China’s AI infrastructure plan appears to be part of a broader national infrastructure strategy announced by the Chinese leadership in April this year, says Omdia In sum – what to know: National initiative – China is reportedly developing a plan …
Data Center
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Speaking during a recent RCR webinar, AFL’s Noah Taylor said that as hyperscalers expand AI deployments, the networks linking data centers are becoming increasingly important alongside the facilities themselves In sum – what to know: DCI scales rapidly – Taylor …
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Corning says fiber demand “is not slowing down anytime soon”, noting that the company has prepared for continued growth and has additional agreements in its pipeline In sum – what to know: Strategic positioning – Agreements with Meta, Nvidia, and …
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Vikram Sinha, chief executive officer of Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison told RCR Wireless News that neocloud services contributed around $35 million in revenue during 2025 In sum – what to know: AI revenue targets – Indosat said neocloud services generated $16 …
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KT has outlined plans to deepen the company’s AX – or AI transformation – strategy through new AI platforms, enterprise services, and hyper-personalized customer offerings In sum – what to know: AX platform focus – KT said it is reorganizing …
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Telenor said the platform will operate from nationally controlled data centers in Norway and will remain separated from commercial global cloud environments In sum – what to know: Sovereign cloud – Telenor is creating a standalone Norwegian cloud company focused …
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Kannan Raj, architect, Oracle pulled back the curtain on the three dimensions of connectivity that define AI-era networking, and how optical innovation is enabling the globe-spanning AI network fabric One of the tech industry’s biggest worries was in full display …
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Post-Infinera integration, the Finnish vendor’s growth target is data center interconnect Nokia’s optical pitch this year at OFC was crystalline, more intentional, and landed somewhere between breakthrough and inevitable. A new building block-based approach A diverse set of new applications …
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As AI data centers strain land and power resources, hollow core fiber could enable a geographically distributed infrastructure. As the AI race continues to heat up, hollow core fiber (HCF) has emerged as a potential alternative to single-mode optical fiber …
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Density, latency, and real-time data movement are now the make-or-break variables in modern data center design Whether you say “Hey Siri” or ask Alexa to dim the lights, you get the response in a blink — even when millions of …
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The new Nokia switches support both the firm’s SR Linux NOS and open-source SONiC and also are available in liquid- and air-cooled variants In sum – what to know: Doubles data throughput – The 7220 IXR-H6 series reaches 102.4 Tb/s …
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Under this new strategy, SK Telecom will expand its Ulsan AI data center to a 1 GW-scale capacity In sum – what to know: Ulsan AIDC expands to 1 GW scale – SK Telecom is developing nationwide and global AIDC …
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ZTE said that revenue from computing-related businesses in the period grew by 180% year-on-year, accounting for 25% of total revenue In sum – what to know: Surging segments – Computing-related revenue jumped 180% year-on-year, making up 25% of total sales, …
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Riding the wave — Delivering wavelength services in the era of rapid data center growth (Reader Forum)
by Reader Forumby Reader ForumAI is driving data center interconnect growth The AI era is unleashing a new wave of data center interconnect growth. At a recent industry conference, a leading hyperscale operator revealed a striking internal metric: AI-related backbone traffic is growing at …
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Preparing data centers for AI means rethinking capacity, efficiency, and cost in a rapidly growing market By 2034, the global AI data center market will reach approximately $157.3 billion. That’s a significant increase from the $14.3 billion in 2024. While hyper-increased demand …
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Tuning out the ‘bragawatts’: Equinix on building a ‘generational’ DC biz
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillEquinix is working on one of its first xScale data centers in the United States Trillions of dollars are pouring into the data center market, and the sites can’t be built fast enough. A gigawatt of capacity here, a gigawatt …
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The business is valued at up to $416 million, and Spark said it expects to receive $287 million in cash, as well as $57.8 million if certain performance-based criteria are met by the end of 2027 In sum – what …
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Spark aims to sell between 50% and 75% of its data center unit, with the stake expected to fetch around NZ$550 million (US$327.5 million) In sum – what to know: PEP deal close – Spark NZ is reportedly finalizing a …
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GPUaaS represents a major opportunity — but ABI Research Analyst Larbi Belkhit said that revenue isn’t the sole motivation behind telcos’ AI factory buildouts Telecom operators are positioning themselves as major players in the AI infrastructure space, with ABI Research …
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Nvidia said the initiative spans France, Italy, Spain, the U.K. and several Nordic countries In sum — what to know: Massive AI infrastructure expansion – France, Italy, Spain, the U.K. and other nations are rolling out sovereign AI infrastructure using …
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EIA highlighted that a major contributor to the revised outlook is the expansion of data centers, particularly those supporting AI workloads In sum — what to know: AI fuels surging power demand – U.S. electricity consumption is growing faster than …
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LiquidStack CEO noted that many data center operators remain hesitant to adopt liquid cooling chiefly due to persistent misconceptions In sum – what to know: AI infrastructure bottlenecks – Data center operators are hitting serious delays due to limited power …
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Cisco said that the new solutions include hardware, software and system integration In sum – what to know: Cisco hits $1B in AI infra orders early – Strong Q3 performance reflects rising demand for scalable AI infrastructure. New tools boost …
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During London Tech Week, Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang also confirmed the launch of a new Nvidia AI tech center in the UK In sum – what to know: U.K. commits to AI compute – The country aims to …
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Amazon Web Services previously acquired land and a Talen Energy facility near the Susquehanna nuclear plant In sum – what to know: Historic investment – This investment commitment by Amazon marks the largest private-sector investment in Pennsylvania’s history, with innovation …