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AI shifts data centre focus from scale to connectivity

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AI is redrawing the data centre map, shifting investment from hyperscale campuses to distributed, tightly connected regional clusters.
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Kong hires Bruce Felt as Finance Chief for growth push

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Kong hires veteran finance chief Bruce Felt, whose record of steering three software groups to IPOs bolsters its expansion in API and AI tools.
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Equinix expands data centre training push in Australia

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Equinix is rolling out its Pathways to Tech scheme in Australia as part of a global drive to tackle data centre skills shortages.
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Salute & Ecolab add cooling service for AI centres

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Salute and Ecolab join forces to streamline liquid cooling for AI data centres, integrating Cooling-as-a-Service into chip-level ops.
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Abacus adopts single brand after Medicus IT merger

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Abacus unveils a single global brand after its merger with Medicus IT, uniting financial and healthcare cybersecurity under one banner.
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CMA partners Rivada for secure LEO satellite links

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CMA Technology will resell Rivada's gateway-less LEO “Outernet” to deliver secure, low-latency satellite links for US federal and commercial users.
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Firmus appoints three directors for AI infrastructure push

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Firmus adds three seasoned directors to steer governance and growth as it scales energy-efficient AI infrastructure across the region.
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Zayo to connect QTS Cambois AI campus in Northumberland

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Zayo Europe to build four fibre routes for QTS's vast Cambois AI campus, boosting Northumberland's role in the UK's digital infrastructure.
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ICS.AI launches free student AI access for UK universities

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ICS.AI unveils a national higher education AI model giving UK students free access to campus tools in a bid to close the AI skills gap.
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TACEO launches shared network for finance, identity, AI

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Austrian startup TACEO unveils encrypted shared network to run finance, identity and AI workloads without exposing sensitive data.
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Extreme wins first EPEAT registry for network gear

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Extreme becomes first networking vendor with EPEAT-listed switches and Wi-Fi 7 access points, boosting its appeal in sustainability-led tenders.
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UK firms tie AI adoption to sovereignty & energy use

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UK firms say they will scale AI fastest when platforms are sovereign, energy-efficient and UK-hosted amid concerns over domestic compute.
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InferX hires senior leaders to drive sovereign AI push

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InferX adds three senior leaders to accelerate sovereign AI and GPU edge deployments as Europe tightens control of data infrastructure.
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Manchester Tech Week 2026 expands into city-wide festival

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Manchester Tech Week 2026 becomes a city-wide festival, with 10,000+ expected for AI, cybersecurity and digital transformation events.
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Siemens boosts AI data centre plans with new partners

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Siemens deepens AI data centre push, investing in Emerald AI and partnering with Fluence and PhysicsX to ease grid and power constraints.
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UK unveils GBP £2.5bn push for AI & quantum growth

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UK unveils GBP £2.5bn AI and quantum package, as tech leaders hail Sovereign AI Fund as signal of long-term innovation strategy.
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Indigo Telecom hires Ilex to drive global growth push

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Indigo Telecom appoints Ilex as global marketing and PR partner to sharpen messaging and support its international expansion strategy.
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Vertiv & Nvidia boost AI data centre design with DSX

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Vertiv and Nvidia deepen collaboration on simulation-ready AI data centre blueprints to cut deployment risk and speed build-out at scale.
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Siemens, Rittal ally to power next-gen AI data centres

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Siemens and Rittal forge IEC-focused alliance to standardise high-density AI data centre power, debuting modular sidecar rack systems.
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Cisco and Nvidia unveil new secure AI edge framework

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Cisco and Nvidia launch a secure AI edge framework to push low‑latency inference from data centres into hospitals, factories and networks.