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Ardian Acquires Ireland’s Energia in €2.5B Bet on AI Power Demand
📅 - In a major move underscoring the convergence of energy infrastructure and artificial intelligence, French private equity firm Ardian has agreed to acquire Irish utility Energia Group from U.S.-based I Squared Capital in a deal valued at more than €2.5 billion. The acquisition marks Ardian's first investment in Ireland and signals growing investor appetite for utilities positioned to power the next generation of AI and data-driven industries.
Energia, one of Ireland's largest energy providers, serves nearly 900,000 homes and businesses across the island and accounts for roughly 17% of Ireland's total electricity supply and 20% of its wind generation. The company, originally acquired by I [...][... Check source for end of article ...]
📅 - Accelsius Gains Multi-Million Investment for Data Center Liquid Cooling - Accelsius, a specialist in advanced liquid cooling for data centers, has secured a multi-million-dollar strategic investment from Johnson Controls, a global leader in smart and sustainable building technologies. The funding marks a significant push to accelerate the adoption of next-generation cooling systems designed to handle the soaring power demands of AI and high-performance computing (HPC) environments.
Accelsius' core innovation lies in its two-phase, direct-to-chip (D2C) liquid cooling technology. Unlike conventional air-based or single-phase liquid systems, two-phase cooling harnesses the physical process of phase change - from liquid to vapor - to dissipate heat directly at the [...]
📅 - AMD, OpenAI Forge $10B+ Deal to Power Next-Gen AI Infrastructure - AMD and OpenAI have entered into a landmark multi-year, multi-generational partnership to deliver up to 6 gigawatts of AI computing power built on AMD's high-performance GPU technology. The agreement cements AMD as a key strategic compute provider for OpenAI, fueling the next wave of generative AI infrastructure and deepening the companies' collaboration on advanced hardware and software development.
Under the terms of the deal, OpenAI will deploy AMD Instinct GPUs across several generations, beginning with a 1-gigawatt rollout of the upcoming AMD Instinct MI450 GPUs in the second half of 2026. Future expansions will continue as OpenAI scales its data center capacity to meet growing [...]
📅 - Infleqtion Targets 1,000 Logical Qubits with New Neutral-Atom Design - Infleqtion, a global leader in neutral atom–based quantum technology, has unveiled details of its next-generation quantum computing architecture, a design it says will dramatically accelerate progress toward fault-tolerant quantum systems. The company projects that by 2030 it will deliver a full-stack quantum computer capable of operating more than 1,000 logical qubits - a milestone that, if achieved, would mark a critical step toward practical quantum advantage.
Infleqtion CEO Matt Kinsella described the announcement as both a technological and strategic inflection point for the firm. "We're accelerating innovation and execution toward fault-tolerant quantum computing with our new [...]
📅 - Nortek Unveils Multi-Megawatt Skidded CDU for Hyperscale - Hyperscalers and data center operators are looking for solutions that can scale effectively, integrate smoothly, and support rapid deployment and serviceability as AI workloads drive unprecedented power density.
They are also going beyond typical one-megawatt, contained CDU designs. These needs are satisfied by Nortek's skidding CDUs, which offer a specialized, easily maintainable, and flexible platform that lets operators maximize efficiency, cut down on manpower on-site, and adjust to changing cooling needs.
Important attributes: Huge Capacity: The base offering's configuration ranges from 1 MW to more than 5 MW, with the ability to expand to 10 MW through interconnected [...]
📅 - LumaDock Launches VPS for Web Hosting - With Dedicated Resources - LONDON, October 2025 – LumaDock, a hosting platform developed by LifeinCloud, has released a new category of VPS for Web Hosting designed to give website owners reliable speed without shared-server bottlenecks. The new product line combines full KVM virtualization, triple-replicated NVMe storage and the control panels most teams already know: cPanel, ISPmanager and Plesk.
Each VPS deploys in seconds with everything preconfigured for websites, domains, databases and email. Users can select their preferred control panel at checkout, skip manual setup and keep full root access when needed. Plans include unmetered 1 Gbps bandwidth, DDoS protection, snapshots, and a dedicated IPv4 address. [...]
📅 - PEAK:AIO Raises $6.8M to Scale AI-Optimized Data Infrastructure - UK-based data infrastructure startup PEAK:AIO has raised more than $6.8 million in seed funding to accelerate the development of its AI-optimized storage technology and expand globally. The round was led by Pembroke VCT, which invested $5 million, with participation from Praetura Ventures and a Silicon Valley investor.
The capital injection marks a major milestone for the young company as it positions itself at the forefront of the rapidly evolving AI hardware and data infrastructure market.
PEAK:AIO develops storage software designed specifically for GPU-centric workloads, one of the most critical pain points in AI infrastructure. As AI models become larger and more complex, traditional [...]
