Meta and Corning sign $6bn fibre deal to connect data centres
This week, Meta has announced an up to $6 billion multi-year agreement with glass specialist Corning to build fibre optic cables to connect AI data centres.
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Actifai: The built-for-broadband AI you might have missed at Connected Britain 2025
Contributed Article Used by over 30 North American ISPs, Actifai is bringing its proven,...
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Siemens and NVIDIA pledge to build ‘fully AI-driven, adaptive manufacturing sites’
Siemens and NVIDIA are broadening their strategic alliance to develop an ‘Industrial AI operating system’, which they aim to make the heart of AI-powered manufacturing
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American investment firms bet big on Europe’s data center boom
American-based investment firm KKR is putting more money into Europe’s data center boom, announcing an additional $1.5 billion equity commitment to Global Technical Realty (GTR), a built-to-suit data center platform it helped launch.
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World Communication Award Winners 2025
World Communication Awards Total Telecom is thrilled to unveil the exceptional winners of the 2025...
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LG Uplus’s AI voice call app glitch leaks user data
LG Uplus revealed that a temporary technical error earlier this week related to its AI-based voice call application, ixi O, had led to the exposure of private user information.
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BT unveils new ‘sovereign platform’ for enterprise customers
BT has unveiled a new “sovereign platform” designed to give UK businesses and public bodies greater control over their networks, data and emerging services such as cloud-hosted applications and AI.
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Macquarie Technology explores JV, capital recycling for $3bn data centre
Earlier this week, Macquarie Technology Group revealed to investors that it was exploring funding options for a new 150MW data centre campus project, aiming to meet the expected boom in demand for AI and cloud computing.
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Extinction facing telcos that don’t adopt AI transformation
AI is here to stay. Telecoms need to adapt, says Abhishek Sandhir, the managing director of telecommunications at Sand Technologies
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Microsoft launches Project Gecko to produce AI systems in low-resourced languages
Microsoft has unveiled Project Gecko, a research-driven initiative aimed at producing cheaper, localised generative AI systems for populations under‑represented in current models , starting with smallholder farmers in Kenya and India.
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Germany to lose 700 jobs as Nokia preps to close Munich site
According to reports, Nokia is set to close its site in Munich by 2030, a move that will see 700 jobs cut or relocated.
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STC, Mobily, and OneWeb NEOM among winners at inaugural Connected World KSA Awards
Connected World KSA is proud to reveal the winners of its first-ever Connected World KSA Awards, presented today during the event at Riyadh Front Exhibition & Conference Center.
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Connected Germany 2025: Connectivity leaders converge in Munich to tackle nation’s digital challenges
Total Telecom, the organiser of Europe’s leading digital economy conferences, is pleased to announce the full agenda for Connected Germany 2025, taking place on November 18th and 19th at the MOC – Event Center Messe München.
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Huawei takes aim at distributed data centre challenges with Xinghe AI Fabric 2.0
The solution provides data centre operators a more holistic approach to their entire portfolio, providing unified security and network optimisation
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Equinix to build £3.9bn Hertfordshire data centre
Equinix plans to invest £3.9 billion in the project, which will deliver 250+MW of compute capacity to the UK’s critical national infrastructure.
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AWS piles further $5bn into South Korean data centres
The announcement brings Amazon’s total pledged investment in South Korea to $9 billion over the next five years
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Tech giants’ strategic shift to boost margins
Nokia and Ericsson pivot to cost control and high-growth segments amid market changes.
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Hype cycles and reality checks: EY’s Rob Atkinson dissects AI and data centres at Connected Britain
At Connected Britain 2025 we sat down with Rob Atkinson from EY to explore the biggest challenges and opportunities facing the telecoms sector
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Lack of fibre is putting the brakes on UK’s data centre expansion, says study
New research from Neos Networks suggests that 82% of data centre operators in the UK have delayed deployment due to a lack of connectivity infrastructure
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