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Sep, 2025 : Arelion Expands Scandinavian Fiber to Meet AI Demand
📅 - Arelion is investing heavily in its Scandinavian fiber backbone as the region emerges as one of Europe's most competitive hubs for artificial intelligence and data center infrastructure. The company, which operates one of the largest global Internet backbones, confirmed plans to deploy new high-fiber count cables in its existing ducts between Stockholm, Oslo and Copenhagen.
The move intended to address the sharp rise in demand from hyperscalers and enterprises building AI-driven workloads.
The project, scheduled for completion in 2026, aims to secure long-term fiber availability, enhance network resilience, and provide direct connectivity between Scandinavia and key global markets across [...][... Check source for end of article ...]
📅 - Alibaba Boosts Chip Design to Cut Reliance on U.S. Tech - Alibaba is stepping up its efforts to reduce reliance on U.S. technology with the development of a new artificial intelligence processor, a move intended to help plug the gap left by restrictions on American chip exports to China. The initiative highlights how Chinese firms are racing to build domestic alternatives amid intensifying competition in the global AI sector.
Industry sources report that Alibaba has produced a processor more versatile than its earlier generation of AI chips. As China's largest cloud computing provider, the company has long been a major client of NVIDIA, the U.S. leader in AI semiconductors. However, Washington's export controls have disrupted the flow of [...]
📅 - DARE1 Cable Expansion to Link Kenya and South Africa by 2028 - Djibouti Telecom has unveiled plans to extend its subsea footprint further down the African coastline, with construction of a new cable route between Kenya and South Africa scheduled to begin next year and targeted for completion by 2028.
The project will see the Djibouti Africa Regional Express 1 (DARE1) cable system stretched from Mombasa to Mtunzini in South Africa, a distance of roughly 3,200 to 3,500 kilometers, with additional landings in Tanzania, Mozambique, and Madagascar.
The initiative reflects Djibouti's ambition to evolve from a Red Sea gateway into a pan-African hub for digital traffic. By broadening DARE1's reach, the operator aims to address growing demand from regional [...]
📅 - OpenAI Plans One-Gigawatt Data Center in India - OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is preparing to significantly expand its global infrastructure footprint with plans to establish a large-scale data center in India. According to Bloomberg News, the facility would have a minimum capacity of one gigawatt, making it one of the most ambitious data infrastructure projects tied to artificial intelligence in the region.
The move comes as India becomes OpenAI's second-largest market by user base and a focal point for its international expansion strategy. The company, backed by Microsoft, has formally registered as a legal entity in India and begun building a local workforce. In August, OpenAI confirmed it would open its first Indian office in [...]
📅 - SAP Expands Sovereign Cloud to Boost AI Innovation and Compliance - SAP has significantly expanded its strategy for digital sovereignty and AI innovation, unveiling a broadened Sovereign Cloud portfolio that is designed to give enterprises, governments, and regulated industries new ways to balance compliance, innovation, and operational control. The company is positioning the expansion as both a European priority and a global initiative, reflecting growing demand for secure and sovereign cloud environments.
The updated portfolio introduces additional deployment options, including SAP Cloud Infrastructure, SAP Sovereign Cloud On-Site, and country-specific services such as Delos Cloud in Germany.
Each of these SAP offerings is intended to provide customers [...]
📅 - NexQloud Files Six Patents to Advance Global Blockchain Cloud OS - NexQloud Technologies has taken another step toward its vision of a global "cloud operating system" by filing six new patents with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The applications expand on the company's previously announced Decentralized Kubernetes Service and are designed to bring orchestration, compliance, and monetization capabilities to AI compute, virtual machines, and multi-cloud environments.
Together, the filings form the foundation of what NexQloud calls its Distributed Compute Platform, a framework intended to unify disparate computational resources under blockchain-based governance.
The company's core thesis is that the current model of cloud computing is [...]
📅 - IQM Lands $320M in Historic Series B, Expands U.S. Quantum Push - IQM Quantum Computers, a Finnish-headquartered developer of superconducting quantum systems, has secured a record-breaking $320 million (€275 million) in its Series B funding round, marking the largest raise in the quantum sector to date outside of the United States.
The round brings the company's total capital raised to $600 million and underscores the accelerating pace of investment as quantum technology edges closer to commercial deployment.
The latest financing was led by Ten Eleven Ventures, a U.S.-based cybersecurity investment firm, marking IQM's first American investor. Ten Eleven was joined by an expanded commitment from Tesi, the Finnish state-owned venture capital and private [...]
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