45k user reviews & 1 million votes, over 29k web hosting brands & 85k plans since 2004!
Menu
WHTop → 📋 News → IQM Lands $320M in Historic Series B, Expands U.S. Quantum Push
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 [...][... Check source for end of article ...]
📅 - 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 [...]
📅 - 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 [...]
📅 - 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 [...]
📅 - Neterra Reports Growing Power of DDoS Attacks in 2025 - Global telecom operator and IT services provider Neterra has reported a sharp rise in the power and sophistication of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks during the first half of 2025. The company revealed that it successfully blocked 77,765 attacks between January and June, on track to surpass the 276,993 incidents it mitigated across the whole of 2024.
The trend underscores how cybercriminals are refining their methods and escalating attack intensity. While ACK Flood attacks were the most common form of assault last year, 2025 has seen SYN Short attacks emerge as the dominant technique. These newer attacks leverage smaller data packets and are designed to bypass defenses that [...]
📅 - DigitalBridge in Talks to Acquire Yondr in $1.61 Billion Deal - DigitalBridge Group is reportedly in advanced discussions to acquire Yondr in a deal valued at approximately $1.61 billion, according to multiple industry reports. The potential acquisition has drawn considerable attention across the technology and financial sectors, reflecting DigitalBridge's continued push to expand its global digital infrastructure footprint.
Yondr, which has built its reputation on data center development and hyperscale capacity delivery, has emerged as a fast-growing player in the infrastructure market. A purchase by DigitalBridge would mark one of the largest deals in the sector this year and significantly strengthen the firm's global capabilities.
DigitalBridge, [...]
📅 - Beyond.pl Launches F.I.N. Sovereign AI Factory in Poland - Beyond.pl's AI supercomputer known as the F.I.N. is now fully operational, marking the official launch of what the company calls the most powerful sovereign AI Factory in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). The deployment establishes a regional hub for enterprises, startups, research institutions, and public sector organizations to develop, train, and scale advanced AI projects within a secure, locally governed environment.
The F.I.N. supercomputer serves as the core of Beyond.pl's AI Factory initiative, which was first unveiled in May 2025. By creating a sovereign platform for AI development, Beyond.pl seeks to accelerate adoption while ensuring that sensitive data and workloads remain [...]
