EU Launches €75M Telco-Edge-Cloud Infrastructure Project
📅 - The European Commission has launched a €75 million initiative to develop a federated Telco-Edge-Cloud infrastructure aimed at strengthening Europe's digital sovereignty. Announced during Mobile World Congress 2026 in Barcelona, the EURO-3C project will unite telecom operators, cloud providers, and research organizations to build a distributed computing architecture across European telecom networks and reduce reliance on non-European technology providers.
The initiative, funded through the Horizon Europe research and innovation program, seeks to create the first large-scale distributed computing platform spanning telecommunications networks across the continent. By integrating telecom [...][... Check source for end of article ...]
📅 - DE-CIX Takes Majority Stake in Bulgaria’s BIX.BG Internet Exchange - DE-CIX, one of the world's largest Internet Exchange (IX) operators, is acquiring a majority stake in Bulgarian IX provider BIX.BG, expanding its presence in Southeastern Europe. The deal, announced this week in Sofia and Frankfurt, aims to strengthen regional connectivity infrastructure while bringing new cloud and enterprise interconnection services to Bulgaria's rapidly growing digital ecosystem.
The agreement will integrate BIX.BG more closely into the DE-CIX global ecosystem while allowing the Bulgarian exchange to continue operating its existing services under current conditions. Customers connected to BIX.BG will maintain access to the exchange's current peering environment but [...]
📅 - Cadillac F1 Teams Up with Core Scientific on Data Centers - Cadillac Formula 1 Team has signed a multi-year partnership with Core Scientific, naming the company its official data center partner ahead of the team's planned 2026 Formula 1 debut. Core Scientific will help design and optimize high-density computing infrastructure at Cadillac's new Indianapolis headquarters to support simulations, engineering development, and race operations.
Under the agreement, Core Scientific will help design and shape the data center architecture at the Indianapolis facility, providing strategic consulting, infrastructure planning, and operational optimization. The goal is to develop a high-density computing environment capable of handling the enormous data volumes [...]
📅 - Cognizant Research Shows Plug-and-Play AI is a Myth - Based on a qualitative interview with 38 senior executives and a quantitative survey of 600 AI decision makers, the report concludes that when choosing an AI partner, companies prioritize unique solutions and flexible engagement models over cost and time to value. While pricing and validated AI case studies are still significant, they are not as vital as features that allow AI to be directly integrated into value chains and corporate operations.
At the same time, organizations list generic, off-the-shelf AI solutions as a primary reason to reject an AI provider, along with lack of industry-specific expertise, inability to integrate into existing technology stacks, and inadequate support [...]
📅 - Equinix Launches Distributed AI Hub for Global Enterprise - Equinix has introduced a new infrastructure platform designed to help enterprises deploy and scale artificial intelligence workloads across increasingly fragmented IT environments. Announced this week, the Distributed AI Hub combines networking, compute access, and security capabilities to connect AI ecosystems across Equinix's global footprint of more than 280 data centers, enabling private, low-latency connectivity between AI providers, clouds, and enterprise infrastructure.
The platform is powered by Equinix Fabric Intelligence and is designed to address one of the emerging challenges enterprises face when adopting advanced AI systems: fragmented infrastructure. Organizations building [...]
📅 - NVIDIA Invests $2B in Nebius to Scale Full-Stack AI Cloud - NVIDIA and AI cloud provider Nebius have unveiled a strategic partnership aimed at accelerating the development of next-generation hyperscale cloud infrastructure for artificial intelligence workloads. Announced this week, the collaboration includes a $2 billion investment from NVIDIA into Nebius and focuses on expanding global AI computing capacity to meet surging demand from enterprises and AI-native companies worldwide.
The agreement deepens the relationship between the two companies across the entire AI technology stack, spanning data center architecture, accelerated computing platforms, and production-level AI software. The move comes as demand for high-performance computing [...]
📅 - Zymtrace Secures $12.2M for AI GPU Optimization - Photo: Zymtrace CEO and Co-Founder Israel Ogbole (right) with CTO and Co-Founder Joel Höner (left). The company has raised $12.2 million to improve GPU utilization and optimize enterprise AI infrastructure performance.
Zymtrace, a startup focused on optimizing distributed AI infrastructure, has secured $12.2 million in total funding to address one of the industry's most pressing challenges: wasted GPU capacity in enterprise AI environments. The company announced the funding this week, led by Venture Guides, to accelerate development of its autonomous optimization platform designed to improve GPU efficiency in production AI workloads.
The funding includes a newly closed $8.5 million seed [...]
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