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HPE to build Blue Lion supercomputer at LRZ

HPE will build an Nvidia-powered supercomputer at the Leibniz Supercomputing Center (LRZ) in Germany. Dubbed Blue Lion, the system will employ 100 percent direct liquid cooling. The water-cooling solution will allow waste heat from the supercomputer to be reused for heating local buildings.“Pr...

December 19, 2024

Germany / Deutschland

EU launches €10.6bn space Internet program

In an announcement, the European Commission said it has signed the concession contract for the Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security by Satellite (IRIS²), with the SpaceRISE consortium. A number of key partners were also named, including Thales Alenia Space, OHB, Airbus...

December 19, 2024

Europe

9Mobile blames network outage on data center fire in Lagos

Nigerian mobile network operator 9Mobile has blamed a network outage this week on a fire incident at its main data center in Lagos. The fire is said to have happened on Tuesday night (December 17), leading to network issues for 9Mobile's customers yesterday. Its customers have taken to social...

December 19, 2024

Nigeria

IPTO, Serverfarm form JV to build hyperscale data centers

The Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO) of Greece and Serverfarm have signed a Heads of Term agreement to form a joint venture. The joint venture, Gemini, aims to construct and operate hyperscale-ready data center facilities on IPTO-owned sites in Athens and elsewhere in Greece.Gemi...

December 18, 2024

Greece

Vard delivers cable-laying ship to I.T.

Nordic shipbuilder Vard has successfully delivered a cable-laying vessel to I.T. International Telecom Marine (IT), a submarine cable installation and maintenance firm. The vessel was formerly a platform supply vessel and was converted into a specialized cable-laying ship, named IT Infinity, t...

December 14, 2024

Norway

Africa50 invests in Egypt’s Raya Data Center

Africa50, the pan-African infrastructure investor and asset manager, this week announced a $15m equity investment in RDC to fund the development of a greenfield Tier III-quality data center in Egypt. A Raya Holding stock exchange filing notes through the investment, Africa50 will acquire a 42....

December 14, 2024

Africa

EuroHPC JU selects seven hosting sites for AI factories

The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) has selected seven sites to host the initiative’s new European AI factories. The factories represent a collaborative effort between 15 member states and two EuroHPC participating states and are the result of a €1.5 billion ($1.6bn) investment, combini...

December 12, 2024

Europe

Nscale raises $155m in funding round to finance expansion

European AI cloud firm Nscale has raised $155 million in a new funding round led by Sandton Capital Partners with participation from Kestrel, Bluesky Asset Management, and Florence Capital and will fuel its growth plans across Europe and North America. Nscale said it is launching a public clou...

December 10, 2024

Europe

Edgnex Data Centers announces new data center in Athens, Greece

Edgnex has announced plans to develop a 12.5MW data center in Athens, Greece. The Attica facility will be built in a joint venture - dubbed Data In Scale - between Edgnex’s parent company Damac and electricity utility PPC Group.“By leveraging Edgnex’s expertise in delivering reliable and agile...

December 09, 2024

Greece

T.Loop appoints Helena Fagraeus Lundström as CEO

Swedish Edge data center firm T.Loop has appointed Helena Fagraeus Lundström as its new CEO. Lundström was most recently at solar developer Solkompaniet, where she was chief strategy office and then business unit director for land development. Prior to that, she had held roles at Swedish boat ...

December 04, 2024

Sweden

Qareeb Data Centres and Gcore sign MoU in Middle East

Gcore and Qareeb Data Centres have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for digital infrastructure in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Gcore's artificial intelligence (AI), cloud, and Edge products will be integrated with Qareeb's data center platform, as part of plans to meet growing...

November 29, 2024

Middle East

Telenor Sweden CEO to step down at end of year

Telenor Sweden CEO Bjørn Ivar Moen has announced he will step down as CEO at the end of this year, and the hunt for a successor has already begun, as confirmed by the company in a statement. "All good things eventually come to an end," said Moen on LinkedIn this week. "Today, we announced that...

November 28, 2024

Sweden

Portus plans Luxembourg data center expansion

European operator Portus Data Centers this week announced the expansion of its facility in the Grand Duchy with a further 1,350 sqm of white space and additional capacity that will take the site to 3.4MW. The company is also rebranding the unit, previously known as European Data Hub (EDH), to ...

November 28, 2024

Luxembourg

DataBox takes over Digital Realty's cloud service in Croatia

Croatian cloud solutions and data center provider DataBox has taken over Digital Realty's cloud services in the country. This move will enable Digital Realty to "realign" its offering in Croatia and focus on acting as an infrastructure provider instead of a cloud service provider in the countr...

November 27, 2024

Digital Realty Trust

Civo launches second UK cloud region

Cloud computing company Civo has launched a second cloud region in the UK with sustainability-focused data centre provider Deep Green, which is also set to launch another data centre that will heat a local swimming pool located at the York Stadium Leisure Complex. Civo's newest cloud region, k...

November 25, 2024

United Kingdom

France Télévisions selects Thésée Datacenter for cloud migration

France Télévisions, Radio France, France Médias Monde, and TV5 Monde have partnered with Thésée Datacenter to assist with their transition to cloud solutions.The migration aims to make the media companies more resilient against the risks of cyber attacks, reduce the environmental impact of bro...

November 21, 2024

France

RackNerd expands offerings to Dublin, Ireland

Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider RackNerd has expanded its offering to Dublin, Ireland and will be offering its IaaS from the Digital Realty DU10 data center located in Dublin, Ireland."Our expansion into Dublin represents a strategic response to the growing demand for high-performa...

November 21, 2024

Dublin

Nationwide migrates on-premises IT Estate to HPE GreenLake cloud

UK-based bank and building society Nationwide has migrated its on-premises IT Estate to HPE GreenLake cloud. GreenLake is HPE's Edge-to-cloud solution, and sees HPE servers and storage deployed on-premises with cloud-like capabilities.“In today’s world our customers expect us to deliver an alw...

November 20, 2024

United Kingdom

Innovate UK announces fund to support quantum projects

Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), has announced a £9.5 million ($12.2m) fund to support quantum computing and quantum network projects. Eligible UK businesses will be able to apply for a share of the funding, with projects expected to align with the UK government’s five ‘...

November 15, 2024

United Kingdom

Volvo Penta invests in UIG

Swedish marine and industrial engine manufacturer Volvo Penta has announced a follow-up investment in UtilityInnovation Group (UIG), an US and Irish company specializing in utility systems and decentralized energy solutions. Following the investment, UIG aims to combine Volvo’s battery energy ...

November 15, 2024

Sweden

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