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TGS taps Tape Ark for 40 PB seismic cloud migration

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TGS taps Tape Ark for one of the energy sector's biggest cloud moves, shifting 40 petabytes of seismic data into a hyperscale environment.
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UK IT leaders eye observability platform consolidation

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UK IT leaders could back a single observability platform as LogicMonitor finds 97% would consider consolidation amid rising costs and tool sprawl.
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Openreach expands Google Cloud tie-up to cut emissions

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Openreach widens Google Cloud partnership to speed full-fibre rollout, slash fleet emissions and save millions in annual costs.
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AMD & Hammer back CPU-first AI amid grid constraints

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AMD and Hammer Distribution pitch CPU-led AI deployments as UK data centres face grid bottlenecks and stricter power reporting rules.
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GCRE draws interest for South Wales data centre plan

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Blue-chip firms in talks over renewable energy and data centre plans for GCRE's South Wales site, as partner search moves to second round.
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Vertiv expands Americas factories for AI data centres

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Vertiv boosts Americas manufacturing with new South Carolina and Pennsylvania sites, plus a Mexicali expansion, to meet booming AI data centre demand.
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Data centres should be built as civic assets to balance AI

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Experts are urging data centres be planned as civic infrastructure using digital modelling to balance booming AI demand.
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Haleon taps SAP for AI-driven business systems overhaul

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Haleon expands SAP partnership to modernise core systems, embed AI and unify data across finance, supply chain, HR and sales.
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CWCS opens Nottingham data centre to boost capacity

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CWCS opens Nottingham data centre to lift cloud and colocation capacity, targeting low-emission hosting for AI and high-density workloads.
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AI surge strains data centres over power & capacity

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AI boom pushes UK data centres towards grid limits as operators warn of power, cooling and supply chain strains.
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Norway tops iSelect home security index as UK ranks seventh

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Norway leads iSelect's latest home security rankings as Finland and New Zealand follow, with robbery rates and online interest driving scores.
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Energy overtakes compute as UK AI data centre constraint

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UK data centre leaders warn that surging AI demand is pushing energy use, grid access and sustainability to the fore as operators rethink expansion plans.
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CyrusOne breaks ground on first Italian data centre

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CyrusOne starts work on MIL1 near Milan, with the first Italian data centre set to bring 27MW capacity, local upgrades and 300 construction jobs.
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Equinix expands data centre training amid talent shortage

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Equinix widens global training push as it seeks to build a pipeline of technicians, apprentices and early-career staff for data centre growth.
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BT wins GBP £200 million NIE Networks connectivity deal

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BT secures a multi-year GBP £200m deal to modernise Northern Ireland's electricity grid with upgraded connectivity and cyber security.
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EkkoSense adds early anomaly alerts for hybrid cooling

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EkkoSense has added automated anomaly alerts to its EkkoSoft Critical platform, flagging hybrid data centre cooling issues before outages.
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Vertiv to buy ThermoKey to boost data centre cooling

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Vertiv to acquire Italian heat-exchange specialist ThermoKey, boosting EMEA data centre cooling capacity amid rising AI power demands.
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DE-CIX Launches Google Peering at Brazil Exchanges

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DE-CIX has begun offering Google peering at its São Paulo and Rio exchanges, giving Brazilian ISPs direct local access to Google services.
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GSMA says Mobile Money hits USD $2 trillion in 2025

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Mobile money transactions topped USD $2 trillion in 2025 as global use surged, led by Sub-Saharan Africa but with growth across all regions.
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Tata Communications launches resilient data centre service

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Tata Communications has unveiled a self-healing global data centre connectivity platform, promising 99.99% uptime and up to 30% cost savings.