutions provider Atturra is expanding its sovereign cloud capacity with a new deployment in NextDC's S3 data center in Sydney, helping the company to meet growing demand from clients for cloud computing and storage capacity.  The solutions provider will commence it...

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Read US DOJ opens antitrust probes into Nvidia
US DOJ opens antitrust probes into Nvidia
August 03, 2024

US DOJ opens antitrust probes into Nvidia

United States

 The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched two separate antitrust probes into GPU and AI giant Nvidia to evaluate whether the company has abused its market dominance and forced companies to buy additional products to receive GPUs, while penalizing those that buy rival chips. This comes a...

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Read Oracle adds Nvidia L40S GPU to OCI
Oracle adds Nvidia L40S GPU to OCI
August 03, 2024

Oracle adds Nvidia L40S GPU to OCI

Oracle

 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) has added Nvidia L40S GPU bare-metal instances to its cloud infrastructure, launching them alongside plans for a new virtual machine accelerated by a single Nvidia H100 Tensor Core GPU.  OCI will offer the L40S GPUs in its BM.GPU.L40S.4 bare-metal compute off...

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Read AWS revenue hits $26.3bn for Q2 2024
AWS revenue hits $26.3bn for Q2 2024
August 03, 2024

AWS revenue hits $26.3bn for Q2 2024

Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) brought in $26.3 billion in revenue for Q2 2024, an 18.8 percent jump over last year.  However, Amazon still recorded a slower  growth rate than its main rivals, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, both of which saw growth of 29 percent in the quarter.  The growth of AW...

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Read Intel to layoff over 15,000 staff following massive net loss
Intel to layoff over 15,000 staff following massive net loss
August 03, 2024

Intel to layoff over 15,000 staff following massive net loss

Intel

Intel has announced it will be cutting more than 15,000 jobs as part of a $10bn cost-saving plan after the company reported a net loss of $1.6 billion for Q2 2024. The company will also be cutting capex by 20 percent, and reducing non-variable cost of goods sold by roughly $1 billion in 2025. ...

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Read Microsoft signs carbon removal deal in California with 3Degrees
Microsoft signs carbon removal deal in California with 3Degrees
August 02, 2024

Microsoft signs carbon removal deal in California with 3Degrees

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has signed a new cabon capture deal with climate solutions provider 3Degrees  to purchase more than 80,000 metric tons of carbon removals from Western Rivers Conservancy's (WRC) Blue Creek Improved Forest Management Project, located in Northern California.  "Microsoft's investment in...

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Read AIS to launch Thailand's first locally-owned cloud with Oracle Alloy
AIS to launch Thailand's first locally-owned cloud with Oracle Alloy
August 02, 2024

AIS to launch Thailand's first locally-owned cloud with Oracle Alloy

Oracle

Thailand-based mobile network operator Advanced Info Service (AIS) is launching a cloud service using Oracle Alloy which it claims will be Thailand's first locally owned and operated hyperscale cloud, known as AIS Cloud.  Somchai Lertsutiwong, chief executive officer, AIS said:  "For over 34 y...

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Read Johnson Controls in search for new CEO
Johnson Controls in search for new CEO
August 02, 2024

Johnson Controls in search for new CEO

Europe

Industrial machine manufacturer Johnson Controls this week announced George R. Oliver has decided to stand down as CEO, following “substantial progress on its portfolio transformation.” The Irish company is now on the hunt for its next CEO with the assistance of an executive search firm to hel...

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Read UK Government proposes data center changes
UK Government proposes data center changes
August 02, 2024

UK Government proposes data center changes

United Kingdom

The UK Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is planning to propose reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework including around the development of data centers.  With regards to data centers, the proposals would reform the way that the Nationally Significant Infrastructu...

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