North America
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The province of Ontario will cancel Starlink’s licence to operate in a tit-for-tat if US President Trump introduces 25% tariffs on goods imported from Canada. -
DE-CIX has brought in Nokia to support its New York IX upgrade to offer greater router flexibility and operational resilience.
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Private equity firm Novacap has launched a new fund to invest more than $1 billion in digital infrastructure projects across North America.
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Globalinx, a carrier-neutral cable landing station operator, has unveiled plans for an expansion project at Sandbridge Beach in Virginia Beach.
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Louisiana is the first US state to secure final approval from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) under the Biden-Harris Administration’s Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) programme.
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The US Department of Commerce has earmarked the location of the third flagship CHIPS for America research and development (R&D) facility and greenlit the creation of a virtual semiconductor manufacturing research centre.
Forthcoming events
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Donald J. Trump has secured a returned to the White House to become the 47th US President.
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Workflow automation platform Flowfinity has made upgrades to its data centre sites to expand its capacity to meet increased customer demands.
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Elon Musk has announced that xAI, his AI startup rivalling OpenAI, plans to double the size of its Colossus supercomputer cluster, which currently consists of 100,000 Nvidia GPUs.
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Semiconductor manufacturer Wolfspeed is the latest chipmaker to receive funding under the US CHIPS and Science Act, receiving up to $750 million to build a new silicon carbide wafer manufacturing site in North Carolina.
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Crusoe, the crypto miners turned clean energy AI infrastructure operator, has launched a $3.4 billion joint venture with Blue Owl Capital and Primary Digital Infrastructure to build data centres in Texas.
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Vertiv has revealed plans for a major expansion of its North American manufacturing footprint with a new 215,000-square-foot facility in Pelzer, South Carolina.
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Italian cloud and data centre operator Aruba S.p.A has unveiled its €300 million hyperscale data centre campus in Rome.
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Google has started construction on two new data centres in Dorchester County, South Carolina, as part of a $2 billion investment that will create 200 jobs.
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AT&T has agreed to pay US$13 million to resolve an investigation over a data breach of a cloud vendor in January 2023.
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Macquarie Asset Management and PSP Investments will sell their 88% stake in AirTrunk to a Blackstone-led investor consortium.
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Nokia has signed a multi-year agreement with AT&T to deploy next-generation fibre access technology.
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iBASIS has appointed Patrick George as its new CEO, following renewed backing from its existing financial investors including lead investor Ciclad.
Forthcoming events
Datacloud Asia 2025 co-located with ITW Asia
3 DECEMBER - 4 DECEMBER 2025 Singapore, Singapore
