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AI firm Crusoe has revealed it has designed and engineered, and is building, a 200MW GPU-focused data center at the Lancium Clean Campus outside Abilene, Texas. This facility will include high-density data halls specially designed to enable AI workloads and optimized for direct-to-chip liquid ...

 Microsoft has made an equity investment in a rare earth materials startup focused on recycling hard drives,  Canada’s Cyclic Materials,  a metals recycling company that has developed a patent-pending technology, CC360.“Microsoft is working to achieve zero waste across our direct operations, p...

Google has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Government of Romania and the company for ‘projects in digital infrastructure, innovation, and research.’ Local press has also reported that  Google is in negotiations to invest $2 billion in developing data centers in the country....

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...

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...

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...

 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...

CyrusOne  this week announced it secured a $687.1 million Single Asset Single Borrower (SASB) CMBS loan for CyrusOne’s DFW1 data center. This data center offers 90MW across 670,000 square feet of technical space and seven data halls and the site was upgraded to water-free chillers in 2020.  Er...

 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...

 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 ...

  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 ...

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...

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...

Vodafone Germany in an announcement this week revealed that it has partnered with vendor Ericsson to deploy compact 5G antennas and the first compact 5G antenna was deployed on a parking garage in Düsseldorf."Strong winds put pressure on the antenna surfaces mounted on roofs. The more mobile p...

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...

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...

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...

Telecom Egypt and Hungarian telco 4iG have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish the joint venture and build a fiber network to serve a minimum of six million households on a wholesale basis.“Through this agreement, which will capitalize on our respective strengths in the ICT...

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...

Edge computing firm Armada has closed $40 million in funding led by M12, Microsoft’s venture fund. As part of the deal, Armada’s offerings will be made available on the Azure Marketplace.“This investment propels our total funding to over $100m and marks a significant milestone in our journey t...