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AI Demand Fuels 16% Growth in China’s Cloud Market in Q1 2025
📅 - Cloud infrastructure spending in Mainland China reached US$11.6 billion in the first quarter of 2025, marking a 16% year-over-year increase, according to the latest figures from Canalys, now part of Omdia. This growth highlights the continued momentum of artificial intelligence (AI) adoption as a major force shaping the cloud computing landscape across the region.
As AI workloads become increasingly central to digital transformation efforts, cloud service providers in China are scaling investments in infrastructure and foundational model development. The rising reliance on GPU-based cloud infrastructure to support AI operations is changing enterprise IT strategies, driving migration from [...][... Check source for end of article ...]
📅 - Website Hosting Speed Plays Important Role in Google Rankings - Google's algorithm has increasingly prioritized user experience in its ranking criteria, and loading speed — especially on mobile devices — is a key part of that experience. A slow-loading website not only risks frustrating users but may also be pushed further down in search results, regardless of the quality of its content.
Brett Thomas, owner of Rhino Web Studios in New Orleans, Louisiana, has seen firsthand how hosting infrastructure affects visibility.
"Hosting speed isn't just a technical issue," said Thomas. "It's a marketing issue. A site that loads slowly may never even get seen — not because of its design or message, but because search engines devalue the [...]
📅 - 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 [...]
📅 - 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 [...]
📅 - Google to Cut U.S. Gov Cloud Costs Amid Trump Pressure on Big Tech - In a bid to rein in federal spending, major cloud service providers are responding to mounting pressure from the Trump administration by slashing prices on contracts with the U.S. government. According to the Financial Times citing sources familiar with ongoing negotiations, Google Cloud is now preparing to offer significant reductions in the cost of its cloud computing services for federal agencies - a move expected to be finalized in the coming weeks.
The development comes as part of a broader federal strategy aimed at curbing long-standing, high-cost technology contracts. The General Services Administration (GSA), which oversees federal procurement, is leading the initiative. A senior [...]
📅 - Yondr Group Launches 40MW Frankfurt Data Center - Yondr Group has announced the full operational launch of its new 40-megawatt data center located in Bischofsheim, just south of Frankfurt, marking a significant milestone in its rapid expansion across Europe. The facility is the latest addition to the company's growing portfolio of hyperscale data centers and concludes a multi-phase rollout that has seen over 100MW of capacity come online across Europe in the past 12 months.
The Frankfurt deployment completes four ready-for-service (RFS) stages, each delivered through close collaboration with clients from initial design through to final construction. The partnership-focused approach enabled early access to data halls and expedited service [...]
📅 - Arago Raises €22.1M to Develop Energy-Efficient Photonic AI Chips - Paris-based DeepTech startup Arago has raised €22.1 million in seed funding to accelerate the development and commercialization of its photonic processor, a novel computing platform that uses light instead of electricity to power artificial intelligence workloads. The company claims the technology could reduce energy usage in AI systems by up to tenfold compared to today's top-performing GPUs.
Founded less than a year ago, Arago is aiming to radically shift the AI hardware paradigm with its photonic chip codenamed JEF. The processor is based on a proprietary photonic architecture that uses lasers and photons - particles of light - to perform computations, in contrast to traditional [...]
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