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Native Debuts with $42M for Multi-Cloud Security-by-Design
📅 - Cybersecurity startup Native has emerged from stealth with $42 million in funding to launch a cloud security control plane designed to enforce secure-by-design architectures across multi-cloud environments. Announced this week, the initiative spans AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, aiming to address growing enterprise demand for proactive, scalable cloud security amid accelerating AI-driven threats globally.
The funding round includes a $31 million Series A led by Ballistic Ventures, with continued backing from General Catalyst, YL Ventures, and Merlin Ventures. The company also announced that Phil Venables, former Chief Information Security Officer at [...][... Check source for end of article ...]
📅 - Kingfisher Expands Google Cloud Partnership to Advance AI Shopping - Kingfisher, the international home improvement retailer behind brands such as B&Q and Castorama, has signed a multi-year agreement with Google Cloud to enhance its digital commerce capabilities using agentic AI. The deal aims to transform online shopping experiences across Europe by introducing conversational search and intelligent AI-driven assistants tailored to evolving customer expectations.
The partnership builds on Kingfisher's ongoing digital transformation strategy, leveraging Google Cloud's AI infrastructure to modernize how customers discover and purchase products. By integrating advanced tools such as Vertex AI, the company plans to move beyond traditional e-commerce [...]
📅 - GMI Cloud Unveils $12 Billion AI Infrastructure Initiative in Japan - GMI Cloud has announced a $12 billion sovereign AI infrastructure project in Japan, marking one of Asia's largest investments in domestic AI capacity. The initiative will deliver a 1-gigawatt AI Factory in Kagoshima, aimed at strengthening Japan's technological independence, supporting industrial AI applications, and addressing growing global demand for sovereign, secure computing infrastructure.
The Silicon Valley-based GPU-as-a-Service provider is partnering with Wistron to develop the facility, which will be built as part of a broader digital infrastructure initiative led by Kai Shin Digital Infrastructure. The project by GMI Cloud is supported by CDIB Capital and Shinetsu Science [...]
📅 - Alibaba Cloud, Baidu Cloud Hike AI-Driven Prices by up to 34% - China's leading cloud providers Alibaba and Baidu announced significant price increases on AI-driven cloud services this week, citing surging global demand and rising infrastructure costs. Effective April 18, the adjustments affect storage and compute offerings, underscoring mounting pressure on hyperscalers as enterprises accelerate artificial intelligence adoption across industries and geographies.
Alibaba Cloud and Baidu Cloud are following a broader industry trend seen earlier this year among major U.S. providers, signaling a global recalibration of cloud pricing tied to AI workloads. As enterprises scale generative AI and data-intensive applications, infrastructure costs - [...]
📅 - Schneider Electric, NVIDIA Advance Gigawatt AI Data Center Designs - Schneider Electric, in partnership with NVIDIA and AVEVA, has unveiled new validated blueprints for building gigawatt-scale AI data centers at NVIDIA GTC in San Jose. The initiative aims to help enterprises design, simulate, deploy, and operate next-generation AI factories with greater efficiency, as demand for high-performance computing infrastructure accelerates globally amid the rapid rise of artificial intelligence workloads.
The collaboration introduces a combination of reference architectures, digital twin technologies, and AI-driven operational tools designed to address the growing complexity of large-scale AI infrastructure. As hyperscalers and enterprises race to deploy AI [...]
📅 - Ampere Broadens European Presence with Major Cloud Rollouts - Ampere Computing is accelerating its European expansion as cloud providers across the region roll out new Arm-based instances powered by AmpereOne processors. The move spans hyperscale and regional platforms in key markets including the U.K., Germany, France, and the Nordics, addressing rising demand for efficient, sovereign-ready cloud infrastructure and AI workloads.
Ampere's latest push reflects a broader shift in Europe's cloud market, where enterprises are increasingly prioritizing performance-per-watt, regulatory compliance, and geographic data control. By partnering with a mix of global hyperscalers and regional providers, the company is positioning its Arm-based CPUs as a [...]
📅 - Siemens, Rittal Partner To Tackle AI Data Center Power Demands - Siemens and Rittal have announced a strategic partnership to develop standardized, sustainable power distribution solutions for next-generation data centers across the IEC market, aiming to accelerate AI infrastructure deployment, reduce time-to-compute, and address surging power density challenges as hyperscale operators and enterprises scale high-performance workloads globally amid rising energy and efficiency demands.
The collaboration brings together Siemens Smart Infrastructure and Rittal, part of the Friedhelm Loh Group, to design integrated systems that support increasingly complex and power-intensive AI data center environments.