IonQ Acquires Skyloom to Advance Quantum-Secure Optical Networking
📅 - IonQ is expanding its ambitions in quantum-secure communications with a definitive agreement to acquire Skyloom Global, a U.S. company specializing in high-performance optical communications for both terrestrial and orbital networks. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The acquisition brings Skyloom's rapidly scaling optical communications terminal (OCT) technology into IonQ's growing ecosystem, strengthening the company's effort to build a fully integrated global quantum infrastructure platform.
Skyloom, founded in 2017, has become a key supplier of laser-based communications terminals for U.S. government and commercial missions. The company has delivered nearly 90 [...][... Check source for end of article ...]
📅 - OVHcloud Launches Europe’s First Quantum-as-a-Service Platform - OVHcloud is expanding its role in Europe's rapidly developing quantum computing landscape with the launch of its Quantum Platform, a new Quantum-as-a-Service environment designed to give enterprises on-demand access to some of the continent's most advanced quantum processors.
Announced at Choose France - France Edition, the platform represents the first European QaaS solution capable of providing cloud-based access to multiple quantum technologies, including Pasqal's Orion Beta quantum processing unit, a neutral-atom system that now delivers a 100-qubit architecture to customers.
The initiative positions OVHcloud at the center of Europe's efforts to build a sovereign quantum capability [...]
📅 - GMI Cloud Unveils $500M Taiwan AI Factory Powered by Blackwell - GMI Cloud is deepening Asia's role in the global AI infrastructure race with a new half-billion-dollar AI Factory in Taiwan, built around NVIDIA's newest Blackwell architecture. The company, one of the fastest-growing GPU-as-a-Service providers in the region and an official NVIDIA Cloud Partner, positions the facility as a cornerstone for sovereign AI development at a time when demand for high-density compute capacity is escalating across the public and private sectors.
The project underscores a shift toward regional AI infrastructure that combines domestic data control with access to U.S.-based accelerated computing technologies, reflecting a broad reconfiguration of the international AI [...]
📅 - Lambda Raises $1.5B to Build Gigawatt-Scale AI Factory Infrastructure - Lambda is accelerating its ambition to build the foundational infrastructure for the era of artificial intelligence with a new $1.5 billion Series E round, one of the largest private capital injections into AI compute this year. The timing aligns with a significant limitation in the AI space: the structural limitations of data center availability and GPU capacity.
The funding is led by TWG Global, the holding company founded by Thomas Tull and Mark Walter, with further participation from Tull's US Innovative Technology Fund (USIT) and several existing backers. The investment signals intensifying confidence in Lambda's strategy to create gigawatt-scale AI factories capable of supporting [...]
📅 - Parallels Releases RAS 21.0 with Enhanced Hybrid Cloud Management - Prashant Ketkar, Chief Technology and Product Officer at Parallels, stated, "Parallels RAS 21.0 introduces major advancements that meet the evolving priorities of IT leaders striving to balance security, productivity, and cost efficiency. This release demonstrates our dedication to providing businesses with a unified digital workspace experience - one that offers enterprise-grade security, intelligent automation, and simplified deployment." Promoting Hybrid Employment With tighter integration into Microsoft Azure and other multi-cloud platforms, Parallels RAS 21.0 increases the flexibility of hybrid cloud deployments and facilitates resource provisioning, scaling, and management across [...]
📅 - Germany Breaks Ground on €11B AI Mega Data Center in Lübbenau - Germany has taken a high-visibility step toward reclaiming technological independence with the launch of an €11 billion (roughly $13 billion) mega data center project in the small town of Lübbenau, about 100 kilometers southeast of Berlin. The Schwarz Group - the retail conglomerate behind Lidl and Kaufland - has officially broken ground on what could become one of Europe's largest GPU-accelerated computing sites.
It would position the new data center as a critical pillar for building a domestic AI ecosystem capable of competing with the United States and China.
At a rainy inauguration ceremony, executives joined German Minister for Digitalization and Government Modernization Karsten [...]
📅 - Delta and Siemens Partner on Modular Power Systems for AI Data Centers - Delta and Siemens Smart Infrastructure are deepening their collaboration in the global data center market with a new partnership aimed at accelerating the deployment of high-density, power-intensive AI and cloud workloads. The companies have formalized a global agreement to co-deliver prefabricated, modular power systems that promise faster buildouts, lower capital expenditure, and improved reliability for hyperscale and colocation operators.
The partnership combines Siemens' expertise in electrical power distribution and engineering services with Delta's high-efficiency UPS systems, battery technologies, and advanced cooling solutions. The joint offering centers on fully integrated, [...]
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