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Study: Aging Subsea Cable Fleet Puts Global Internet Resilience [...]
Study: Aging Subsea Cable Fleet Puts Global Internet Resilience at Risk
📅 - A new joint report by TeleGeography and Infra-Analytics has revealed that maintaining the world's growing network of submarine cables will require an estimated $3 billion investment to avoid service degradation and repair delays by 2040. The study, ‘The Future of Submarine Cable Maintenance,' outlines an impending shortfall in the number and viability of cable maintenance vessels, raising concerns about the long-term resilience of the global internet infrastructure.
Submarine cables form the invisible backbone of the modern internet, transmitting more than 95% of international data. As global demand for bandwidth increases and the push for network redundancy intensifies, investment in new [...][... Check source for end of article ...]
📅 - CoreWeave Debuts RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell for AI and Graphics Workloads - CoreWeave, a specialist cloud provider focused on AI and GPU-accelerated workloads, has announced the general availability of the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition in its infrastructure. With this move, CoreWeave becomes the first cloud platform globally to offer access to the new RTX PRO 6000-based instances, marking another milestone in its effort to bring cutting-edge GPU technology to AI developers and enterprise customers.
The new RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPU, developed by NVIDIA, is designed to significantly boost performance for demanding AI and graphics tasks. Specifically optimized for inference workloads up to 70 billion parameters, it offers up to 5.6 times faster [...]
📅 - Arm Reports 14x Growth in Data Center Clients Driven by AI Demand - Arm's data center footprint continues to expand at pace, as the chip design company reported to Reuters a significant rise in adoption of its processors for cloud computing workloads. As of 2024, over 70,000 clients now use Arm-based chips in data centers - a 14-fold increase since 2021. This growth signals a major shift in enterprise computing and highlights the company's momentum amid a broader industry race to power generative AI and energy-efficient infrastructure.
The UK-based firm, majority-owned by SoftBank, has long dominated the mobile device sector with its energy-efficient chip architectures. Now, propelled by the accelerating demand for AI workloads, Arm is gaining traction in [...]
📅 - Legrand, data center infrastructure, Quitérios, Amperio Project, modular power, busbar systems, digital transformation - Legrand has announced the acquisition of two European companies, Portugal-based Quitérios and Switzerland's Amperio Project, further expanding its footprint in the data center and digital infrastructure markets. The acquisitions would align with Legrand's strategic goal to strengthen its offerings in sectors tied to the accelerating energy and digital transformation.
Quitérios, headquartered in Mira, Portugal, is a manufacturer of digital and electrical modular distribution boards, systems vital to managing power safely and efficiently in modern data centers and industrial facilities.
With a workforce of more than 100 and annual revenues approaching €20 million, Quitérios is recognized [...]
📅 - Vodafone, Digital Realty Partner to Boost Crete as Mediterranean Data Hub - Vodafone Greece and Digital Realty have announced a strategic partnership aimed at transforming the digital infrastructure of Crete into a key connectivity hub for the Mediterranean. This initiative marks a major step toward reinforcing Greece's position in regional and global digital ecosystems by enhancing data center capabilities and network resilience on the island.
As part of the collaboration, Vodafone Greece will establish a new point of presence (PoP) at Digital Realty's HER1 data center in Heraklion. The facility will serve as the first carrier-neutral interconnection point in Crete, enabling submarine cable operators to terminate their equipment and interconnect with a broad [...]
📅 - Khazna Data Centers Partners with IDCA to Adopt Global Standards - Abu Dhabi-based Khazna Data Centers, one of the largest operators of hyperscale data centers in the Middle East, has entered into a strategic partnership with the International Data Center Authority (IDCA) to align its operations with globally recognized digital infrastructure standards.
Khazna CEO - Mr. Hassan AlnaqbiThe move marks a significant step toward standardizing best practices across Khazna's operations and reinforcing its position as a global player in data center development.
Under the agreement, Khazna will ensure that its entire ecosystem - including workforce development, AI and cloud deployments, service delivery, and architectural design - complies with IDCA's stringent [...]
📅 - Hosting Firm HOSTKEY Expands DC Presence to Warsaw and Milan - Hosting and infrastructure services provider HOSTKEY has launched a new facility in Warsaw, Poland, marking its latest strategic expansion across Europe. The facility is located at the LIM Data Center 3, one of the most secure and interconnected colocation centers in Poland.
The new Warsaw data hall will initially launch with two racks and four upstreams, accommodating approximately 20 hours of deployment work. LIM Data Center 3, situated in the iconic LIM building on Aleje Jerozolimskie in central Warsaw, is a Tier 2+ facility known for its dual-path power infrastructure, precision cooling with 6+1 redundancy, and stringent fire protection measures. It hosts around 100 telecom carriers [...]