OpenHands Raises $18.8M to Scale Enterprise Cloud Coding Agents
📅 - OpenHands, a rapidly growing open platform for cloud-based coding agents, has raised an $18.8 million Series A to accelerate its push toward enterprise-scale autonomous software development. The round was led by Madrona, with participation from Menlo Ventures, Obvious Ventures, Fujitsu Ventures, and Alumni Ventures.
The company also announced a strategic collaboration with AMD, signaling a move to optimize agent performance across open, enterprise-controlled environments rather than proprietary SaaS tools.
The investment highlights a rising demand for automation tools that go beyond IDE-based assistants and traditional AI code copilots. While many agentic development tools tie customers [...][... Check source for end of article ...]
📅 - MacWeb Opens US East Cloud Region in NY-Metro Data Center - MacWeb has expanded its Mac-based cloud infrastructure footprint in the United States with the launch of a new US East region in the New York metropolitan area, adding high-density Apple silicon clusters to a Class A data center in Secaucus, New Jersey. The move gives the company a strategic East Coast presence to complement its existing Silicon Valley region.
This move would offer customers low-latency access to large-scale Mac mini and Mac Studio deployments near major network exchanges and hyperscale cloud providers.
The expansion reflects growing enterprise interest in Mac-native cloud compute for iOS and macOS development pipelines, creative production workloads, and AI inference on [...]
📅 - CleanArc Breaks Ground on 900MW Hyperscale Data Center in Virginia - CleanArc Data Centers has broken ground on a 900-megawatt hyperscale campus in Caroline County, Virginia, marking one of the largest single data center developments announced on the U.S. East Coast. The flagship VA1 campus is positioned to serve soaring demand for hyperscale compute, cloud platforms and AI infrastructure.
CleanArc plans to bring the first 300MW of grid power online in the first quarter of 2027, followed by another 300MW by 2030 and a final tranche of 300MW between 2033 and 2035. With nearly one gigawatt of planned capacity, the company is targeting major cloud and AI operators that require both large-scale density and long-term expansion paths.
State and local officials [...]
📅 - IBM and Cisco Advance Distributed Quantum Computing for 2030s Networks - IBM and Cisco have outlined an ambitious plan to pioneer the foundations of networked distributed quantum computing, targeting early proofs of concept by the early 2030s. The collaboration brings together IBM's progress in developing large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computers and Cisco's quantum networking research, with the shared goal of enabling quantum systems to operate together across networks.
If successful, the effort could form the technical basis of a future quantum computing Internet.
Under the current plan, the companies aim within five years to demonstrate a network capable of linking multiple large-scale quantum computers so they can jointly execute workloads across tens [...]
📅 - Cologix’s MTL8 Among Canada’s First Colocation Sites with LEED Gold - Setting a new standard for sustainable colocation in North America, MTL8 is among the first colocation data centers in Canada to receive this esteemed green building distinction, showcasing Cologix's dedication to high-performance AI technology and environmental responsibility.
MTL8's accomplishments in important sustainability domains, such as energy efficiency, water conservation, materials utilization, and environmental impact reduction, are acknowledged by LEED Gold certification, one of the highest levels possible under the internationally acclaimed LEED framework. The accreditation, which was created by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and validated in Canada by the Canada [...]
📅 - OVHcloud Launches 3-AZ Berlin Region to Boost EU Cloud Resilience - OVHcloud has expanded its European footprint with the launch of a new three-Availability Zone cloud region in Berlin, reinforcing Germany's position as a strategic hub for sovereign and resilient cloud infrastructure. The move makes Berlin the company's third European region built on a 3-AZ architecture, following earlier deployments in Paris and Milan.
It also signals the acceleration of OVHcloud's long-term plan to provide European public institutions and highly regulated industries with cloud capacity designed for autonomy, compliance, and high availability.
For OVHcloud, headquartered in France and among the world's largest cloud providers by footprint, the Berlin region is part of a [...]
📅 - Nokia Boosts US R&D with $4B Plan and Joins Open Compute Project - Nokia is expanding its presence in the United States with one of its most significant investment commitments in decades, announcing a $4 billion plan to boost domestic R&D and manufacturing for AI-driven networking technologies. In parallel with the U.S. investment announcement, Nokia revealed it has joined the Open Compute Project at the Platinum membership tier.
The planned investments, made in coordination with the Trump administration, signals the company's intent to play a central role in strengthening U.S.-based innovation across mobile, fixed access, IP, optical, and data center networking systems. At the same time, Nokia has elevated its industry collaboration by joining the Open [...]