UK
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The UK government is set to overhaul planning rules for nuclear reactors, making it easier to build new clean energy sources for power data centres. -
The UK Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, has urged European leaders to enhance cooperation on subsea cable security following multiple incidents of cable damage.
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Ofcom has greenlit Amazon’s satellite broadband service to provide connectivity to households, businesses, and government agencies in the UK.
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Carlos Slim, the Mexican billionaire and one of the world’s richest individuals, has reduced his stake in BT Group for the first time since his initial investment in the company.
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Virgin Media O2 has announced its largest-ever device donation programme, committing to provide up to 12,000 smartphones in 2025 to support people in need.
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UK colocation provider Stellium Datacenters has launched an immersion cooling proof of concept for an Open Compute Project (OCP) setup at its Newcastle-based hyperscale data centre, designed to power high-performance computing and AI workloads.
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The Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) provisional findings into the UK cloud services market have sparked strong reactions across the industry, with experts welcoming the scrutiny while highlighting the challenges ahead.
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) has voiced strong objections to the UK Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) provisional findings in its ongoing investigation into the cloud services market.
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Two major players in the UK’s full fibre broadband sector, FullFibre and Zzoomm, have agreed a merger, creating one of the country’s largest alternative network (Altnet) providers.
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DC01UK, planned to be the largest data centre in Europe, has received approval from the planning committee of Hertsmere Borough Council to proceed.
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UK lawmakers have launched an inquiry into subsea cable vulnerabilities, examining the country’s resilience in the event of potential disruption to internet infrastructure.
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As Storm Éowymn battered the UK and Ireland last week, the unprecedented scale of impact on telecom infrastructure highlights a need to strengthen the country’s networks against adverse weather conditions.
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Sinch has expanded RCS Business Messaging (RBM) to iOS users on Three UK and Virgin Media O2 (VMO2).
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Apple and Google are the subjects of an investigation under the UK competition watchdog’s new digital markets competition regime, with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) probing its dominance in the mobile market.
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Shortage of power supply, available land, and climate impacts are some of the biggest issues impacting data centres. The National Data Centre Academy (NDCA) is looking to tackle one of the industry’s most glaring issues: skills shortages.
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VMO2 and Ontix have switched on new small cell sites in Birmingham to boost mobile capacity and reduce network traffic at busy times.
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CityFibre has commenced work on the Kent leg of the UK-wide Project Gigabit, installing solutions to connect over 50,000 rural and hard-to-reach premises across the county.
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Virgin Media Business Wholesale is now offering high-bandwidth National Ethernet and Direct Internet Access (DIA) services through its advanced metro network.
Forthcoming events
Datacloud Asia 2025 co-located with ITW Asia
3 DECEMBER - 4 DECEMBER 2025 Singapore, Singapore
