Large data centre projects intended to support AI and cloud workloads are facing power shortages and grid delays. Some are also facing planning disputes, land-use concerns, and rising construction costs. A report by The Guardian, citing data from the Uptime Institute, said 250 data centre projects requiring more than 100MW of power each were announced […]
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South Korea is moving to expand its AI infrastructure base through a series of projects covering data centres, semiconductors, and robotics. SK Telecom plans to build up to 15GW of AI data centre capacity. The plan follows a set of South Korean “mega projects” covering semiconductors, physical AI, and AI data centres. Samsung Electronics, SK […]
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Meta Platforms is developing plans for a cloud infrastructure business that would sell access to AI computing power and models, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. CNBC later reported that Meta plans to sell excess computing power to outside customers. The business would compete with Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and […]
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Nokia has signed a multi-year agreement with SAP to move more of its enterprise resource planning environment to SAP S/4HANA on Microsoft Azure. The agreement was concluded at the end of 2025, according to SAP. It will use the RISE with SAP Methodology, covering Nokia’s ERP processes, data, applications, and operating models. The work is […]
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Indonesian telecommunications company XLSMART has completed a public cloud migration to Tencent Cloud, moving core systems and business assets onto the platform. The project took four and a half months. XLSMART said the migration covered more than 60 core applications, 1,200 microservices, 1,100 APIs, 900 business interfaces, and more than 15TB of core assets. The […]
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Vodafone has completed a trial using AWS cloud infrastructure to run IoT voice and data network applications on Nokia core systems. The trial involved key network functions for Vodafone’s managed IoT connectivity platform running on public cloud infrastructure. Vodafone said the work forms part of its wider multi-cloud strategy. Vodafone tests cloud-based IoT core The […]
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US federal energy regulators have ordered six regional grid operators to create faster connection processes for large power users, including AI data centres, seeking access to the high-voltage transmission system. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission voted unanimously on Thursday to require the operators to show how they will handle requests from large electricity users in […]
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Microsoft is reportedly using AWS to add computing capacity for GitHub, following capacity issues on the coding platform. Business Insider reported that Microsoft is turning to Amazon to help address capacity issues at GitHub. The report cited two people familiar with the plans. Amazon is Microsoft’s largest cloud rival. Microsoft acquired GitHub in 2018 and […]
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NTT DATA has expanded its work with Google Cloud on enterprise AI deployments using Gemini Enterprise. The companies said the work will focus on helping organisations move AI projects beyond pilot stages and into production environments. The collaboration combines Google Cloud’s AI, data, and cloud platform capabilities with NTT DATA’s consulting and implementation services. It […]
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Pinterest has signed a US$4 billion cloud deal with AWS, extending its cloud services agreement with Amazon Web Services through 2031. The agreement is Pinterest’s largest infrastructure commitment to date. It builds on a cloud relationship that began in 2010, when Pinterest started using AWS to support the reliability and performance of its core services. […]
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