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09 Oct 2025
Salesforce rolls into ITSM with Slack-based agentic AI platform
Salesforce hopes to turn Slack customers into ITSM users.
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09 Oct 2025
Starburst's latest targets agentic AI development
The data lakehouse vendor continues to expand beyond its roots in data mesh, adding features such as an MCP server and access to vector stores that enable users to build agents.
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08 Oct 2025
Cisco Silicon One touts efficiency breakthrough with AI chip
Cisco claims its Silicon One P200 chip can replace larger, more power-hungry data center interconnects, as AI development pushes the limits of power grids.
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09 Oct 2025
Meta to boost APAC connectivity with subsea cable
The 8,000km Candle subsea cable is expected to bolster internet capacity for more than a billion people as tech giants continue to invest in digital infrastructure across the region
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08 Oct 2025
Fujitsu boss said Post Office inquiry report wasn’t ‘that bad’, despite link to suicides
Computer Weekly reveals callous comments made by a senior Fujitsu executive about Post Office scandal inquiry report
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08 Oct 2025
How OpenAI’s AMD bet raises the stakes in GPU dominance
The OpenAI partnership with AMD gives it the option to invest directly in the chipmaker
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07 Oct 2025
Middle East cloud ambitions get boost from IBM-AWS partnership
With demand for AI, datacentres, and smart city tech rising, Riyadh Innovation Hub promises tailored solutions for the region
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06 Oct 2025
Government urged to scrutinise datacentre developers’ environmental claims
Report by environmental non-profit Foxglove suggests the government’s pro-datacentre agenda could derail the UK’s decarbonisation efforts
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06 Oct 2025
Data sovereignty demand pushes Herabit to get S3 storage
Italian service provider gets Cubbit DS3 distributed S3 storage to provide up to 2PB of cloud services to customers demanding data sovereignty, while cutting costs by up to 50%
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06 Oct 2025
Enterprise software sales through cloud hyperscale marketplaces set to hit $163bn by 2030
Research from IT market watcher Omdia suggests enterprise IT buyers are getting increasingly comfortable with making purchases through the Amazon Web Services, Microsoft and Google Cloud marketplaces
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05 Oct 2025
Nakivo expands Proxmox backup and DR capabilities in v11.1
Latest version of Backup & Replication adds MSP features, plus Proxmox VM backup functionality, while Nakivo responds to critical vulnerability it was tipped off about in February
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01 Oct 2025
North Wales Police pilots hybrid quantum emergency response
A hybrid quantum solver accessed through D-Wave’s cloud has been used to halve police incident response times in Wales
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01 Oct 2025
North Wales Police pilots hybrid quantum emergency response
A hybrid quantum solver accessed through D-Wave’s cloud has been used to halve police incident response times in Wales
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01 Oct 2025
Zen Internet launches Meraki to deliver SD-WAN portfolio
Zen Internet introduces software-defined wide-area network offer to address needs of businesses as IT budgets come under increasing under pressure while cyber threats rise
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30 Sep 2025
Infinidat doubles all-flash array capacity in Infinibox SSA G4 F24
Enterprise array maker boosts capacity by two times to 33PB, promises high-density QLC flash drives in the fourth quarter, and adds native object storage that can be set up as customers configure volumes
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30 Sep 2025
Zayo, Equinix develop AI network framework
Tailored connectivity solutions and managed services provider teams with datacentre firm to develop a common model for the underlying infrastructure required to scale for the next phase of AI
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30 Sep 2025
Cisco unveils software to accelerate quantum networks
IT and networking giant claims first of its kind network-aware distributed quantum compiler capable of running quantum algorithms across multiple processors while handling error correction across a network
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30 Sep 2025
Cloudian launches object storage AI platform at corporate LLM
Object storage specialist teams up with Nvidia to provide RAG-based chatbot capability for organisations that want to mine in-house information in an air-gapped large language model
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29 Sep 2025
Finland government tax proposal worries datacentre investors
Finland, like other Nordic countries, is targeting datacentre investment, but could tax reforms scupper this plan?
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26 Sep 2025
Microsoft hides key data flow information in plain sight
Microsoft’s own documentation confirms that data hosted in its hyperscale cloud architecture routinely traverses the globe, but the tech giant is actively obfuscating this vital information from its UK law enforcement customers
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26 Sep 2025
Amazon joins coalition to reduce water usage habits of AI datacentres
Amazon is joining forces with academics, research groups and utility firms to reduce the water usage habits of datacentres, and also find ways that AI can help tackle the problem of water scarcity in some regions of the world
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26 Sep 2025
AI infrastructure provider Nscale secures $1.1bn in series B funding
A week after it was revealed that Nscale would be working with Microsoft to build the UK's largest supercomputer, the company announces it has secured $1.1bn in series B funding
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25 Sep 2025
Green energy microgrids hailed as cost-effective answer to UK’s datacentre energy supply woes
Research from the Centre for Net Zero claims green energy microgrids could be a more cost-efficient alternative to nuclear small modular reactors when it comes to powering the UK’s datacentres
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25 Sep 2025
Dell and Lenovo hand partners fresh products to pitch
Hardware suppliers identify private cloud and the SME market as areas where they and their channels can make an impact
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25 Sep 2025
Brightsolid expands national network with diverse 100Gbps optical connectivity
Strategic partnership issues assurance to deliver what it claims will be ‘ultra-fast’ resilient connectivity from Scotland to London, supporting UK digital infrastructure growth
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25 Sep 2025
Government launches AI growth zone taskforce to support expansion in North East England
The UK government is launching a coalition to support the accelerated development of its AI growth zone in the North East England
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25 Sep 2025
Lenovo targets AI and hybrid cloud to drive APAC growth
The tech supplier’s infrastructure arm is tapping its partner ecosystem and as-a-service model to help the region’s enterprises move from AI experimentation to delivering tangible business outcomes
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24 Sep 2025
FT 250 executives call for UK grid upgrades to support AI datacentre expansion plans
A poll by the Energy Networks Association reveals FTSE 250 attitudes towards the state of the UK’s electrical grids
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24 Sep 2025
Digital Catapult sets sights on boosting AI take-up in agrifood sector
Innovation organisation announces details of its agrifood startup accelerator programme, which is geared towards boosting adoption of artificial intelligence in the sector
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23 Sep 2025
Podcast: How to get value from unstructured data
In this podcast, we talk to Nasuni founder and CTO Andres Rodriguez about the obstacles to getting the most value from enterprise unstructured data, especially via metadata
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21 Sep 2025
NUS supercomputer enters global Top500
Dubbed Hopper, the supercomputer can perform 25 quadrillion calculations per second and is already fast-tracking research in fields from biomedical engineering to clean energy applications
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19 Sep 2025
UK cyber action plan lays out path to resilience
A report produced for the government by academics at Imperial College London and the University of Bristol sets out nine recommendations to strengthen the UK’s cyber sector
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19 Sep 2025
Huawei unveils interconnects to address large-scale AI infrastructure bottlenecks
IT and networking giant announces technology designed to set standard in compute power for AI-driven workloads
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17 Sep 2025
Heightened global risk pushes interest in data sovereignty
Survey finds all those questioned have looked at data location, with most recognising the need to plan for data sovereignty or risk severe damage to reputation and customer trust
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17 Sep 2025
Microsoft to invest $30bn in expanding its operations and AI infrastructure footprint in UK
Microsoft is making its biggest ever investment in building out its AI and general operations in the UK, citing the government’s commitment to making it easier for big tech to thrive in the country
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17 Sep 2025
Government confirms North East as location of second AI growth zone
UK government has selected two sites near to Newcastle as the home of its second AI growth zone, with one of them confirmed to be housing compute infrastructure for OpenAI's Stargate UK initiative
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16 Sep 2025
UK government signs US partnership to deliver Europe’s largest AI factory
Some 120,000 GPUs are set to be deployed in the UK over the next 12 months, as the government says it’s laser-focused on attracting talent and startups
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16 Sep 2025
Waltham Cross to get heating from Google datacentre
There is potential to attract talent to the region as Google pushes out its renewables-powered datacentre strategy
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16 Sep 2025
National Grid partners with AI firm to test dynamic management of datacentre energy demands
National Grid is partnering with Emerald AI for a live trial to test how the pressure artificial intelligence datacentres place on the grid could be altered according to workload demands
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16 Sep 2025
Turkish state tightens grip on comms
Turkish subscriptions to fixed broadband were the lowest in Europe in 2024 and half as common as those in more developed countries
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16 Sep 2025
Startup Carbon3.ai sets sights on building UK-wide sovereign ‘national grid for AI’
Startup Carbon3.ai has a goal to link 30-plus UK-owned and operated datacentre sites across the UK that will host sovereign AI services
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16 Sep 2025
eEVOS brings GUI-accessible VMware alternative for SMEs
eEVOS from EuroNAS plays in the same space as ProxMox, but isn’t free. It does, however, offer a graphical UI so customers don’t need to flex the Linux CLI skills to use it
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12 Sep 2025
TechUK report on datacentre water usage habits criticised
Non-profit questions the reliability of TechUK’s study on water use, arguing that its anonymous, self-reported data may give a misleading picture of the sector’s environmental impact.
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11 Sep 2025
Nokia ups the ante in AI-optimised datacentre networking
Strategic partnership designed to bring AI-optimised datacentre solutions to enterprises to reduce deployment time and operational costs and improve efficiency
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10 Sep 2025
Could an environmental legal challenge derail government’s fast-tracked datacentre builds?
The UK government is under fire after details emerged that it has waved through three large-scale datacentre planning applications without conducting an environmental impact assessment first
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10 Sep 2025
HPE channel boss praises partner Q3 impact
The lid is lifted on the role the channel played in delivering the vendor’s decent quarterly numbers
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09 Sep 2025
The digital forensics crisis in policing: What’s going wrong?
Forensics experts say that most crime has a digital footprint, but the police are unable to keep up with the soaring number of devices that require analysis
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09 Sep 2025
Rimini Street CEO sounds death knell on ERP software
Believing monolithic ERP applications will become obsolete in a decade, Seth Ravin is positioning Rimini Street to help enterprises transition to agentic ERP processes
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08 Sep 2025
Dell AI server revenues leap but storage waits on Project Lightning
During the past quarter, Dell’s datacentre sales went through the roof due to new server and networking products for AI – but storage has not shared the same dynamic
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08 Sep 2025
Gibraltar government backs plans to build 250MW datacentre on island to tap into AI boom
The government of Gibraltar is throwing its weight behind a plan to build a £1.8bn datacentre on the island
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08 Sep 2025
Rising network outages are proving costly to businesses
Research finds ongoing rise of network outages has cost over a third of organisations between $1m and $5m over the past year, putting datacentres at risk of significant disruption
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08 Sep 2025
AI boom to push Australian IT spending past A$172bn
Australian IT spending is set to grow by 8.9% in 2026, driven by growing investments in artificial intelligence, datacentre systems and cloud, according to Gartner
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05 Sep 2025
Water efficiency of English datacentres scrutinised in TechUK report
TechUK survey suggests English datacentres are consuming less water than perhaps expected, but concerns persist about how transparent the sector is being about its water usage
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05 Sep 2025
How Metrobank is tapping VMware Cloud Foundation
The Philippine bank has adopted nearly all of the capabilities in VMware’s private cloud platform to modernise its IT infrastructure while reaping cost savings
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03 Sep 2025
Microsoft shows potential of analogue optical computing in AI
Microsoft has worked with Barclays on a financial optimisation problem using consumer-grade electronics
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02 Sep 2025
OpenAI targets India with datacentre push
The AI firm is planning to open a one-gigawatt datacentre in India, which could reduce latency, ensure regulatory compliance and give it an edge over hyperscalers
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02 Sep 2025
Fujitsu’s roots in government go too deep
MPs and peers call on prime minister to review Japanese supplier’s ‘eligibility’ to bid for government contracts
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02 Sep 2025
AWS goes live in New Zealand
The AWS Asia Pacific (New Zealand) region, comprising three availability zones and powered by renewable energy, will enable organisations to store sensitive data in the country
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01 Sep 2025
Flash drive prices grow quickly while SAS and SATA diverge
Manufacturers have throttled back production of flash drives to tackle over-supply and it shows in rising prices
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29 Aug 2025
HPE ups ante in self-driving net ops with enhanced Mist agentic AI
Merged company simplifies IT operations portfolio with aim of elevating user experiences with more autonomous actions delivered via agentic workflows and expanded digital experience twinning
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29 Aug 2025
DFA, Ciena fibre test reveals capacity record
Planned deployment of optical connectivity technology designed to future-proof South African wholesale network and drive economic growth across country
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29 Aug 2025
Enterprises believe networking will make or break AI adoption
Research reveals more than 40% of enterprises in advanced stages of GenAI adoption plan to integrate artificial intelligence into 20-30 applications, further raising the stakes for modernised networks
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28 Aug 2025
Nvidia’s Jensen Huang lobbies Trump administration to sell Blackwell to China
The AI acceleration technology provider is looking at the massive opportunity in selling high-end chips to China
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28 Aug 2025
VMware rides on private cloud renaissance in APAC
As enterprise rebalance workload placements and reinvest in private cloud infrastructure, Broadcom is positioning its VMware Cloud Foundation as the new standard for hybrid operations
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27 Aug 2025
Broadcom CEO doubles down on private cloud at VMware Explore
Hock Tan talked only for several minutes during the keynote at VMware Explore 2025, but in that time, he laid the groundwork for a host of VMware updates.
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27 Aug 2025
Intel filing shows risks of US government stake
The US government now has a significant stake in Intel’s business. This could effect its ability to obtain grants from other governments
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27 Aug 2025
Home Office Fujitsu contract is ‘de facto’ conflict of interest in Post Office police probe
Fujitsu supplies police with the network that supports national investigations, while its former staff are part of a national investigation
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26 Aug 2025
Broadcom bundles private AI into VCF, adds security automation
At VMware Explore 2025, Broadcom unveiled an integrated private cloud stack with VMware Private AI now included in VCF subscriptions, alongside cyber security services and support for cloud-native object storage
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26 Aug 2025
Qualcomm claims enterprise mobile processor world first
New chip combines integrated RFID with AI and advanced connectivity, enabling edge devices across retail, commercial and industrial sectors to connect, compute and interact in smarter, proximity-aware ways
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25 Aug 2025
Experts: Intel government stake won't fix long-term woes
A deal giving the U.S. federal government a 10% stake in Intel in exchange for funds won't necessarily ensure the company's ultimate survival, according to industry analysts.
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22 Aug 2025
AWS launches virtual servers with custom Intel Xeon 6 chips
The companies tout a collaboration that will offer better price performance and memory bandwidth for memory-intensive workloads.
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20 Aug 2025
Nasa and IBM apply artificial intelligence to tackle solar digital disruption
Solar storms and flares can have a big impact on digital society, which is why IBM and Nasa are forecasting solar weather with AI
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20 Aug 2025
Metropolitan Police contract with Fujitsu is ‘potential conflict of interest’ amid Post Office probe
Freedom of information request reveals sub-contract between Fujitsu and the police force leading nationwide investigation of the IT firm’s part in the Post Office scandal
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20 Aug 2025
UK chip strategy needs an AI acceleration slant
Analysis for the government shows gaps in Labour’s AI plan of action, but the big opportunity is in optoelectronics
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20 Aug 2025
India banks on mature-node chips to build semiconductor niche
India is doubling down on mature-node chips that power cars, healthcare and electronics, using incentives and global supply shifts to make its mark
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19 Aug 2025
HPE taps into AI market demand with Nvidia Blackwell-powered servers
HPE’s latest Nvidia Blackwell-powered GPU servers are due to start shipping soon, but could enterprises face delays when trying to get hold of them?
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18 Aug 2025
Workday hit in wave of social engineering attacks
A campaign of voice-based social engineering attacks targeting users of Salesforce’s services appears to have struck HR platform Workday
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15 Aug 2025
Nvidia introduces entry-level RTX Pro GPU
The company's RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPU and RTX Pro Server offer companies using smaller-scale enterprise infrastructure a way to do more AI on-premises.
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15 Aug 2025
Channel catch-up: News in brief
Developments this week at ANS, Node4, Cohesity, Phoenix Software, Dell and Chainguard
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15 Aug 2025
India revives national datacentre policy amid AI push
The government is pushing for single-window clearances and distributed infrastructure to prepare India for AI and cloud workloads in its national datacentre policy
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15 Aug 2025
SK Telecom to build sovereign AI infrastructure
The South Korean telco is building the Haein Cluster AI infrastructure to support its Petasus AI Cloud service in a bid to meet the demand for AI training and inference within its borders
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14 Aug 2025
What’s going on inside Intel?
Chipmaker Intel has had a tough couple of weeks: job cuts, Donald Trump calling for the CEO’s resignation, and now an attack by its former chief executive
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12 Aug 2025
Macquarie Data Centres to offer Dell-Nvidia AI tech stack
The Australian datacentre operator will host the Dell AI Factory with Nvidia infrastructure platform in its sovereign facilities to meet growing demand for local, secure and compliant generative AI infrastructure
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11 Aug 2025
Trump fee for Nvidia, AMD China exports could face legal battle
The administration's unprecedented move may conflict with the U.S. Constitution's rules against export taxes.
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11 Aug 2025
Why Intel’s woes show the fragility of the European Chips Act
Intel is facing political pressure and stress across its business, with its 2022 plans to manufacture in the EU one of the casualties
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08 Aug 2025
Interview: How PXP shifted off VMware
When a business begins to see less and less value from an incumbent IT provider, especially as its software becomes more expensive, it might be time to switch. Here’s how one company did just that
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07 Aug 2025
Trump slaps 100% tariffs on chips to get tech onshore
The chip sector is being shaken up by the US administration’s plans to levy a tariff on semiconductors imported into the United States
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07 Aug 2025
Ingram Micro CEO addresses ransomware attack
Paul Bay, CEO of Ingram Micro, shared an update while discussing the distributor’s second-quarter numbers
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06 Aug 2025
Biglobe selects DE-CIX for faster Japan, Europe connectivity
One of Japan’s leading IT companies connects to Frankfurt-based internet exchange for remote peering services, looking to optimise intercontinental data routing without needing a physical presence in Europe
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05 Aug 2025
Broadcom's Jericho4 boosts data center AI networking
The company's latest networking chip promises better bandwidth, security and connectivity throughout and between data centers.
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05 Aug 2025
Broadcom unveils Jericho4 for distributed AI networking across datacentres
Global semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions provider scales over one million specialised processing unit clusters beyond single facility limits
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04 Aug 2025
Proliferation of on-premise GenAI platforms is widening security risks
Research finds increased adoption of unsanctioned generative artificial intelligence platforms is magnifying risk and causing a headache for security teams
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01 Aug 2025
AWS sees revenue and profit rise in Q2, bats away competitive concerns
AWS has filed its Q2 results, reporting another quarter of revenue and profit rises, but questions are being asked about how the company is coping with the rising competitive pressure it is under
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31 Jul 2025
DOJ firings spark fresh HPE-Juniper deal scrutiny
Reported involvement from intelligence agencies, lobbyists may have helped push the merger through before a planned antitrust trial, causing infighting at the Justice Department.
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31 Jul 2025
Datacentre operators ‘faltering’ on collecting sustainability data, Uptime Institute data shows
Datacentre operators are ‘quietly retiring’ their net-zero strategies, as Uptime Institute data shows downturn in the number tracking key server farm sustainability metrics
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31 Jul 2025
Meta prepares for gigawatt datacentres to power ‘superintelligence’
Meta’s latest results show a big jump in datacentre costs as it builds out personal AI capabilities
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30 Jul 2025
UK flights suspended after air traffic control outage
Flights arriving and departing from the UK were disrupted by an outage affecting technical systems at air traffic control body NATS’ Swanwick facility
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30 Jul 2025
AWS tables Virginia data center after community pushback
The proposed 7.2 million-square-foot operation -- one of the world's largest -- would have added to Amazon's $35 billion data center plan in Virginia.
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29 Jul 2025
Logicalis targets APAC’s mid-market with ‘GSI quality’ services
The global technology service provider is banking on its ‘think global, act local’ strategy, a deep focus on application modernisation and security to differentiate itself in the region
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28 Jul 2025
Kioxia launches 245TB LC9, the biggest flash drive on the market
Japanese drive maker piles one card on top of another to produce 245.76TB E3.L drive, with lower capacity variants in 2.5in and E3.S formats, and claimed low energy use benefits
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25 Jul 2025
Intel cuts spending, eyes data center recovery after mixed Q2
CEO Lip-Bu Tan says the company's layoff plan is mostly complete as Intel tries to rebound after financial woes in recent years.
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24 Jul 2025
Trump's fossil-fueled AI Action Plan pushes deregulation
The Trump administration's AI Action Plan and executive orders include deregulation that would fast-track data center and chip buildouts while boosting the power grid.
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24 Jul 2025
US seeks ‘unquestioned’ AI dominance
US AI action plan sets out aims to expand American dominance in the world of artificial intelligence
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24 Jul 2025
IBM chief confident AI isn’t eroding other parts of the business
Chairman, president and CEO Arvind Krishna talks of growth and margin expansion as Big Blue expects artificial intelligence to deliver internal savings of $4.5bn this year