MEDUSA Cable Lands in Tunisia, Boosting Africa-Europe Connectivity
📅 - Orange Tunisia and the Medusa Submarine Cable System have achieved a major milestone in Mediterranean connectivity with the landing of the MEDUSA undersea cable in Bizerte, Tunisia. The arrival marks the first time the 8,700-kilometer subsea cable has touched African shores, positioning Tunisia as a central player in the region's digital transformation and its integration into the global digital economy.
The MEDUSA project, led by Barcelona-based AFR-IX Telecom and backed by the European Union, aims to create a new digital bridge between Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. The system will eventually connect nine Mediterranean countries - including Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, [...][... Check source for end of article ...]
📅 - Vertiv Expands AI Data Center Cooling Power with $1B PurgeRite Deal - Vertiv, a global leader in digital infrastructure and power management, is expanding its footprint in the high-growth liquid cooling segment with the planned $1 billion acquisition of PurgeRite, a Houston-based specialist in mechanical flushing, purging, and filtration services for data centers.
The deal, which includes a potential earn-out of up to $250 million based on 2026 performance metrics, underscores Vertiv's push to position itself at the center of the accelerating convergence between high-density computing, AI-driven workloads, and next-generation thermal management infrastructure.
As artificial intelligence reshapes data center architecture, thermal management has become one [...]
📅 - D-Wave Powers U.S. Defense with Davidson Quantum Partnership - D-Wave, a pioneer in quantum computing systems, software, and services, has achieved a significant milestone in national defense technology with the activation of its Advantage2 quantum computer at Davidson Technologies' headquarters in Huntsville, Alabama.
D-Wave's quantum system is now operational and marks one of the most advanced real-world deployments of quantum computing within the U.S. government's defense ecosystem.
The Advantage2 platform represents D-Wave's next generation of quantum annealing technology - a form of quantum computation designed for solving large-scale optimization and decision problems at unprecedented speed. The system will support sensitive defense and [...]
Cisco claims that infrastructure limitations are causing more than half of today's AI pilots to stop, underscoring the urgent need for a new decentralized network design. 75% of enterprise data is expected to be generated and processed this year, making the edge the next frontier of artificial intelligence. Traditional data centers find it difficult to meet the demands of AI as workloads accelerate from centralized model training to real-time inference. With agentic AI inquiries producing up to 25 times as much network traffic as a [...]
📅 - Gcore Debuts Everywhere AI, HPE,Enabling Three-Click AI deployment - Gcore, a global leader in AI, cloud, network, and security solutions, has launched Everywhere AI - a high-performance platform designed to help telcos, cloud providers, and enterprises flexibly deploy, scale, and optimize AI workloads across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments for maximum efficiency and profitability.
By allowing training and inference to be deployed with only three clicks on a single, unified platform, Everywhere AI makes AI development and deployment accessible. With features like model and GPU health-checks, CDN integration for real-time AI inference, and auto-scaling to meet demand and zero scaling to prevent waste, the software is performance and efficiency [...]
📅 - Verizon to Build High-Capacity Fiber Links for AWS Data Centers - Verizon Business has deepened its collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) through a new Verizon AI Connectagreement designed to power the next generation of artificial intelligence applications. The deal focuses on delivering high-capacity, low-latency fiber infrastructure to interconnect AWS data centers, supporting the massive data throughput and real-time performance demands of advanced AI workloads.
Under the agreement, Verizon will construct new long-haul fiber pathways across multiple regions, enhancing the scalability and resilience of AWS's cloud network. The initiative represents a major step in Verizon's ongoing investment in digital infrastructure, particularly as [...]
📅 - DNSFilter Expands Global Reach with Midis Group Cybersecurity Partnership - This collaboration will enable businesses in these areas to protect their networks against changing online threats by utilizing a state-of-the-art cloud-based platform renowned for its real-time threat detection and user-friendly administration.
By utilizing artificial intelligence, DNSFilter's innovative method lowers cybersecurity risks by detecting and blocking harmful domains. Customers now enjoy more dependable, proactive security against threats like ransomware, malware, and phishing thanks to the integration of DNSFilter's secure solution with Midis Groups' wide-ranging network of value-added distribution, service providers, and in-territory experts