📅 - Pasqal, the French quantum computing firm specializing in neutral-atom architectures, has expanded cloud access to its quantum processing units through integration with Scaleway's QaaS platform. Announced at ai-PULSE 2025, the partnership enables European enterprises, researchers, and developers to access Pasqal's QPUs within a sovereign cloud environment as quantum workloads grow and regulatory demands intensify.
Scaleway's QaaS platform aggregates multiple European quantum technologies into a single cloud-accessible ecosystem. By joining this environment, Pasqal makes its hardware available alongside other quantum modalities, allowing users to experiment with different approaches [...][... Check source for end of article ...]
📅 - Zilliz Expands Global Vector Database Platform with AWS Partnership - Zilliz, the company behind the widely deployed open-source vector database Milvus, has named Amazon Web Services as its strategic cloud provider in a move that underscores how foundational vector databases have become in the generative AI ecosystem.
The partnership would reflect accelerating enterprise demand for platforms capable of processing massive volumes of unstructured data - text, images, audio, logs - and converting them into vector embeddings that modern AI systems can query and reason over at scale.
Founded in 2017, Zilliz has built its business around providing high-performance vector databases that can support real-time similarity search, retrieval-augmented generation, and [...]
📅 - ZincFive Secures $30M to Scale Nickel-Zinc Power for AI Data Centers - ZincFive has secured a new $30 million Series F financing round, closing the raise in an oversubscribed position as demand accelerates for advanced power systems capable of supporting the rapid expansion of AI data center infrastructure. ZincFive is a global provider of nickel-zinc battery research and delivery as well as instant power solutions.
Founded in 2016, the Oregon-based company has now raised a total of $254 million and plans to use the new capital to scale manufacturing capacity and expand its commercial reach as hyperscalers face mounting pressure to secure reliable, sustainable, and high-density backup power.
ZincFive reports nearly 2 GW of nickel-zinc battery backup [...]
📅 - SoftBank Eyes DigitalBridge Buyout to Expand AI Infrastructure - SoftBank Group is exploring a potential acquisition of DigitalBridge Group, the digital infrastructure-focused private equity firm, as the Japanese conglomerate seeks to deepen its exposure to the rapidly expanding AI compute economy. According to people familiar with the discussions, SoftBank is evaluating a deal that would take DigitalBridge private, though negotiations remain ongoing.
A transaction could be announced within weeks if talks progress. For SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son, the move aligns with a broader strategy to aggressively invest in the backbone technologies required for artificial intelligence. As global demand for compute capacity accelerates, ownership of data [...]
📅 - QuantWare Unveils VIO-40K, a 10,000-Qubit Quantum Breakthrough - QuantWare has unveiled what it describes as the quantum hardware industry's most significant scaling breakthrough to date, announcing VIO-40K, a new generation of its VIO quantum processor architecture capable of supporting QPUs with up to 10,000 qubits.
The milestone represents a two-order-of-magnitude jump over today's largest commercially accessible processors, marking a potential inflection point in quantum hardware scaling after nearly a decade of incremental progress.
While major industry players such as Google, IBM, and several well-funded startups have advanced quantum processor designs, the physical size and wiring complexity of superconducting qubit systems have capped [...]
📅 - Doing Business Globally: Why a Distributed Cloud Infrastructure Matters - Many companies aim to expand beyond their domestic market to open new growth opportunities and diversify their customer base. Manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and providers of digital services, marketplaces such as Zalando or Trendyol, trading platforms like eToro, and fintechs like Revolut are experiencing rapid expansion, operating in dozens of countries across multiple continents. For such companies, seizing these opportunities often requires more than just a business strategy: it also requires a geographically distributed IT infrastructure.
When a company enters a new market, it needs business applications for employees, web applications that can reach end users quickly, and [...]
📅 - Why Cloud Native Is Becoming a Mandatory Approach in 2026 - As digital transformation accelerates, enterprises are increasingly shifting from traditional IT models to agile, scalable, and resilient infrastructures built in the cloud. The "cloud-native" approach—developing and running applications that fully exploit the advantages of cloud computing—has evolved from a technology trend into a business necessity. Organizations that embrace cloud-native architectures are redefining innovation speed, operational efficiency, and competitiveness.
The Need for a Cloud-Native Future
The global IT landscape is evolving rapidly. According to Gartner, over 95% of new digital workloads will be deployed on cloud-native platforms by 2027, compared to just 30% [...]
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