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i2Coalition Partners with HostingJournalist to Amplify Member Advocacy
📅 - Photo: This collaboration with media partner HostingJournalist Magazine will strengthen the advocacy of our members and our collective voice in the industry, says Christian Dawson (right), co-founder and Executive Director of the North American internet infrastructure industry organization i2Coalition, in the photo at CloudFest 2025, together with HostingJournalist editor-in-chief Koen Stegeman (left).
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The Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition) has announced a strategic partnership with HostingJournalist.com. This collaboration provides i2Coalition and its 85+ members direct access to HostingJournalist.coms Insider self-publishing platform, enabling [...][... Check source for end of article ...]
Rescale, a digital engineering platform focused on accelerating innovation and scientific discovery, has secured $115 million in a Series D funding round, bringing its total funding to over $260 million. The new capital will be used to further develop Rescales platform across several key areas.
It includes the rollout of additional high-performance computing workflows and technologies, expanding its AI-native capabilities such as automated data tagging and model search, and enhancing security compliance, especially for government and defense customers.
Rescale also plans to grow its ecosystem of more than 1,250 specialized engineering applications and extend [...]
📅 - Zultys announced the debut of its Hardware as a Service (HaaS) product - HaaS is a premise-based deployment that may be offered as a fully hybrid unified communications solution or only using premise hardware. By offering business phone services and fixed per-user, per-month pricing, it mimics the conventional UCaaS delivery model and provides clients with a flexible substitute for significant capital investments.
HaaS customers may enjoy the complete control of an on-premise system with the agility of the cloud thanks to Zultys' unique offering of the same product, interface, and user experience across all deployment types. Customers may now get a high-performance, enterprise-grade business communication solution, including phones and PBX equipment, via a [...]
Lumai, a spinout from the University of Oxford, has announced a funding round of more than $10 million to advance its pioneering opticalAI accelerator technology. The capital injection will be used to expand Lumais presence in the U.S., triple the size of its team, and accelerate product development.
The companys core innovation lies in its approach to optical computing - using light instead of electrons to carry out the complex matrix multiplications at the heart of AI processing. This method promises to reduce energy consumption dramatically, a critical advantage as the data center industry braces for massive growth and rising energy demands.
The round was [...]
📅 - IBM Launches z17 Mainframe to Deepen AI Integration in Enterprise IT - IBM has officially introduced the latest evolution of its iconic mainframe series: the IBM z17. This new system is not just an upgrade - it's a transformation, purpose-built to meet the rapidly growing demands of artificial intelligence in enterprise environments. From hardware and software to operational intelligence, the z17 is designed to position AI at the heart of business-critical computing, redefining whats possible in transaction-heavy environments.
The system is powered by IBMs new Telum II processor, a second-generation chip featuring an on-chip AI accelerator that significantly boosts inference capabilities. According to IBM, the z17 can perform 50% more AI inference operations [...]
i2Coalition now offers its more than 85 members low-threshold access to the HostingJournalist.com news platform through which members can self-publish their business content instantly alongside the editorial news.
i2Coalition collaborates with lawmakers and industry leaders to advocate for its members that include AWS, Google, DigitalOcean, OVHcloud, Newfold Digital, Cloudflare, Namecheap, GoDaddy, WebPros, Tucows, Bluehost, HostGator, DreamHost, Hostinger and others, ensuring these Internet [...]
📅 - Colt DCS Expands with 117MW Across New Frankfurt and Berlin Sites - Colt Data Centre Services (Colt DCS), global provider of large-scale enterprise andhyperscale data center infrastructure, has announced plans to construct four new colocation data centers in Germany. The expansion represents a significant 2 billion investment into one of Europes most critical digital economies and will increase the companys total data center capacity in the country to 176 megawatts (MW).
The new facilities, named Berlin 1, Berlin 2, Frankfurt 4, and Frankfurt 5, will be situated across these two major German cities. The Berlin sites will occupy 9.5 acres and deliver a combined IT capacity of 54MW. The Frankfurt locations, which remain strategically important as part of [...]