Equinix trials hydrogen power unit at Dublin data centre
IRELAND 19 JUN

Equinix trials hydrogen power unit at Dublin data centre

Equinix is working with Irish state-owned electricity company ESB and clean energy company GeoPura to test a hydrogen power solution at its Dublin data centre. This involves the deployment of a Hydrogen Power Unit for data centre critical back-up systems, at a time when the Irish electricity network is struggling to meet demands from data centres in the Dublin metropolitan area. 

WPP, AWS team to help enterprises deploy agentic AI
GLOBAL 19 JUN

WPP, AWS team to help enterprises deploy agentic AI

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has signed a Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SCA) with WPP Enterprise Solutions, global business transformation unit of UK-based communications, advertising and technology services group WPP. The multi-year agreement will strengthen the role of WPP Enterprise Solutions as a specialist commerce and customer experience (CX) partner, helping customers deploy AWS generative and agentic AI capabilities. WPP Enterprise Solutions is an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner. 

Mayor promotes Green Data Centre Innovation across London
UNITED KINGDOM 19 JUN

Mayor promotes Green Data Centre Innovation across London

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has outlined plans for the city to become a worldwide leader in Green Data Centre Innovation, including coordinated action on data centre development. The pledge come as the City Hall publishes a new report showing the surge in demand for energy in London to power new data centres. The Mayor is committed to whole-city coordinated action on data centre growth focused on resilience, climate and responsible AI; to help London remain a leading global hub for AI and digital innovation.

Arrcus supports Telus sovereign, distributed AI inferencing PoC
CANADA 19 JUN

Arrcus supports Telus sovereign, distributed AI inferencing PoC

Canadian operator Telus is working with distributed network infrastructure company Arrcus on a proof-of-concept to deliver sovereign, distributed AI inferencing on a national scale using the Arrcus Inference Network Fabric (AINF) as the networking foundation. The aim of the proof-of-concept is to support secure, low-latency AI for mission-critical applications across public safety, enterprise and government services in Canada.

Bell, Cohere, Hypertec, Buzz HPC partner to boost sovereign AI
CANADA 19 JUN

Bell, Cohere, Hypertec, Buzz HPC partner to boost sovereign AI

Bell Canada has announced a major sovereign AI infrastructure agreement with Cohere Technologies, Hypertec and Buzz High Performance Computing. The partnership combines the Bell AI Fabric data centre/connectivity platform with Cohere's secure enterprise-grade AI and LLM solutions, with Buzz HPC's scalable accelerated computing infrastructure. This will be powered by the Nvidia DSX AI platform and built on hardware made by Hypertec in Canada.

CPP to invest INR 70 billion in CtrlS, create data centre JV in India
INDIA 19 JUN

CPP to invest INR 70 billion in CtrlS, create data centre JV in India

CtrlS Datacenters has announced it has secured an investment from Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments). CPP Investments will invest up to INR 70 billion (CAD 1 billion) to fund CtrlS' upcoming growth in India's digital infrastructure sector. As part of the partnership, CPP Investments will invest INR 40 billion (CAD 588 million) to acquire an 8.2 percent stake in CtrlS.

Utrecht university claims damages from KPN after data centre fire
NETHERLANDS 19 JUN

Utrecht university claims damages from KPN after data centre fire

Utrecht University (UU) is claiming damages from KPN following a fire at a NorthC data centre in Almere last month that disrupted the university's IT systems for a week. The amount of the claim is still being calculated according to an article on the university's news forum.  

Deloitte opens new London AI Studio; trains UK workers on Gemini Enterprise
UNITED KINGDOM 19 JUN

Deloitte opens new London AI Studio; trains UK workers on Gemini Enterprise

Deloitte is opening a new AI Studio on its London campus, developed in partnership with Google Cloud. Announced at the Google Cloud London Summit 2026 and opening in late-July, the Deloitte AI Studio will help UK organisations deploy agentic AI solutions. It will focus on transitioning sectors such as financial services, the public sector retail, consumer products, healthcare and life sciences, and technology, media and telecoms (TMT).

CyrusOne appoints new SVP for US Operations
UNITED STATES 19 JUN

CyrusOne appoints new SVP for US Operations

Global data centre operator CyrusOne has announced the appointment of Bob Hennegan as Senior Vice President (SVP), US Operations. He will lead the group's US operations, with responsibility for performance, scalability and reliability across its data centre portfolio. He was previously Vice President (VP) for Global Data Center Facility Operations at Meta. 

Google Cloud expands observability toolset with Cloud Networks Insights service
GLOBAL 19 JUN

Google Cloud expands observability toolset with Cloud Networks Insights service

Google Cloud announced the release of Cloud Network Insights, an observability tool deployed in conjunction with Broadcom's network performance monitoring solution AppNeta. Cloud Network Insights is pitched as an out-of-the-box tool for Google Cloud-native visibility into network infrastructure and digital experiences in complex multi-cloud or hybrid IT environments. The tool activates synthetic data traffic during idle periods in the client's preferred route, which should help to identify faults quickly. M

Aureon deploys high-capacity route linking North Dakota data centre to Chicago
UNITED STATES 19 JUN

Aureon deploys high-capacity route linking North Dakota data centre to Chicago

Nokia, t3 Broadband and Aureon have deployed a new optical transport network connecting a data centre development in North Dakota with the Chicago metropolitan area, targeting growing demand from AI, cloud and hyperscale data centre workloads. The companies said the initial deployment is designed to provide up to 100 Tbps of transport capacity, with the ability to scale to 400 Tbps. According to the companies, this represents Aureon's highest-capacity network connection to date.

Vsora inks partnership with Scaleway, ZML and Paris region on sovereign AI workload
FRANCE 19 JUN

Vsora inks partnership with Scaleway, ZML and Paris region on sovereign AI workload

Paris-based fabless semiconductor company Vsora announced a strategic collaboration with Iliad cloud subsidiary Scaleway, AI inference expert ZML, and the local authority of Ile-de-France, the region surrounding Paris. With this joint initiative, the partners are backing the launch of a sovereign offering based on Vsora's Jotunn8 processor, designed for large-scale AI inference workloads in data centres. Endorsed by the European Innovation Council (EIC), Jotunn8 has now reached the manufacturing stage.

AUSTRALIA 19 JUN

Sharon AI secures USD 1.6 bln to grow AI infrastructure in Asia-Pacific

Australian AI cloud infrastructure provider Sharon AI has announced a USD 1.6 billion private placement financing to support the expansion of its AI computing infrastructure across Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. The financing comprises approximately USD 900 million in equity and pre-funded warrants, alongside USD 700 million in convertible senior notes due in 2032. The transaction was anchored by investment firm Situational Awareness and funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, with participatio

HONG KONG 19 JUN

Equinix opens AI-ready data centre in Hong Kong

Equinix has opened HK6, its sixth International Business Exchange (IBX) data centre in Hong Kong, expanding its digital infrastructure footprint in the market and providing direct connectivity to the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park (HSITP). The facility has been designed to support AI workloads and includes liquid-cooling technology intended to meet the power density and thermal management requirements of AI infrastructure. Equinix said HK6 combines connectivity to its existing Hong Kong c

FRANCE 18 JUN

Scaleway announces new contracts and deliveries at VivaTech

Iliad's cloud subsidiary Scaleway is using its presence at the VivaTech exhibition to showcase how its European infrastructure is attracting leading organisations, including insurer MAIF, luxury goods conglomerate LVMH, media group Ouest-France and agentic AI company ChapsVision. Scaleway's cloud also was recently selected by software company Odigo, video intelligence specialist Orasio, and hospital centre CHU de Montpellier, which represents a leading French example of AI integration in health care, in col

UZBEKISTAN 18 JUN

Beeline Uzbekistan allies with DataVolt on data centre infrastructure

Veon announced that its subsidiary Beeline Uzbekistan and DataVolt, a global developer and operator of large-scale data centres, signed two memorandums of understanding (MoUs) to support the development of Uzbekistan's digital infrastructure and accelerate the country's transformation into a regional digital hub.Under the first MoU, which establishes agreed commercial terms, Beeline Uzbekistan will become a major tenant of DataVolt's flagship Tashkent IT Park data centre, TAS-1. Under the second MoU, the tw

NETHERLANDS 18 JUN

Vattenfall explores North Sea data centres at offshore wind parks

Energy supplier Vattenfall and the Dutch company Project Enki are looking at opportunities to build data centres on the North Sea, drawing power directly from offshore wind parks. This helps avoid the problems with obtaining new connections to the congested electricity grid in the Netherlands, the FD reports. The project is expected to help meet the growing demand for AI computing capacity. 

SPAIN 18 JUN

O2 Spain hikes free cloud capacity to 10 TB

O2 Spain (Telefonica) has announced that the free cloud storage service it launched in 2023 for convergent customers is increasing its capacity from 1 TB to 10 TB at no extra charge. The upgrade is automatic for all users with access to the O2 Cloud platform, which now includes mobile-only subscribers as well as convergent customers.

INDONESIA 18 JUN

Korea and ASEAN complete high-performance computing project in Indonesia

South Korea and ASEAN have completed the deployment of a high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure project in Indonesia, marking a milestone in their broader digital cooperation programme. South Korea's ministry of science and ICT and ministry of foreign affairs, together with the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI), announced the official opening of the facility at Indonesia's National Research and Innovation Agency.

GREECE 18 JUN

AWS to launch new Local Zone in Athens in July

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced that its new Local Zone in Athens, Greece will be generally available in July. AWS also reports that the first customers are already using the Local Zone ahead of launch to run real-time gaming experiences, local data processing use cases, and content delivery. Other organizations interested in early access can contact their AWS account team.

JAPAN 18 JUN

Fujitsu and IBM Japan expand collaboration on legacy system modernisation

Fujitsu and IBM Japan have expanded their collaboration on enterprise system modernisation, focusing on the migration and transformation of legacy business applications as organisations prepare for digital transformation initiatives and the retirement of older infrastructure platforms. The companies said they will combine Fujitsu's automated source code conversion technology, Fujitsu Progression, with IBM Japan's AI-enabled development platform, IBM Bob, to support the rewriting and refactoring of business

UNITED KINGDOM 17 JUN

Google Cloud supports UK local government digital planning tool projects

Google has marked the Google Cloud summit in London with major updates on two projects with the UK government - the national roll-out of the Extract tool, and the Augmented Planning Decisions prototype project with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) and the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). Both projects use Google Cloud technology and are designed to support a digital planning system. 

IRELAND 17 JUN

Irish hosting provider Blacknight acquired by Your.Online

Blacknight, Irish hosting provider and domain registrar, is being acquired by Netherlands-based European digital services group Your.Online. This will provide Blacknight with the long-term investment needed for expansion. Carlow-based Blacknight was established in 2023 and currently serves more than 90,000 customers in Ireland and overseas. 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION 17 JUN

Rostelecom-Data Centre hosts IT infrastructure for Avtodom, AvtoSpecCentr

Russian data centre services provider Rostelecom-Data Centre, a subsidiary of the national operator Rostelecom, has started a contract to host the IT infrastructure of automotive companies Avtodom Group and AvtoSpecCentr in its Moscow-based data centre, reports Servernews.ru. The company provided customers with secure links and back-up options.

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