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30 Sep 2026
August's ransomware activity hit new high for the year
NCC Group identified 83 ransomware groups active last month, but it said AI wasn't necessarily what drove the increase in the number of bad actors.
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29 Sep 2026
Oracle Fusion Claw the new grab for fully autonomous agentic AI in ERP
Execution runtime software has governance and auditing features that address concerns about agentic AI security risks, enabling Oracle's new class of outcome-based AI apps.
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29 Sep 2026
While agents cause trouble, calls for AI regulation mount from Anthropic, lawmakers
It seems nearly everyone is calling for regulation. Chief among them is Anthropic, whose AI agents are also key troublemakers.
Data Center News from the past 365 days
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29 Sep 2026
Dutch datacentre sector pitches itself as relief for an overloaded grid
European datacentre associations argue that building datacentres where renewable power is generated could ease grid congestion in the Netherlands and beyond
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25 Sep 2026
Microsoft expands Middle East cloud and AI footprint with $10bn commitment
Regional strategy combines infrastructure investment, cyber security partnerships and skills development to support national AI agendas
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24 Sep 2026
Sea doubles down on full-stack AI with Nvidia Vera Rubin
The Singapore-founded company, set to be Southeast Asia’s first enterprise to adopt Nvidia’s latest AI platform, runs its own datacentre infrastructure and models while equipping frontline teams with tools to build AI agents
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23 Sep 2026
Lumen lights up Intelligent Internet for AI demands
Infrastructure provider looks to bring cloud-like agility to enterprises with internet model combining on-demand bandwidth, digital control and predictable costs
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23 Sep 2026
DE-CIX launches neutral internet exchange in southern Austria
Southern Austria’s first neutral Internet Exchange based on edge containers designed to turn the state of Carinthia into a digital hub for the Alps-Adriatic region, backed by €5.7m state investment
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23 Sep 2026
Telxius plugs in 800G coherent optical tech to boost network capacity
Global connectivity provider evolves high-capacity international network with next-generation IP-over-DWDM technology to support growing cloud, AI and datacentre connectivity demands
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23 Sep 2026
Huawei expands vision for agentic world of infrastructure
Tech and networking giant unveils compute platform based on proprietary computing architecture and key interconnect technology that makes the system possible
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22 Sep 2026
Data dive: Mapping UK police forces’ hyperscale dependence
Computer Weekly used public DNS records to map which outside companies Britain’s 48 police forces connect to – and found a service that has quietly standardised on one US hyperscaler
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22 Sep 2026
Capita lacks the ‘capacity and ability’ to run GP pension scheme, BMA tells MPs
The British Medical Association (BMA) has written to MP committees calling for the Capita-run GP pension scheme to be brought in-house
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22 Sep 2026
Capita lacks the ‘capacity and ability’ to run GP pension scheme, BMA tells MPs
The British Medical Association (BMA) has written to MP committees calling for the Capita-run GP pension scheme to be brought in-house
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22 Sep 2026
Splunk helps US research uni embrace ‘student-powered’ security
When she was asked to let IT students run its SOC, New Jersey Institute of Technology CISO Sharon Kelley ran a mile. Find out why she changed her mind, and how Splunk is helping her raise a new generation of cyber analysts
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21 Sep 2026
Barnet council bringing Capita IT work in-house after alternative contract ‘abandoned’
London Borough of Barnet’s extended IT service contract with Capita finally comes to an end
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18 Sep 2026
Data dive: London and M4 the datacentre hotspot, but not for long
A fresh count of the UK’s existing datacentres finds 1.6GW, mostly in London and the M4, while a projected 14.6GW heads north to get on the grid
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18 Sep 2026
Capita boss gets ‘obscene’ pay packet while retired civil servants need emergency loans
Adolfo Hernandez is said to have earned £1.6m in his yearly pay packet, as the government pension scheme he oversees fails to pay retirees
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17 Sep 2026
MSPs reject datacentre moratorium but pause planning decisions
Government pledges planning guidance by Christmas and environmental impact assessments for schemes of more than 50MW, with Scotland’s committed pipeline at 14 schemes and 2.4GW
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15 Sep 2026
Capita doesn’t get to ‘walk away from’ civil service pension mess, says minister
UK government minister tells a packed-out Westminster debate that Capita must sort out Civil Service Pension Scheme problems before any decision on future of scheme
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15 Sep 2026
Splunk Conf 26: Splunk hopes to build confidence in agentic AI
With trust in AI agents close to rock bottom in the popular imagination, Splunk and Cisco unveiled a series of platform enhancements designed to enhance observability and confidence in agentic AI
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15 Sep 2026
Cisco, Kets tech to integrate quantum-safe networks
Collaboration aims to demonstrate how quantum-safe security can be introduced into existing enterprise networks without requiring overhaul of existing infrastructure
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15 Sep 2026
UK Atomic Energy Authority readies US artificial intelligence collaboration
The UKAEA plans to work with the US Department of Energy to combine supercomputing power for nuclear fusion research
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14 Sep 2026
CDC chief backs datacentre standards as social licence runs short
CDC Data Centre’s Greg Boorer says the proposed national rules on water and energy will be good for the industry, but warns that years of deliberate anonymity have left operators with no community relationships to fall back on
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14 Sep 2026
NPO consortium sets out international standards for optics ecosystem
Optical comms standards summit reaches consensus on international NPO standards to lay a foundation for the industry upgrade and large-scale commercial use of near-packaged optics
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11 Sep 2026
Eurocontrol extends critical European aviation network
UK’s leading comms provider extends its contract with European air traffic management firm to continue supporting and delivering resilient network services through to 2033
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11 Sep 2026
UK government to create team to validate Capita’s data on troubled pension scheme
Cabinet Office is setting up a function to check the civil service pension scheme data provided by Capita
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11 Sep 2026
Civil service union welcomes pension scheme insourcing plan
PCS union chief met Cabinet Office minister to discuss troubled pension scheme run by Capita
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10 Sep 2026
AWS AI Symposium: UHCW adds an operation a day with AI
UHCW added daily theatre capacity and got correct utilisation data using Proximie’s AI as part of what partners describe as the NHS’s largest surgical AI deployment
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10 Sep 2026
AWS AI Symposium: Public sector must move to full AI transformation
AWS says public sector AI adoption must move to ‘full transformation’ as it shows advanced workflow redesign yields 68% efficiency gains at its London symposium
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10 Sep 2026
Capita meeting self-imposed civil service pension targets ‘not sufficient’, says government
UK government views the outsourcer’s overall performance as ‘unacceptable’ after it reports meeting a self-imposed target
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10 Sep 2026
Qualcomm and Amazon team for next-gen AI datacentre infrastructure
Leading mobile platform provider collaborates with cloud giant across optical connectivity and customised silicon to support artificial intelligence infrastructure within datacentre networks
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09 Sep 2026
Dell touts platform play as AI demand goes beyond cloud suppliers
Enterprises and sovereign buyers are accounting for a growing share of Dell’s AI infrastructure business, and its chief strategy officer has some advice for buyers still waiting for the market to settle
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09 Sep 2026
Zayo advances network as a service with agentic networking
Digital network infrastructure provider claims first production Model Context Protocol server built specifically for networking
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09 Sep 2026
Ryanair calls for government action over Nats IT failure
The National Air Traffic Control System was not fully operational for over eight hours, causing major disruption to airlines and passengers
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08 Sep 2026
UK committed datacentre pipeline grows to more than 14GW
Barbour ABI data show UK’s datacentre pipeline has grown to 173 projects and more than 14GW of capacity, driven by AI demand and large sites in Scotland and the North East
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08 Sep 2026
Power costs curb UK advanced tech defence strategy
High energy costs and inability to manufacture hardware and frontier models limit the UK’s advanced tech defence and security capabilities
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08 Sep 2026
Interview: Huawei targets Saudi Arabia’s shift from AI experimentation to enterprise-scale adoption
As enterprises move beyond artificial intelligence pilots, Huawei is positioning its cloud, computing and partner ecosystem to help organisations build scalable AI platforms while maintaining control over data, models and infrastructure
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07 Sep 2026
HP grows Saudi presence through AI, manufacturing and skills investment
With AI research, commercial manufacturing and startup development initiatives, HP is turning its Vision 2030 commitment into tangible outcomes across the Kingdom
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04 Sep 2026
Data dive: Mapping NHS hyperscaler dependence
Mapping NHS DNS data reveals a heavy reliance on US hyperscalers, with Microsoft 365 routing email and infrastructure for the vast majority of trusts in a tangled web of connections
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04 Sep 2026
Nvidia acquires Hugging Face and becomes open platform provider
AI acceleration hardware provider Nvidia announces the acquisition of the open model platform Hugging Face
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02 Sep 2026
AWS sets 2026 opening date for Saudi cloud region
New cloud region, AI partnerships and skills programmes underscore AWS’s growing role in supporting Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030
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01 Sep 2026
DE-CIX expands global AI-ready connectivity with Microsoft Azure route
Dual-homed architecture across North America, Europe and Asia designed to deliver resilient, geo-redundant Microsoft Azure connectivity for latency-sensitive enterprise and AI workloads
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01 Sep 2026
Pay more, check nothing: Councils buy Microsoft but don’t test
A Computer Weekly analysis of FOI responses from 37 English councils found 32 have never run a competitive procurement in which an alternative to Microsoft could have won
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31 Aug 2026
Why AI may need fewer datacentre GPUs than you think
The focus on inferencing, allied to smaller models, purpose-built silicon and on-device processing, is loosening the grip of hyperscale GPU clusters on enterprise AI workloads
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27 Aug 2026
Nvidia results highlight 30% gap in order fulfilment
While the chipmaker posts record-breaking revenue for the quarter, its CEO admits it can only meet 70% of the supply it needs
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26 Aug 2026
EXA broadens Spanish infrastructure with long-haul route
Global digital infrastructure platform provider expands long-haul terrestrial network with direct route connecting key cities to offer critical gateway for transatlantic connectivity
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25 Aug 2026
LINX, JPIX go live with London-to-Tokyo low latency connectivity
Network route launched connecting European networks to one of Asia’s largest interconnection hubs, facilitating low latency internet and networking and local peering opportunities
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20 Aug 2026
Will Scottish datacentre ruling nudge spec builds into the open?
Scotland forces councils to flag 50MW-plus datacentre bids to ministers within seven days, as mooted gigawatt campuses prove to be vapour or stall on grid connections
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18 Aug 2026
Alibaba Cloud opens third South Korea datacentre
The Chinese cloud supplier has expanded its Korean footprint with its third datacentre as it looks to capture a bigger slice of a crowded market dominated by Western and local players
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18 Aug 2026
NXP simplifies secure industrial connectivity with MCX A5 MCUs
Chip family designed to make connection to industrial edge devices easier and to unlock trusted real-time data for AI-driven applications such as simplified industrial networking
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18 Aug 2026
SIT and IBM to build quantum security hub in Singapore
Facility will help enterprises audit their cryptographic vulnerabilities and test defences before quantum computers can crack current encryption standards
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17 Aug 2026
Natural History Museum’s ‘living laboratory’ logs 11 million environmental records in first year
More than 50 sensors feed temperature, humidity and acoustic readings into the Museum’s AWS Data Ecosystem, which found woodland soils stayed 10°C cooler in June’s heatwave
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14 Aug 2026
Supplier challenge delays Post Office Horizon replacement
Losing bidder challenges the Post Office’s decision to award Horizon replacement contract to OneView Commerce
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14 Aug 2026
STT GDC secures up to $1.37bn in green financing for Johor datacentre campus
The facility, arranged by a consortium led by UOB Malaysia, will support the development of STT GDC’s flagship Malaysia campus in Johor
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13 Aug 2026
Zayo, Nvidia team to address AI network capacity shortage
Digital infrastructure provider delivers critical network capacity to power current AI ecosystem and accelerate the next generation of AI innovation with AI chip leader’s infrastructure
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13 Aug 2026
Everpure lands second hyperscaler design win for DirectFlash
A second top-five hyperscaler is set to take Everpure’s high-capacity flash modules, looking to displace HDDs in a specific price-performance tier of the storage stack
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13 Aug 2026
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure gets hybrid quantum capabilities
Oracle has partnered with Quantinuum to bring the company’s Helios system to OCI customers
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12 Aug 2026
Dubai ranks second globally in AI adoption as investment in digital infrastructure accelerates
BCG’s Intelligent Cities Index highlights how the emirate is translating artificial intelligence ambitions into large-scale deployment, supported by investments in datacentres, sovereign AI initiatives and digital infrastructure
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12 Aug 2026
HPE UK channel boss on making life easier for partners
The vendor is making hardware pricing more predictable as it continues to work towards its Power of One strategy
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12 Aug 2026
Keppel lays groundwork for Kruger cable system with IMDA licence
The infrastructure asset manager and operator secures regulatory approval for a subsea cable that will run west to the Middle East, with a final investment decision expected by the end of 2026
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11 Aug 2026
Why the next AI race will be won at the inference layer
Growing adoption of agentic AI is exposing the limitations of single-stack infrastructure, prompting enterprises to rethink how models, hardware and sovereignty are managed
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06 Aug 2026
Capita CEO receives scathing rebuttal from employee over botched contract
Capita CEO criticised after making Civil Service Pension Scheme claims in a message to staff
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05 Aug 2026
Power scarcity pushes APAC datacentre pipeline to record 26.5GW
Asia-Pacific’s datacentre development pipeline grew by 7.1GW in the first half of 2026, with Southeast Asia now accounting for half of all capacity under construction
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03 Aug 2026
MPs demand answers on Fujitsu’s inclusion in lucrative frameworks
Controversial supplier Fujitsu was included in major government procurement opportunities in July 2026
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31 Jul 2026
Troubleshooting cloud connectivity emerges as main barrier to AI adoption
Research finds that despite 96% of respondents claiming their enterprise networks are ready for future cloud and AI, the average IT team still spends more than 11 hours each week resolving cloud connectivity problems
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31 Jul 2026
Microsoft earnings reflect efficiency gains from faster GPU deployment
With delays in GPU orders, Microsoft has focused on getting its AI chips installed in Azure datacentres more quickly
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30 Jul 2026
Meta results reveal people are vying for its compute
While it builds out its own AI infrastructure, Meta appears to be considering a new revenue stream, as a provider of processing power
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29 Jul 2026
Ofgem targets datacentre builds with megawatt connection charge
The energy regulator wants to fast-track viable projects and deter speculative projects that request grid connectivity
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28 Jul 2026
UK public don’t trust Fujitsu, but government does
Quick poll reveals that the public mistrust Fujitsu two and a half years on from its public shaming
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24 Jul 2026
IBM infrastructure revenue down; open source, quantum on rise
IBM is looking to close what its CEO is calling "delayed sales" and eyeing a quantum future. While infrastructure and mainframe revenue is down, other units are up.
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21 Jul 2026
Singapore’s military to explore quantum computing for mission planning
The Singapore Armed Forces’ Digital and Intelligence Service and the Defence Science and Technology Agency are working with IBM to test quantum optimisation for military logistics
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21 Jul 2026
AMD CTO: Europe’s AI opportunity lies beyond semiconductor manufacturing
Mark Papermaster says Europe’s commitment to interoperability and diversity of supply could become a strategic advantage as AI infrastructure grows more heterogeneous
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17 Jul 2026
NatWest signs up to quantum trial for fraud detection
The retail bank is one of 11 organisations testing quantum technologies as part of Digital Catapult’s quantum technology access programme
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16 Jul 2026
Denmark debates ‘emergency’ energy plan to curb datacentres
To fix grid crisis caused by mismanagement under her previous administrations, Danish prime minister opens third term in office with laws against datacentres
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15 Jul 2026
Prime minister-in-waiting Andy Burnham takes aim at outsourcing
Soon-to-be-appointed prime minister adds weight to government’s existing plan to ‘end era of outsourcing’
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15 Jul 2026
Reeves speaks up about UK sovereign AI
The UK government has ambitions to build out its own AI capabilities, but its plans are stumped by high datacentre power costs
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15 Jul 2026
Australia launches Office of AI to drive world-first national framework
Prime minister Anthony Albanese establishes Office of AI to coordinate binding standards for the technology, promising the world's first single national AI framework
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14 Jul 2026
IDCA warns of ‘delay tax’ as AI datacentre power surges 50%
Global datacentre electricity consumption reaches 1.9% of all generation, with ‘zombie workloads’ wasting 3GW of US capacity alone and a 100MW project delay costing up to $1bn
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14 Jul 2026
PAC raises more questions over Capita’s role in government
Report demands answers on Capita’s suitability to run HR and payroll services to 250,000 civil servants
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14 Jul 2026
Pure DC launches €7.5bn Finland AI datacentre campus
550MW AI datacentre project – with Microsoft reportedly signed up – reflects shift as European market moves north to bypass power constraints in traditional Flap-D hubs
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14 Jul 2026
Various approaches being used to keep IT projects on track
Research from Westcon-Comstor has highlighted the responses from the channel towards ongoing hardware availability and price constraints
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13 Jul 2026
Cyber body Crest launches AI security charter
Crest’s industry-backed AI charter commits signatories to supporting responsible AI adoption and aims to foster trust in AI-enabled security services.
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13 Jul 2026
Microsoft admits datacentre greenhouse gas emissions hike
Growth in carbon emissions for 2024-25 matches total emissions over the previous four years, as Microsoft focuses on datacentre power
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10 Jul 2026
AI is making the mainframe harder to retire, not easier
Once dismissed as legacy tech on the way out, the mainframe is being reframed as the trusted anchor of hybrid, AI-era architectures
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09 Jul 2026
Capita to lose money on pension debacle but ‘has government’s private parts in its grip’
Joint select committee grilling reveals that the tech Capita planned to use to increase process automation did not work
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09 Jul 2026
UK’s largest businesses dangerously exposed to cloud outages
British businesses, particularly those in the FTSE 100, are dangerously dependent on large cloud providers, with hypothetical large-scale outages at AWS or Azure regions likely to cause major economic damage, according to the Cyber Monitoring Centre
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09 Jul 2026
IBM seeks mainframe, data center integration
IBM launched new models for its z17 mainframe series and LinuxOne servers to fit in a data center, at a time when space is at a premium. The vendor also made IBM Bob updates.
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08 Jul 2026
Lumen completes Alkira acquisition to boost enterprise networking
Acquisition designed to bring together network and digital services with intelligent networking software and simplify enterprise connections across cloud, AI and hybrid environments
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08 Jul 2026
Road to higher vehicle automation accelerates
Research reveals how vehicle autonomy systems are advancing steadily, with as many as eight million new passenger cars sold globally in 2025 equipped with L2+ advanced driver assistance systems capabilities
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07 Jul 2026
SNP council backs datacentre halt and creates Burnham dilemma
As Scottish National Party council passes a motion for Scotland datacentre moratorium, Andy Burnham’s avowed ‘power to the regions’ views face strain in light of critical national infrastructure designation
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07 Jul 2026
Capita civil service pension contract ‘prime candidate’ for insourcing, says government minister
Minister said the government will make Capita pay for the government resources used to support it on pension administration scheme
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07 Jul 2026
Can Oman become the Gulf’s third AI infrastructure hub?
The Sultanate is leveraging subsea cables, lower costs and regulatory stability to position itself alongside regional AI giants, but a large ecosystem scale gap remains
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07 Jul 2026
Singtel’s AI push could lift its digital business to a third of earnings
Singtel’s group CEO, Yuen Kuan Moon, says the telco is investing in datacentres, GPUs and AI services while staying focused on shareholder returns
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06 Jul 2026
US Anthropic restrictions dent UK tech sovereignty ambition
The UK government cannot rely on allies. Instead, it must sort out startup funding and do more to build out a full tech stack
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06 Jul 2026
Capita’s rush to hit civil service pension deadline risking errors, say staff
Staff working on Civil Service pension administration transition concerned over pressure forcing unnecessary risks
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06 Jul 2026
Telehouse completes fossil fuel-free datacentre retrofit as £251m West 2 build begins
Docklands campus operator strips all gas from ex-Thomson Reuters facility, cutting PUE from 1.74 to 1.27, while breaking ground on its largest global datacentre at 22MW
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05 Jul 2026
How Zoho’s full-stack strategy keeps it in control of cost and sovereignty
Zoho’s ANZ lead Rakesh Prabhakar explains how building its own infrastructure keeps the SaaS firm in control of cost, pricing and data sovereignty
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02 Jul 2026
Data dive: Kill switch and catch-up – can Europe close the sovereignty gap?
As the US demonstrates it can wield an AI ‘kill switch’, the EU and UK unleash a wave of sovereign tech measures. Can state-led industrial policy bridge a $2tn revenue chasm?
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02 Jul 2026
Berlin Fire and Rescue Service enhances passive network infrastructure
Looking to ensure that rescue and fire-fighting operations continue to run seamlessly in the future, Germany’s largest professional fire department modernises passive network infrastructure
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01 Jul 2026
Tata Communications strengthens India-Singapore connectivity corridor
AI-ready connectivity investments look to enable enterprises to connect across continents with secure, high-speed, dynamic, self-managed and low-latency infrastructure
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30 Jun 2026
Nordic datacentre investments surge amid tightening licence rules
Strains on national power grids in the Nordic region are pushing the region’s governments towards tougher regulation
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29 Jun 2026
India’s Hexaware to add 1,200 UK tech staff
Indian heritage IT supplier plans to have 1,200 UK staff across multiple sites, with research and development centres to open this year
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26 Jun 2026
More VMware customers jumping ship as contracts wind down
Enterprises have explored new virtualization options for years. With VMware contracts ending, now's the time for many to make the change, as some vendors offer migration incentives.
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26 Jun 2026
Qualcomm, OpenAI, IBM target AI infrastructure efficiency
An acquisition, a planned chip and a new transistor design could mitigate AI's energy and cost issues, but the effects will take time to reach enterprise buyers.