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Liberty Global approaches AI adoption with caution

Liberty Global, the parent company of telco Virgin Media O2 and Edge data center provider AtlasEdge, this week said it's being cautious in its approach to AI adoption. at an event held in London this week by the company, Enrique Rodriguez, EVP and chief technology officer of Liberty Global, ac...

May 10, 2024

Virgin Media Business

Virgin Media O2 to use starlink satellites for network connectivity in rural areas

Virgin Media O2 said in anew announcement that it will use Starlink satellites to provide network connectivity in remote rural areas of the UK to accelerate its Shared Rural Network (SRN) rollout. The company has already deployed its Starlink mobile backhaul to some of its most remote sites in...

April 15, 2024

Virgin Media Business

O2 delivers 100th site in UK via helicopter

UK telco Virgin Media O2 has achieved a new milestone after delivering its 100th site as part of the Shared Rural Network (SRN) program via helicopter to the Isle of Skye. The Shared rural Network is aimed at supporting some of the UK's most remote areas and is supported by the mobile industry...

February 17, 2024

Virgin Media Business

Virgin Media O2, Liberty Global and Telefónica to create new rival for Openreach

Virgin Media O2, along with major shareholders, Liberty Global and Telefónica, has revealed plans to create a national fixed network company that can challenge BT's Openreach in the UK. The telco signaled its intention to go toe-to-toe with Openreach and noted that NetCo will "underpin full f...

February 16, 2024

Virgin Media Business

Virgin Media O2 to sell minority stake in Cornerstone towers

Virgin Media O2 recently confirmed it had agreed with GLIL Infrastructure LLP. Following the agreement, Virgin Media O2 will sell a 16.67 percent minority stake in its tower joint venture, Cornerstone (CTIL), to GLIL for about £360 million, which will be paid once the deal is closed. After th...

November 02, 2023

Virgin Media Business

GTR plans to launch UK data center campus before summer

After breaking ground on its new Slough-based campus in January, KKR-funded Global Technical Realty (GTR) has announced that it plans to launch the site before summer 2023. The $1 billion campus, GB One, comprises three independent facilities, each providing 5373 sqm of net technical space and...

May 05, 2023

London: Slough

Slough Council To Sell For Paint Factory To Data Center Developer

Slough Council has agreed to turn a former paint factory zoned for residential development into a data center. The Council decided to sell the site to an unnamed data center developer. Per council documents, the Slough Council acquired the site in February 2021 from Panattoni for £38.5 million...

November 04, 2022

London: Slough

Kennedy Wilson To Develop a 73MW Data Center in Slough, UK

A 73MW data center campus is being planned outside Slough, UK. Developers plan to demolish many office buildings that are not commercially viable to develop the facility. Kennedy Wilson’s affiliate Kwere II filed with the South Buckinghamshire council to develop the data center campus at Frame...

August 23, 2022

London: Slough

Segro applies to build new data center park in Slough, UK

Segro has announced that it has applied to build a new data center park, near Slough, UK. Details outline that the park will span 65,000 sqm (700,000 sq ft) and be located within the Thorney Business Park in Iver. According to the planning statement, the proposed building (DC1) is also accompa...

August 09, 2022

London: Slough

AEW close to selling 1 million sq ft office park in Slough to unnamed data center developer

According to multiple reports, Real estate firm AEW is close to selling a 1 million square feet (92,000 square meters) office park to an unidentified data center firm. AEW will be selling the Bath Road Central office campus for a fee of around £420 million ($579.5m). The real estate firm fi...

September 17, 2021

London: Slough

Virgin Media data center in Leeds for sale for £7 million

Temple House in Leeds, Yorkshire, which houses a data center used by UK telco Virgin Media, is up for sale for £7 million ($9.9 million). The building spans 102,400 sq ft (9,500 sqm), with a combined 3.06 acres across two plots, 44,333 sq ft (4,100 sqm) of which is used by Virgin.Speaking abou...

June 12, 2021

Virgin Media Leeds (Temple House)

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