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Crusoe and Starcloud Partner to Launch the First Cloud in Space - 📅 - Crusoe, the vertically integrated AI infrastructure provider known for coupling high-performance computing with clean energy solutions, has announced a landmark partnership with Starcloud - the first company building AI data centers in space. The collaboration aims to make Crusoe the first public cloud provider to run workloads beyond Earth's atmosphere.

Under the agreement, Crusoe will deploy its Crusoe Cloud platform aboard a Starcloud satellite set to launch in late 2026. The project will inaugurate a new era of off-planet computing, with limited GPU capacity expected to be available to customers by early 2027. The companies say the initiative represents a step change in the evolution [...]
Airtel Partners with IBM to Boost Cloud and AI for Enterprises - 📅 - Bharti Airtel, one of India's leading telecommunications and digital infrastructure providers, has announced a strategic partnership with IBM to strengthen its Airtel Cloud platform and accelerate AI adoption across India's enterprise landscape. The collaboration combines IBM's expertise in hybrid cloud, AI infrastructure, and automation with Airtel's telco-grade reliability, security, and local data residency.

The joint efforts would deliver advanced cloud and AI capabilities to businesses operating in highly regulated sectors.

The alliance comes at a time when India's digital economy is expanding rapidly, and organizations are under increasing pressure to modernize infrastructure while [...]
U.S. Broadband Investment Surges to $89.6B Amid AI Expansion - 📅 - America's broadband industry is on track for one of its strongest investment years in history, according to the 2024 Broadband Capex Report released by USTelecom, The Broadband Association. The report reveals that broadband providers invested $89.6 billion in U.S. communications infrastructure in 2024, bringing total industry investment since 1996 to more than $2.2 trillion.

The data underscores broadband's role as a critical pillar of the U.S. digital economy - powering everything from cloud computing and streaming to artificial intelligence workloads and next-generation connectivity. Investment momentum has remained steady across decades of technological shifts, from the early days of [...]
AI Boom Drives Smarter, Faster Data Center Growth by 2030 - 📅 - The global data center industry is entering a new era - one defined less by hype and more by execution discipline. According to Bain & Company's latest 2030 Global Data Center Forecast, hyperscalers are shifting from a growth-at-any-cost mindset to a more selective and efficiency-driven approach, even as power availability and construction delays continue to challenge expansion timelines.

Despite speculation of an AI bubble and headline-grabbing megaprojects such as Stargate, Bain's analysis projects that total global data center capacity demand will reach 163 gigawatts (GW) by 2030 - double today's levels. The consultancy's baseline scenario anticipates continued strong AI-related [...]
Cologix Expands Into Calgary With DataHiveOne Acquisition - 📅 - Cologix has entered a new chapter in its Canadian expansion with the acquisition of DataHiveOne, Calgary's primary carrier hotel and a major interconnection hub for Western Canada. The move establishes the North American data center and interconnection provider's first footprint in Calgary and further consolidates its leadership in Canada's fast-evolving digital infrastructure market.

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the acquisition includes most of DataHive's colocation and interconnection assets - a portfolio that anchors the region's global connectivity. Strategically located in downtown Calgary, DataHiveOne houses over 30 networks, including the city's Internet [...]
ZTE hosts 2025 Broadband User Congress Mexico: “AI Boosting BroadbandBenefits” - 📅 - Mexico City, Mexico, October 22, 2025 - ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a global leading provider of integrated information and communication technology solutions, recently kicked off its 2025 Broadband User Conference in Mexico City, Mexico.

This year's congress themed "AI Boosting Broadband Benefits", brought together over 400 global ICT industry leaders, top telecom operators, enterprise innovation pioneers, and strategic partners to exchange insights on broadband innovations in the intelligent era.

The conference highlighted a series of AI-driven innovations, showcasing how AI is accelerating the evolution of next-generation broadband solutions and driving network intelligent [...]
Sophos Launches ITDR to Combat Rising Identity-Based Cyber Threats - 📅 - Sophos has unveiled its latest cybersecurity innovation, Sophos Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR), a major step in its strategy to combat one of the fastest-growing areas of cyber risk: identity-based attacks. The launch expands Sophos' flagship threat detection ecosystem, including Sophos XDR (Extended Detection and Response) and Sophos MDR (Managed Detection and Response).

It adds continuous identity monitoring, behavioral analytics, and automated remediation to protect organizations from credential compromise and account-based intrusions.

The rollout also marks the first Secureworks-derived product fully integrated into the Sophos Central platform, a milestone following [...]
DE-CIX Expands in Brazil with New Internet Exchange in Rio - 📅 - DE-CIX, one of the world's leading Internet Exchange (IX) operators, has expanded its presence in Brazil with the launch of DE-CIX Rio de Janeiro, marking a new milestone in the country's digital infrastructure growth. The new interconnection hub follows the success of DE-CIX São Paulo and represents a significant step toward creating a high-performance, interconnected network fabric across Brazil and beyond.

Now operational across multiple data centers in Rio, the exchange has already connected its first ten networks, including regional operators Sjnet Telecomunicações and Nexuslink Datacenter. The new IX gives local businesses, Internet service providers (ISPs), cloud platforms, and [...]
AWS Restores Service After Major Global Cloud Outage - 📅 - Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud division of Amazon, has restored operations to normal following the global outage yesterday that disrupted thousands of businesses and platforms dependent on its infrastructure. The incident, which stemmed from AWS's US-East-1 region in Northern Virginia, represents one of the most significant internet disruptions since the 2024 global IT collapse triggered by a faulty CrowdStrike update.

Amazon confirmed that the outage was caused by issues within the Domain Name System (DNS) and its DynamoDB database service, crippling connectivity for users worldwide. AWS engineers isolated and resolved the problem after several hours, restoring stability to the [...]
Arelion Strengthens Baltic Connectivity with New Resilient Route - 📅 - Arelion has expanded its Baltic network with a new high-capacity terrestrial route between Helsinki and Warsaw, forming a resilient, low-latency ring connecting Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland. The route uses open optical systems with 400G coherent optics and 1.6 Tbps Waves for scalable connectivity.

The expansion, which leverages Arelion's own backbone alongside regional fiber partners, adds crucial redundancy to the European network fabric and improves latency performance between the Baltics and Western Europe. This initiative delivers scalable, backbone-grade connectivity for enterprises, carriers, and hyperscale operators, ensuring predictable service-level [...]