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Telin and BW Digital team up on Batam-Singapore subsea cable

Telin and BW Digital have formed a strategic partnership to develop and construct the Nongsa-Changi submarine cable system linking Indonesia's Batam and Singapore. Both companies signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the joint venture during the recent International Telecoms Week 202...

July 18, 2024

Batam

Vertiv to add ZincFive’s niZn batteries to UPS offerings

Vertiv recently announced that it will add the ZincFive BC Series UPS Battery Cabinets to its portfolio of uninterruptible power supply (UPS) offerings, as they are compatible with select large and medium Vertiv UPS, including the recently launched Trinergy offering. ZincFive's CEO and co-fou...

July 18, 2024

Europe

Infleqtion to install neutral atom quantum computer in Harwell, UK

Quantum component manufacturer Infleqtion will be making history as the first company to install a neutral atom quantum computer at the National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC) in Harwell, UK. “Our recent installation is part of Infleqtion’s dedication to leading facility logistics in partne...

July 18, 2024

United Kingdom

PAG and Ayala JV secure $41.1m loan for data center buildout in the Philippines

A-Flow Properties I Corp. (A-Flow), a joint venture between Ayala Land, Inc. and PAG’s Flow Digital Infrastructure has secured P2.4 billion ($41.1m) loan agreement to fund the development of a data center outside Manila, the Philippines. This loan is to be used for the initial phase of the ...

July 18, 2024

Philippines

QuEra names Andy Ory as interim CEO

Neutral-atom quantum computing, QuEra has announced Andy Ory as its interim CEO, noting that its current CEO, Alex Keesling, will transition from his current position to “take on a new role” leading QuEra's efforts to achieve higher-volume production as CTO. Ory said: "We are grateful for Ale...

July 18, 2024

United States

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Portugal

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