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Russia's state-controlled telco Rostelecom said one of its subsea cables in the Baltics has been damaged by “an external impact”. -
Investment firm Brookfield is set to invest €20 billion to build out AI infrastructure in France.
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Deep in the Earth, mere metres away from a picturesque Norwegian fjord sits the entrance to a facility that’s the size of 25 football fields, with the access tunnel alone akin to almost five laps around an Olympic running track: The Lefdal Mine Datacenter.
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The Iliad Group has unveiled a €3 billion war chest to invest in AI infrastructure, including new data centres and GPUs to power AI workloads.
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Mistral AI, Europe’s leading answer to OpenAI, unveiled plans to build its first AI cluster in France to further power its training efforts.
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Brussels is falling behind in the race for high-quality 5G, according to new data from MedUX, which benchmarked network performance across the Belgian capital.
Forthcoming events
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RETN, a leading global network services provider, has launched its inaugural Point of Presence (PoP) in Greece.
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Global Connect revealed it has joined a project to create a subsea cable connecting Northern Europe, East Asia and the US via the Arctic in what it described as one of the largest digital infrastructure projects in European history.
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Hunter, the University of Stuttgart’s newest supercomputer came online this week to power intense workloads for AI, biomedical research, and climate modelling.
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Europe’s connectivity leaders, Nokia and Ericsson, alongside ASML and SAP, are spearheading a critical summit in Brussels today to drive a bold vision for the continent’s digital future.
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Amazon is investigating the possibility of creating a transatlantic subsea fibre optic cable that would stretch from Ireland to the US East Coast.
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Sparkle has signed an agreement with Oceanic Environmental Cables (OEC) to recover and recycle unused subsea cables.
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The Scottish National Investment Bank has invested £20m in subsea cable manufacturer XLCC to support the construction of its new manufacturing facility in Ayrshire.
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Nokia is set to provide optical networking solutions for the European offshore transmission operator TenneT, connecting its wind farms in the North Sea to the land.
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euNetworks has completed a series of optimisations to further boost the performance of its European ultra-low latency routes.
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Fibre network infrastructure provider Zayo Europe has appointed Caroline O’Connor as chief legal officer.
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OFCOM, the Swiss federal agency responsible for telecoms and broadcasting, has launched new specialised units to strengthen the security of telecom networks and wireless devices.
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Lyca Group has unveiled a strategic reorganisation to drive growth, streamline operations, and enhance digital capabilities.
Forthcoming events
Datacloud Asia 2025 co-located with ITW Asia
3 DECEMBER - 4 DECEMBER 2025 Singapore, Singapore
