Xanadu Launches $10M State-of-the-Art Photonic Packaging Facility in Ontario
📅 - Toronto-based photonic quantum computing company Xanadu has opened a new $10 million photonic packaging facility, a move that significantly advances Canada's domestic quantum technology capabilities. The site, located at the company's headquarters, is now operational and serves as both a strategic resource for Xanadu and a national asset for Canada's broader quantum innovation ecosystem.
The newly launched facility is designed to enable end-to-end, ultra-low-loss photonic packaging, critical for the production of fault-tolerant quantum computers. It would currently be the only facility of its kind in Canada, offering capabilities that allow for secure, high-performance manufacturing of [...][... Check source for end of article ...]
📅 - GTT Adds DDoS Scrubbing Centers in São Paulo, Hong Kong, Miami - GTT Communications, a global provider of networking and security services for multinational enterprises, has announced a strategic expansion of its Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Protection and Mitigation Services. Partnering with cybersecurity specialist Corero Network Security, GTT has increased the number of its global scrubbing centers to 13, adding new facilities in São Paulo, Brazil; Hong Kong, China; and Miami, United States.
The additional scrubbing centers, which are integrated with GTT's EnvisionCORE platform, mark a significant enhancement in the company's global defense capabilities. They are strategically positioned to reduce in-region latency and improve real-time [...]
📅 - Lenovo Expands Hybrid AI to Accelerate Enterprise AI Deployment - Lenovo has significantly expanded its Hybrid AI Advantage initiative with a new suite of integrated platforms, services, and industry-specific solutions aimed at helping enterprises operationalize artificial intelligence at scale. The new offerings are designed to address key barriers in AI adoption - ranging from infrastructure limitations and technical complexity to workforce readiness - and provide a full-stack framework for building, deploying, and managing AI-driven operations across diverse environments.
With AI investment expected to reach nearly 20% of IT budgets by 2025, Lenovo's latest move is both timely and strategic. Its expanded Hybrid AI Advantage portfolio equips [...]
📅 - LINX and ISOC Ghana Launch New Internet Exchange Point in Accra - A key milestone in the development of Ghana's digital infrastructure has been reached with the launch of a new collaboration between the London Internet Exchange (LINX) and the Internet Society's Ghana Chapter (ISOC Ghana). The initiative aims to strengthen the region's internet ecosystem through the establishment of a new interconnection hub, LINX Accra, and through broader community capacity-building programs.
As part of its continued expansion in Africa, LINX has confirmed a partnership with global data center operator Digital Realty, which will host the new exchange at its soon-to-open facility ACR2 in Accra. Located strategically near multiple submarine cable landing stations, the [...]
📅 - Digital Realty Taps HPE to Modernize Global Data Center Infrastructure - Global provider of cloud- and carrier-neutral data center, colocation, and interconnection services, Digital Realty, has selected HPE Private Cloud Business Edition to standardize and upgrade its infrastructure across more than 300 data centers in over 25 countries. The move reflects growing demand for scalable, resilient, and cost-efficient data center solutions that can support the increasing volume and complexity of enterprise workloads worldwide.
The adoption of HPE's Private Cloud Business Edition marks a strategic shift in Digital Realty's global operations, aiming to unify infrastructure management while enhancing scalability, security, and operational resilience.
According to [...]
📅 - Gartner: 40% of Agentic AI Projects Will Fail by 2027 - A new Gartner analysis warns that over 40% of current agentic AI initiatives are likely to be abandoned by the end of 2027 due to rising costs, unclear business value, and a lack of sufficient risk controls. While agentic AI - artificial intelligence that can independently make decisions and take action to accomplish goals - is widely viewed as the next frontier in enterprise automation, the current wave of early experimentation may be moving too fast for its own good.
Anushree Verma, Senior Director Analyst at Gartner, explained that much of the current activity in the space is being driven by hype rather than viable implementation strategies. "The majority of agentic AI projects at the [...]
📅 - ArcLight, DigitalBridge Invest $500M in Takanock’s Data Centers - More than $500 million in capital is being invested into next-generation data center infrastructure by ArcLight Capital Partners and DigitalBridge Group, who are backing Takanock - an emerging power infrastructure startup aiming to solve one of the most critical constraints in hyperscale data center expansion: power availability.
This sizable commitment underscores the urgency and scale of the challenge, particularly in Tier I markets like Northern Virginia and Phoenix, where power constraints are threatening to stall the growth of the digital economy's backbone.
Founded in 2023, Takanock has positioned itself at the nexus of power infrastructure and digital infrastructure. The company [...]
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