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SK Telecom to invest in HPC business Smart Global Holdings

Korean telco SK Telecom has revealed that it will be investing $200 million in AI and high-performance computing infrastructure business Smart Global Holdings. The Korean telco will be taking an equity stake in exchange for the cash, and the companies plan to work together to “leverage their ...

July 18, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

South Korea

US government awards funding for three R&D facilities under the CHIPS Act

US Department of Commerce and Natcast, operator of the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC), has awarded funding for three R&D facilities under the CHIPS and Science Act; an NSTC prototyping and National Advanced Packaging Manufacturing Program (NAPMP) advanced packaging piloti...

July 18, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

Vegas Sphere powered by 150 Nvidia RTX A6000 GPUs

The Sphere in Las Vegas, popularly known for its globe shape and LED displays that cover 750,000 sq ft (69,677 sqm) inside and out is reportedly powered by 150 of Nvidia's RTX A6000 GPUs with each having a 48GB memory and maximum power consumption of 300W.“Sphere is captivating audiences not o...

July 15, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Las Vegas

Upstack acquires consulting firm Performance Networks in Denver

Data center directory firm Upstack has acquired Performance Networks, a telecommunications consulting company based in Denver which specializes in sourcing and managing complex telecom networks primarily for large enterprises.“Performance Networks’ commitment to customer experience and client...

July 15, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Denver

AI provider Nebul selects Lightbits Labs for AI cloud offering

Artificial intelligence (AI) cloud provider Nebul has selected Lightbits Labs for the storage foundation for its AI cloud, enabling companies within the EU to deploy Nvidia-based private AI in the cloud."We considered the usual storage providers, but even the software-defined ones tend to have...

July 12, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

Japan's SoftBank acquires British AI chip designer Graphcore

Japan's SoftBank Group Corp has acquired British chip designer Graphcore, which will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of SoftBank, but will continue to operate under the Graphcore name.“This is a tremendous endorsement of our team and their ability to build truly transformative AI technologies...

July 12, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Japan

Tape Ark to migrate West Australian Ballet archives to the cloud

Tape Ark which specializes in mass migration of data stored on tape to the cloud has been awarded a three-year deal to be the Ballet's 'Historical Digital Preservation Partner.' In preparation for the West Australian Ballet's 75th anniversary which will fall in 2027, Tape Ark is set to migrate...

July 12, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Australia

EuroHPC JU signs procurement contract for EuroQCS

The EuroHPC JU has signed a procurement contract for EuroQCS-Poland, a 20 qubit trapped ion quantum computer, which will be hosted at the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center (PSNC) in Poznan , Poland, and supplied by Alpine Quantum Technologies (AQT).Coordinator of the EuroQCS-Poland p...

July 12, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Poland

Hut 8 to expand in West Texas

Cryptomining company Hut 8 has revealed that it will beexpanding its operations in Texas and has signed a power purchase agreement to procure 205MW of energy for a new data center to be built on an undisclosed greenfield site in West Texas.Asher Genoot, CEO of Hut 8, said: “This transaction ex...

July 11, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Texas

Hexatronic acquires parts of Icelandic services firm

Swedish Fiber and connectivity firm Hexatronic this week announced it has signed a letter of intent to acquire parts of Endor, a data center services unit owned by Icelandic company Sýn, in an acquisition which will bring Hexatronic a customer base across Iceland, Sweden, and Germany."The bus...

July 11, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Sweden

New quantum computing demonstration system commissioned in Germany

A quantum computing demonstration system, the first full-stack, ion-trap-based quantum computer demonstrator made entirely in Germany by NXP Semiconductors and quantum computing startups eleQtron and ParityQC has finally been commissioned. Jan Leisse, co-founder & CEO at eleQtron, said: “W...

July 10, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Germany / Deutschland

MCC complete the removal of banned Chinese equipment

Mediacom Communications Corporation (MCC) has said that it's on course to complete the removal of banned Chinese equipment from its network this month by its July 15 deadline."To date, 100 percent of the program has been completed across the areas of removal and replacement, and 99 percent of ...

July 10, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

China

Planqc secures €50 million in equity financing

German quantum computing startup Planqc which makes neural atom-based quantum computers, has secured €50 million ($54m) in equity financing in a Series A investment, led by the European Family Office Catron Holding and the DeepTech & Climate Fonds (DTCF).Alexander Glätzle, CEO and co-foun...

July 10, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Germany / Deutschland

Ovzon launches services from debut geostationary (GEO) broadband satellite

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, ...

July 09, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

France

Start Campus names new CEO after corruption scandal

Portuguese data center company Start Campus has appointed Robert Dunn as chief executive officer, effective immediately, after the previous one was arrested in a corruption scandal that saw the country’s prime minister ousted.Dunn said: “I am excited to continue leading Start Campus as CEO at ...

July 09, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Portugal

Storj acquires AI compute provider Valdi

Cloud storage company Storj has acquired Valdi, an artificial intelligence (AI) compute provider, adding AI capabilities to its cloud storage offering with Valdi's GPUs through the process.Storj's chief revenue officer Colby Winegar said: “Today’s enterprises demand new high-performance soluti...

July 09, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Asia-Pacific (APAC)

InfiniG deploys in-building mobile coverage in Florida

Mobile coverage solution firm InfiniG has deployed its in-building mobile infrastructure as a Service (MCaaS) solution at the Gale South Beach Hotel in Miami. This deployment offers multi-carrier mobile coverage services to all guests in all locations in the Gale Hospitality Group-owned hotel,...

July 09, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Miami

Goldman Sachs reports $1trn spends on utility upgrades with little to show for it

A research newsletter from Goldman Sachs has warned that large tech companies have ramped up capital expenditure to fuel generative AI development which will ramp up to around $1 trillion will be spent over the next few years, but have yet to show sustainable business models."So, the crucial q...

July 09, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

ESR to sell land acquired for data center in Sydney, Australia

Industrial real estate firm ESR is looking to sell 1.5 hectares at 44-50 Waterloo Rd, which it acquired in 2021 from an AMP Capital fund for AU$71m, and had been earmarked for a data center development. The parcel is currently home to two office and industrial buildings partly occupied by Mac...

July 08, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Australia

Siyata Mobile to invest in Canadian Towers & Fiber Optics

Siyata Mobile has announced that it will be investing in Canadian Towers & Fiber Optics Inc. (CT&FO), a company that specializes in developing telecoms infrastructure in Mexico. It will be purchasing an aggregate of 130,000 common shares, at a purchase price of $8.00 per share, for an ...

July 08, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

México

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