The US government is to gain access to new AI and high-performance computing tools as AWS prepares a major expansion of its secure cloud systems. The company plans to invest up to $50 billion starting in 2026 to build out AI and supercomputing capacity in its Top Secret, Secret, and GovCloud regions. The buildout will […]
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Google Cloud has picked up another major contract to deliver secure, sovereign cloud services to a military agency, only a few months after it signed a similar deal with the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD). The agreement will see the Nato Communication and Information Agency (NCIA) use Google Distributed Cloud (GDC), an air-gapped system built […]
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Google’s €5.5 billion plan to expand its presence in Germany is about more than new buildings and servers. Running from 2026 to 2029, the investment shows how global cloud and AI providers are starting to link technology growth with sustainability, workforce skills, and energy efficiency — priorities now central to how European enterprises plan and […]
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The UK and European governments are in the process of tightening data regulations, plus, geopolitical tensions from Russia and the US mean enterprises are rethinking where and how their data and AI systems operate. Atos’s new sovereign and agentic AI framework aims to address the demand for sovereign data facilities directly. It has announced three […]
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Google is investing another €5 billion in Belgium over the next two years to boost its cloud and AI infrastructure. That effort includes expanding its data centre locations in Saint-Ghislain and creating 300 new full-time jobs. At the same time, it’s inked deals with Eneco, Luminus, and Renner to help develop onshore wind farms and […]
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Oracle has shared new details on its UK investment programme, first announced in March, which includes AI services and a sovereign cloud platform. Earlier this year, the company pledged $5 billion to expand Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) in the UK and support government efforts around AI adoption. The latest update highlights progress on a sovereign […]
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Oracle has shared new details on its UK investment programme, first announced in March, which includes AI services and a sovereign cloud platform. Earlier this year, the company pledged $5 billion to expand Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) in the UK and support government efforts around AI adoption. The latest update highlights progress on a sovereign […]
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The conversations around data centres’ environmental impact are getting more intense today. If you come across any AI-generated content online today, you’re sure to see a comment lamenting how much water that image or text costs. While the actual figures are difficult to determine, the power requirements of data centres have indeed increased substantially in […]
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday that the Pentagon will no longer allow Chinese nationals to work as coders on Department of Defense (DoD) cloud systems, ending a controversial practice that critics warned carried security risks. For years, a programme loosely modelled on Microsoft’s internal arrangements let foreign nationals, including developers in China, contribute […]
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