Read Lightpath to acquire United Fiber and Data (UFD assets
Lightpath to acquire United Fiber and Data (UFD assets
June 12, 2024

Lightpath to acquire United Fiber and Data (UFD assets

Virginia

Infrastructure-based connectivity provider Lightpath has announced an agreement to acquire all of the assets of United Fiber and Data (UFD) in a transaction  subject to regulatory approvals and is expected to close in the third quarter of 2024.UFD owns and operates a diverse 323-route mile, hi...

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Read FC Barcelona and Hewlett Packard Enterprise sign new cloud offering agreement
FC Barcelona and Hewlett Packard Enterprise sign new cloud offering agreement
June 12, 2024

FC Barcelona and Hewlett Packard Enterprise sign new cloud offering agreement

Barcelona

FC Barcelona and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) have signed an agreement for the football club to deploy HPE GreenLake and Aruba Networks at its new facilities. Following this agreement,  HPE will be the new Espai Barça Official Edge-to-Cloud Partner for the next four seasons, until 30 June ...

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Read O2 Telefónica and Ericsson sign network partnership extension
O2 Telefónica and Ericsson sign network partnership extension
June 12, 2024

O2 Telefónica and Ericsson sign network partnership extension

Telefonica

O2 Telefónica and Ericsson have signed an extension to their existing core network partnership and are now planning to  "launch the next evolutionary stage in the operator’s drive to capture 5G value in the country." The contract extension builds on the telco's recent cloud-native transformati...

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Read Crown Castle changes focus to small cells as building towers
Crown Castle changes focus to small cells as building towers
June 12, 2024

Crown Castle changes focus to small cells as building towers

Crown Castle

Crown castle which operates more than 40,000 towers, has acknowledged that it's become more difficult to build new infrastructure. This is due to opposition from residents and the fact that some municipalities don't want more telecom masts at all."It's generally because it's very difficult to ...

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Read Andra cuts energy use by switching to Pure Storage
Andra cuts energy use by switching to Pure Storage
June 12, 2024

Andra cuts energy use by switching to Pure Storage

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 a...

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Read Oracle, Microsoft, and OpenAI to expand Microsoft Azure AI platform to Oracle
Oracle, Microsoft, and OpenAI to expand Microsoft Azure AI platform to Oracle
June 11, 2024

Oracle, Microsoft, and OpenAI to expand Microsoft Azure AI platform to Oracle

Oracle

Oracle, Microsoft, and OpenAI have revealed plans to expand the Microsoft Azure AI platform to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)  Supercluster, for training AI models. It can scale 64k Nvidia Blackwell GPUs or GB200 Grace Blackwell Superchips connected by ultra-low-latency RDMA cluster network...

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Read BlackRock acquires majority stake in Mainova WebHouse.
 BlackRock acquires majority stake in  Mainova WebHouse.
June 11, 2024

BlackRock acquires majority stake in Mainova WebHouse.

Germany / Deutschland

German energy firm the Mainova Group this week announced it had sold 50.1 percent of its shares in Mainova WebHouse GmbH to a fund managed by BlackRock's Diversified Infrastructure Team in a deal that would open up new growth potential for data centers in Frankfurt and the Rhine-Main region.“M...

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Read CoreWeave to launch data centers in mainland Europe
CoreWeave to launch data centers in mainland Europe
June 10, 2024

CoreWeave to launch data centers in mainland Europe

CoreWeave

Quantum computing startup Atom Computing has secured a funding investment of 70 million DKK ($10.21 million) from the Danish government. State-owned EIFO, the national promotional bank and export credit agency of Denmark. Invest in Denmark, also involved in the deal, is part of the Ministry of...

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Read DigitalEdge signs new energy partnership with Peak Energy
DigitalEdge signs new energy partnership with Peak Energy
June 10, 2024

DigitalEdge signs new energy partnership with Peak Energy

Digital Edge DC

APAC data center operator Digital Edge has signed an energy partnership with APAC energy firm Peak Energy to “pursue renewable energy production projects designed to power Digital Edge data centers across the region.”“We are thrilled to partner with Peak Energy to scale our renewable energy us...

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Read US Signal to acquire TDS' OneNeck Data Centers
US Signal to acquire TDS' OneNeck Data Centers
June 08, 2024

US Signal to acquire TDS' OneNeck Data Centers

OneNeck

Digital infrastructure provider US Signal has signed a deal to acquire OneNeck Data Center Holdings LLC from Telephone and Data Systems , adding six more data centers to its footprint. US Signal, based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, provides data center, cloud hosting, and colocation services. One...

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Read Microsoft plans new data center in Northwest Indiana
Microsoft plans new data center in Northwest Indiana
June 08, 2024

Microsoft plans new data center in Northwest Indiana

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has revealed its plans to build a 245,000-square-foot data center on 489 acres at the Radius Industrial Park in La Porte with a $1 billion investment.“Indiana is committed to being a central hub in the global economy of the future, and this latest announcement ensures Hoosier communi...

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Read BGO invests €350 million into Norway's Bulk
BGO invests €350 million into Norway's Bulk
June 07, 2024

BGO invests €350 million into Norway's Bulk

Norway

Real estate investment management firm BentallGreenOak has invested another €350 million ($380m) into Nordic data center operator Bulk which will be used to ‘accelerate Bulk’s growth plans.’“The latest investment by BGO will fuel our ambitions to shift the gravity for global and European large...

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Read Singlife completes cloud migration to AWS
Singlife completes cloud migration to AWS
June 07, 2024

Singlife completes cloud migration to AWS

Amazon AWS

Singapore-based insurer Singlife has completed its cloud migration to Amazon Web Services. The move was multi-phased and involved migrating more than 39 mission-critical applications to the cloud and exiting Singlife's data centers within 18 months.Romil Sharma, group head of technology and op...

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Read Canadian government to make $12m investment for supercomputer
Canadian government to make $12m investment for supercomputer
June 06, 2024

Canadian government to make $12m investment for supercomputer

Canada

The federal and provincial governments of Canada has announced plans to invest CA$16.4m (US$12m) in Arbutus Research Cloud; the largest cloud computing site for academic research in Canada, for its supercomputer infrastructure.“Cloud computing accelerates the speed of research and streamlines ...

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Read Quantum computing company Orca secures US customer
Quantum computing company Orca secures US customer
June 06, 2024

Quantum computing company Orca secures US customer

United States

Montana State University (MSU) has purchased two PT-1 quantum photonics systems, an investment that was funded by the US Air Force as part of a $115 million Applied Quantum Core grant.“By having a working system that has all the modularity you would like, it means we don't have to buy a new qu...

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Read Quantum computing company Quantinuum launches new quantum computer
Quantum computing company Quantinuum launches new quantum computer
June 06, 2024

Quantum computing company Quantinuum launches new quantum computer

United States

Quantum computing company Quantinuum announced the launch of the H2-1, a quantum computer with 56 trapped-ion qubits. This marks the upgrade of the company’s flagship System Model H2 quantum computer from 32 to 56 qubits.“We’re extending our lead in the race towards fault-tolerant quantum comp...

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Read Zella DC partners with Laser Light to deploy micro-data center pods
Zella DC partners with Laser Light to deploy micro-data center pods
June 05, 2024

Zella DC partners with Laser Light to deploy micro-data center pods

Australia

Micro-data center firm Zella DC is partnering with network firm Laser Light to deploy its pods across Australia and globally.  Laser Light will be deploying a number of Zella modules to host its networking services as Laser Light and Halo are looking to create a global networking platform – a ...

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Read Ooredoo Group names Sunita Bottse as the CEO of Mena Digital Hub
Ooredoo Group names Sunita Bottse as the CEO of Mena Digital Hub
June 05, 2024

Ooredoo Group names Sunita Bottse as the CEO of Mena Digital Hub

Qatar

Qatari telco Ooredoo Group has named Sunita Bottse as the CEO of Mena Digital Hub, its newly established carrier-neutral data center branch, set up to provide colocation services to hyperscalers in the Middle East region.“Sunita’s appointment marks an exciting milestone in our journey to trans...

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Read Compass Datacenters launches new program for frontline construction supervisors
Compass Datacenters launches new program for frontline construction supervisors
June 05, 2024

Compass Datacenters launches new program for frontline construction supervisors

United States

Compass Datacenters has launched a new program for its frontline construction supervisors which aims to encourage, support, and maximize the project insight of frontline supervisors.“No one has more influence on construction site safety than Frontline supervisors. They have the exceptional abi...

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Read DDC ITS lands $50 million mainframe contract
DDC ITS lands $50 million mainframe contract
June 05, 2024

DDC ITS lands $50 million mainframe contract

United States

Services firm DDC IT Services has been awarded a $50 million mainframe by the US Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Mainframe Line of Business (LOB), marking the second won by DDC ITS in the last year following the Mainframe East contract.“We are honored that DISA has once again entrust...

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