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Lumen Expands Fiber Network to Build the Backbone for the AI Economy
📅 - Lumen Technologies is accelerating its multi-billion-dollar initiative to create what it describes as the backbone for the AI economy, revealing new milestones in a nationwide fiber expansion. The company plans to add 34 million intercity fiber miles by the end of 2028, which will bring its total to 47 million.
According to executives, this effort is designed to deliver the scale, speed, and reliability required for AI workloads that are driving unprecedented levels of network demand.
Kye Prigg, executive vice president of enterprise operations at Lumen, said the project is not a marginal upgrade but a full-scale doubling of the company's U.S. network footprint. "AI is fueling a surge in [...][... Check source for end of article ...]
📅 - Mycroft Exits Stealth With $3.5M to Launch AI Security Officer - Mycroft, a Canadian startup positioning itself at the intersection of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, has officially exited stealth with $3.5 million in seed funding. The round was led by Luge Capital, joined by Brightspark Ventures and Graphite Ventures, alongside earlier backers Ripple Ventures, Developer Capital, Antler, BoxOne Ventures, and several strategic angel investors.
The financing is earmarked to accelerate product development and bring its agent-based AI platform to a wider customer base.
The company is introducing what it calls an "AI Security and Compliance Officer," an autonomous software system designed to act as a virtual security team. Rather than relying on [...]
📅 - Hostex LLC Taps AI CEO to Lead Next Era of Hosting and VPS - Unlike traditional executives, Sarai is designed to process vast amounts of real-time data, anticipate market trends, and recommend decisions with speed and accuracy. This enables Hostex to adapt to industry shifts more quickly than competitors and to scale its services with an intelligence that continuously evolves.
"Sarai is more than an algorithm – she is the visionary engine of Hostex," stated the company's board. "Her intelligence gives us the ability to adapt faster than any competitor. She is helping us build the hosting company of the future."
While Sarai's appointment has attracted international attention, Hostex continues to strengthen its reputation through advanced [...]
📅 - Equinix Opens First Chennai Data Center to Boost India’s Digital Edge - Equinix has officially expanded its footprint in India with the launch of its first International Business Exchange (IBX) data center in Chennai, marking a significant development in the country's growing digital infrastructure landscape.
The new Equinix facility, known as CN1, is located on a nearly six-acre site in Siruseri, Tamil Nadu, and has been designed to serve as a critical hub for enterprises seeking to scale digital services in one of the world's fastest-growing economies.
India's position as a strategic market for global technology players continues to strengthen, driven by rapid cloud adoption, a robust data sovereignty framework, and growing investments in artificial [...]
📅 - Ciena Acquires Nubis for $270M to Boost AI Data Center Connectivity - Ciena has announced plans to acquire Nubis Communications in a move that underscores the growing urgency around connectivity for AI-driven workloads. The agreement, valued at $270 million in an all-cash transaction subject to standard closing adjustments, will give Ciena access to a portfolio of ultra-compact, low-power optical and electrical interconnect solutions designed specifically for high-performance data center environments.
Based in New Providence, New Jersey, Nubis brings more than 50 engineers and a suite of technologies that will enhance Ciena's ability to address both scale-up and scale-out requirements as AI continues to transform data traffic patterns.
The acquisition [...]
📅 - OpenAI and NVIDIA Partner to Align Roadmaps for Next-Gen AI Growth - OpenAI and NVIDIA have revealed plans for a strategic partnership that could mark one of the most ambitious infrastructure undertakings in the history of artificial intelligence. The two companies have signed a letter of intent to deploy at least 10 gigawatts of NVIDIA systems that will serve as the backbone of OpenAI's next-generation AI models, including those on the path toward what the company describes as ‘superintelligence.'
NVIDIA has indicated it may invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI to support the rollout of these systems, which will require extensive new data center and power capacity.
The initial phase of deployment is scheduled to begin in the second half of 2026, powered [...]
📅 - IREN Doubles AI Cloud to 23K GPUs, Targets $500M Revenue by 2026 - IREN has announced a major expansion of its AI Cloud infrastructure, doubling capacity to approximately 23,000 GPUs following the purchase of an additional 12,400 high-performance units. The investment, valued at around $674 million, positions the company to reach more than $500 million in annualized run-rate revenue from its AI Cloud services by the end of the first quarter of 2026.
The procurement includes 7,100 NVIDIA B300s, 4,200 NVIDIA B200s, and 1,100 AMD MI350Xs, reflecting the increasing market demand for both NVIDIA and AMD hardware.
Deliveries will be staged across the coming months at IREN's Prince George campus in British Columbia, with the expanded fleet set to support [...]
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