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Juan Pedro TomásOpenAI signed a MoU with NEXTDC to collaborate on a next-generation hyperscale AI campus and large GPU supercluster In sum – what to know: OpenAI launches its first APAC country program – OpenAI for Australia aims to expand sovereign AI infrastructure, workforce skills, and the national AI ecosystem. MoU with NEXTDC establishes a sovereign AI campus – A new hyperscale …
According to CEO Matt Garman, AWS is focused on helping organizations “run their largest and most demanding applications” In sum – what to know: Enterprise AI adoption is accelerating – Garman said customers are moving from experimentation to production, demanding easier integration of generative AI into business workflows. AWS expands managed and automated AI services – More tools aim to …
The CEO of AWS noted in his keynote session said: ‘We are in the early stages of a major computing shift driven by accelerated AI’ In sum – what to know: AI as a long-term infrastructure shift – AWS CEO Matt Garman said the industry is entering a new phase defined by “a major computing shift driven by accelerated AI,” …
Actis and Terranova have secured land and power in several strategic locations, representing the potential to deploy up to 1 gigawatt of future capacity In sum – what to know: $1.5B investment across three years – Terranova begins regional rollout with campuses in Mexico, Brazil and Chile, starting in early 2026. Up to 1 GW potential capacity – Land and …
Sulagna Saha AI-enabled inspection of optic fiber end faces is at a nascent stage, but shows great potential in defect detection As demand for bandwidth continues to escalate, networks are under constant stress to deliver peak performance around the clock. Since 2021, the global internet bandwidth has doubled, increasing by 23 percent in 2025 alone. The ultra-high demands of AI and machine …
Sulagna Saha Revenue in the third quarter rose by 6.3 percent, pushed by strong growth in Marine & Offshore, Certification, Industry, and Buildings & Infrastructure segments. In sum – what to know: Strong Q3 results – Bureau Veritas’s third-quarter revenue beats market expectations amid portfolio adjustments. Growth drivers – Marine & Offshore saw double-digit growth, with Industry, Certification, and Buildings & Infrastructure …
Sulagna Saha The high-profile acquisition will allow Keysight and Viavi to capitalize on high-growth markets, with far-reaching impacts on long-term growth, competition, and dynamics of the industry The three-way transaction between Keysight, Viavi, and Spirent has dominated headlines for over 18 months now. On October 15th, the companies officially closed the acquisition processes, ending a long chapter marked by bidding wars, regulatory …
Sulagna Saha The frenzy to adopt AI often overshadows the importance of evolving testing approaches. But autonomy cannot be achieved without rethinking testing Business executives have always been quick to acquire and deploy the latest technologies in the network to make it faster, more performant — and ultimately autonomous. But adoption of AI at a giddy pace has brought up new challenges …
Sean Kinney One stop at a time Author’s note: I’m one of those AuDHD people you encounter in tech, media and tech media. CES and Las Vegas are exhausting, but I wanted to get this written while still having some fun. So, I landed on a format where I write a section, have a drink, take the monorail one stop, then repeat. …
Christian de LooperYou don’t have to own the hardware for AI. But should you? Every organization building with AI eventually has to decide whether to own the hardware or rent it. This isn’t necessarily always a financial calculation. It touches data security, talent pipelines, hardware obsolescence, and the fundamentally unpredictable nature of AI workloads. A startup spinning up its first large language …
Will open-source chips democratize the industry? In the early 1990s, a Finnish student named Linus Torvalds released a free operating system kernel called Linux. This new operating system, together with projects like Apache, proved that collaborative, open-source development could produce software that competes with and surpasses propriety alternatives. These days, Linux runs on everything from smartphones to supercomputers, and open-source …
Non-exclusive agreement transfers key talent and technology while Groq remains independent In sum – what we know: Nvidia and chip startup Groq have announced a non-exclusive licensing agreement reportedly worth around $20 billion. The announcement turned heads immediately — not just because of the price tag, which clocks in at nearly three times Groq’s $6.9 billion valuation from just months earlier, but …
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