Rakuten said the project aims to support the development of generative AI systems in the Asian nation through the provision of computing resources and technical exchange
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Rakuten joins GENIAC Phase 3 – The company was selected for a government-backed program...
The firm's CEO Marck Zuckerberg referenced a report by SemiAnalysis, which suggests Meta is on track to be the first organization to bring a 1 GW+ AI supercluster online
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Meta’s AI ambitions scale up – CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the...
DT has a long-term strategic partnership with Google Cloud, and the two untangled a 'spaghetti mess' of legacy systems
How do you take more than 40 legacy telco data systems with thousands of users, and migrate them to the cloud to build a unified data...
Nvidia confirmed it is currently in the process of filing the relevant applications with the U.S. government, with the main aim of resuming deliveries to customers soon
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Nvidia eyes H20 return to China – Nvidia is preparing to resume sales...
Extreme integrates agentic AI at the enterprise network, aiming to automate away IT drudgery and enable strategic agility
Extreme Networks today announced the general availability of Extreme Platform One, a networking platform that fully integrates conversational, multimodal and agentic AI into the enterprise network experience. The...
Chinese companies hope to deploy about 115,000 Nvidia H100 and H200 GPUs—chips which have been restricted from sale to China by the U.S. government since 2022 over security concerns
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Unlicensed AI chip plans – Chinese firms aim to build data...
Eni noted that the new data center campus is part of a broader strategic partnership between Italy and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced earlier this year
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New AI hub planned – Khazna and Eni will jointly build a 500...
Groq said the Helsinki facility will support real-time inference use cases, including applications in natural language processing
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Groq lands in Europe – Groq opens its first European data center in Finland, bringing ultra-low-latency AI inference to customers across the continent...
CityFibre has secured £2.3B in new funding to expand its full-fiber network, drive M&A activity, consolidate the UK altnet market, and strengthen its position as Openreach’s main challenger.
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Funding boost – new financing includes £500m in new equity and £960m...
The mobile communication industry stands at the threshold of profound transformation, driven by the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (AI). The widespread adoption of open-source AI large models, such as DeepSeek, is making powerful capabilities accessible to more people, while the rise of AI...
Twenty-eight startups and software vendors are already using Nvidia-based infrastructure provided by Indosat to build solutions for various sectors
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National AI effort – Indosat, Cisco, and Nvidia are backing Indonesia’s AI Center of Excellence, focused on local innovation, infrastructure and skills...
Editor’s note: I’m in the habit of bookmarking on LinkedIn and X (and in actual books, magazines, movies, newspapers, and records) things I think are insightful and interesting. What I’m not in the habit of doing is ever revisiting those insightful, interesting bits of...
According to Dell’Oro, early use cases of AI RAN will center on Distributed RAN, single-purpose deployments and 5G networks
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AI RAN momentum – AI-driven RAN solutions will account for nearly one-third of the RAN market by 2029, focusing initially on...
Agentic AI success in telecom depends on the availability of meticulously curated, multi-domain data derived from network transactions and interactions
Agentic AI tops many telecom providers’ strategic objectives for 2025. Recognizing its potential, some providers are already investing in AI agents to enhance customer care....
LG plans to drive growth by expanding its industrial and commercial B2B revenue — including from AI data center cooling
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LG targets AI-era HVAC – LG Electronics plans to become a global HVAC leader by 2030, driven by growing demand for...
As demand for AI infra skyrockets, three new developments highlight the challenges and shifts ahead. In the U.S., the Department of Energy is sounding the alarm: Data centers are pushing the power grid to its limits and planned renewable projects won’t be enough to...
Top US cloud service providers continue to lead growth in the AI server market, according to TrendForce
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AI momentum – Global AI server shipments are projected to rise 24.3% in 2025, slightly below forecasts due to U.S. export restrictions and...
To manage the rising power demands of AI, ZTE has integrated a number energy-saving cooling technologies in the new 'AIDC' solution
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Dual-mode – Each container module handles both general-purpose and AI computing with air or liquid cooling, offering flexibility for...
As AI workloads explode, so does the demand for next-gen infrastructure. In the first quarter of 2025, global spending on physical data center infrastructure surged 17% year-over-year, according to a recent report by Dell’Oro Group. Hyperscalers and colocation providers are racing to deploy high-density...
Neoclouds aim to bridge a gap between centralized hyperscale clouds and highly distributed telecom networks
As telecom operators face mounting infrastructure demands — from AI workloads to cloud-native 5G networks — the industry is entering a new era of cloud strategy. At the center of...
LG Uplus, LG Electronics and LG CNS are testing AI and digital twin technology to improve cooling efficiency at LG Uplus data centers
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Group pilot – LG Uplus, LG Electronics and LG CNS are testing AI and digital twin technology to...
Through the acquisition, CoreWeave will own approximately 1.3 GW of gross power across Core Scientific's national data center footprint
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Mega deal – CoreWeave is to acquire Core Scientific in an all-stock deal, gaining control of 1.3 GW of power capacity...
New micro data center facilities will rely on locally developed AI chips to provide low-latency AI services to SMEs, hospitals, and public institutions in South Korea.
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Local chips – the initiative supports the construction of regional edge data centers using...
1Finity consolidates Fujitsu’s global network-related organizations under one entity
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Global focus – Fujitsu has launched 1Finity as a standalone network communications subsidiary, aiming to boost autonomy and global competitiveness in optical and wireless network solutions.
Accelerating delivery of agile solutions –...
