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UK telecoms minister calls for infrastructure sharing

The UK's telecoms minister Chris Bryant has called for infrastructure sharing amid increasing concern around the number of telegraph poles being installed across the country. He met with 15 operators last week to voice concerns about the deployment of the telegraph poles. This comes as the re...

September 19, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United Kingdom

MCA launches £175 million coastguard emergency response network

The UK's Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has launched a £175 million coastguard emergency response network across UK coastlines with an aim to prevent the loss of life on the coast and the sea. Technology firm Telent was responsible for designing and building the network, with constructio...

September 18, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United Kingdom

EE becomes the third carrier of 5G Standalone network in UK

EE has launched its 5G Standalone (5G SA) network in the UK, becoming the third carrier in the country to launch 5G SA, following Vodafone and Virgin Media O2.However, EE is the first to charge a premium for its 5G SA service.“Today, EE is launching UK firsts in network capabilities designed t...

September 09, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United Kingdom

Stellium to deploy Submer immersion cooling at Newcastle data center

UK colo firm Stellium Datacenters this week announced a collaboration with immersion cooling firm Submer and petrochemical/immersion cooling fluid supplier ExxonMobil as it plans to develop Submer’s immersion cooling technology at its data center campus in Newcastle. Under the agreement, Subm...

September 04, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United Kingdom

CoreWeave to deploy new Nvidia clusters in Sweden

GPU cloud firm CoreWeave and Swedish colocation provider EcoDataCenter this week announced a partnership to host “one of Europe’s first large-scale Nvidia Blackwell clusters” in Sweden. CoreWeave aims to deploy thousands of Blackwell GPUs to help meet demand for large-scale AI infrastructure ...

August 30, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Sweden

Qualcomm acquires 4G IoT tech

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 ...

August 28, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

France

DISA sets up JOE cloud in Germany

The US Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is setting up a Joint Operational Edge (JOE) cloud in Germany in an attempt to expand DISA cloud offerings outside of the US. According to DISA, JOE is an "interconnected and integrated mesh of large form factor Edge computing platforms, install...

August 23, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Germany / Deutschland

UK Post Office chief transformation officer to step down

The UK's Post Office chief transformation officer, Chris Brockleby, has stepped down from his post following delays in replacing the controversial Horizon IT system. He will depart from the Post Office on September 6, with Andy Nice set to take on the role on an interim basis. Nice was previo...

August 23, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United Kingdom

IonQ delivers quantum processor to its European quantum data center

IonQ last week announced the delivery of an ion trap to its European quantum data center in the QuantumBasel business park. It's specialists working out of the company’s Basel, Switzerland headquarters will be on site to receive the quantum processor and continue the build and commissioning of...

August 22, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Switzerland

Quantum Circuits raises over $60m Series B funding round

Quantum Circuits Inc. (QCI) has closed its Series B funding round which raised over $60 million to further its development of quantum technology in an investment round led by Arch Venture Partners, F-Prime Capital, Sequoia Capital, and Hither Creek Ventures. The Yale spin out was founded in 20...

August 18, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United Kingdom

Iomart deploys rooftop solar in Maidenhead data center

UK data center operator Iomart has announced it has installed 560 solar panels on its flagship data center in Maidenhead, the largest of Iomart’s 13 data centers in the UK. This investment will contribute to the aim of self-sustaining energy during the summer to power the site. David Gammie, ...

August 14, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United Kingdom

TalkTalk strikes new refinancing agreement in UK

TalkTalk has struck a refinancing deal with lenders in the UK worth £400 million. This deal will enable TalkTalk to alleviate fears it would default on payments and extend its debt maturities to 2027. A group of SSN holders, a group of RCF banks, Ares Management Funds, and the company’s major ...

August 13, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United Kingdom

Swisscom deploys 300 Nokia's Drones-as-a-Service network accross Switzerland

Nokia has teamed up with Swisscom Broadcast to deploy 300 Nokia Drone-in-a-Box units to support emergency response, perimeter protection, and infrastructure inspection, as well as to protect public safety workers across Switzerland. This marks Nokia's second nationwide deployment of its Drone ...

August 09, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Switzerland

UK Government proposes data center changes

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...

August 02, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United Kingdom

Iceotope CEO David Craig to retire in September

Liquid cooling firm Iceotope has announced that CEO David Craig will be retiring, effective September 30 after spending nine years at the helm of Iceotope, previously serving as COO of McLaren Software and the founder of wind turbine developer Green Power partnership. Nathan Blom, chief comme...

July 31, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United Kingdom

TenneT to invest up to €4.6bn in new transmission infrastructure

Dutch transmission system operator TenneT is looking to invest up to €4.6bn in thousands of kilometers of new transmission infrastructure across the Netherlands and Germany as it looks to update the grid. TenneT CEO Manon van Beek said: “To achieve the 2030, 2045, and 2050 climate milestones ...

July 31, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Netherlands

Fractile exits stealth with $15 million in seed funding

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...

July 28, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United Kingdom

Secure I.T. Environments completes upgrade of NHS data center

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 ...

July 27, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United Kingdom

University of Innsbruck integrates quantum computer with HPC cluster

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...

July 25, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Austria

SingularityNet to invest in data center modules from Ecoblox

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...

July 25, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United Kingdom

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