Lightpath Expands AI-Grade Network Footprint in Greater Columbus
📅 - Lightpath's expansion based on success strengthens its position in the Midwest and its plan to provide the next generation of network infrastructure designed specifically for workloads driven by artificial intelligence. With a staggered route construction completion starting at the end of 2026 and continuing through mid-2027, engineering and construction are now under way.
"Columbus is a well-known U.S. destination for data center and AI investment," stated Lightpath CEO Chris Morley. "Our continued expansion in this market reflects both the scale of hyperscale demand and Lightpath's commitment to meeting it with proven quality, speed and agility."
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📅 - Switzerland Tightens Public-Sector Use of US and Global Cloud - Switzerland is drawing a hard line on how public-sector bodies can use global cloud platforms, tightening the rules in ways that could reshape government IT strategies and create new opportunities for European and sovereign cloud providers.
In new guidance, the Conference of Swiss Data Protection Officers, known as Privatim, has effectively barred authorities from using international cloud and SaaS services such as those offered by major U.S. hyperscalers - Google Cloud, AWS, Microsoft, and others - as turnkey solutions for workloads involving especially sensitive or legally confidential data. Instead, public entities will either need to return to more tightly controlled on-premises [...]
📅 - D-Wave Launches U.S. Government Unit for Quantum Adoption - D-Wave Quantum is sharpening its focus on Washington. The quantum computing systems, software, and services provider has created a dedicated U.S. government business unit aimed at accelerating adoption of its technology across defense and federal agencies, underscoring how quickly quantum is moving from research topic to procurement category.
The new unit will be led by Jack Sears Jr., a veteran of the government and public sector technology market. Sears joins D-Wave's executive team as vice president of U.S. government solutions, with a remit that spans go-to-market, application development, product strategy, and customer support for government buyers. His mandate is to align D-Wave's [...]
📅 - Arqit and Sparkle Demo Quantum-Safe Encryption on Optical Links - Arqit Quantum and Sparkle are claiming an important milestone in the race to secure networks against future quantum attacks, demonstrating that quantum-resistant encryption can be delivered "at the speed of light" over a production-grade optical network.
The two companies have completed a proof of concept in Athens on Sparkle's metropolitan optical ring, showing that Arqit's quantum-safe encryption can be embedded directly into the optical transport layer. Rather than adding security at higher layers or through external appliances, the approach integrates encryption into the physical (L1) layer of Sparkle's network, securing multi-100G optical links without adding noticeable latency or [...]
📅 - KPN Taps Nokia for 800G FabriQ Network Upgrade in Netherlands - Nokia has been chosen by Dutch operator KPN to overhaul the digital backbone of the Netherlands with a new 800G-capable IP and optical network, in a project that will replace KPN's existing core infrastructure across the Netherlands and massively expand its capacity.
The nationwide program, branded FabriQ, will function as the central transport layer for all fixed and mobile services KPN delivers to millions of residential, business and wholesale customers across the country.
As one of the largest telecom providers in the Netherlands, KPN has been investing heavily in fiber roll-outs to extend high-speed broadband to as many premises as possible. FabriQ is the next step in that strategy, [...]
📅 - Tata Communications Takes Majority Stake In AI SaaS Firm Commotion - Tata Communications has agreed to acquire a 51 percent stake in Commotion Inc., an AI-native enterprise SaaS platform provider with operations in the United States and India, in a cash-only transaction executed via a stock purchase agreement. The move is designed to accelerate the integration of artificial intelligence across Tata Communications' so-called Digital Fabric, with a particular focus on its customer interaction and communications platform portfolio.
Commotion's technology will be embedded deeply into Tata Communications' Customer Interaction Suite, which includes Tata Communications Kaleyra, the CPaaS and CCaaS business built around messaging, voice and omnichannel engagement. [...]
📅 - Trend Micro Warns Of AI-Scaled Scams In 2026 Predictions - Global cybersecurity firm Trend Micro is warning that 2026 could mark an inflection point for consumer fraud as cybercriminals weaponize AI at scale to industrialize scams. In its newly released 2026 Consumer Security Predictions Report, the company outlines how automation, agentic AI and emotionally targeted content are converging into what it describes as AI-scaled scam ecosystems.
Trend Micro's report, titled "2026 Scam Predictions: How AI and Emotion Are Re-Engineering Global Scams," argues that fraud operations are rapidly evolving from crude one-off messages into persistent, multi-channel engagement journeys designed to feel human, trustworthy and local. Rather than relying on [...]
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