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DE-CIX activated an Internet Exchange in Phoenix — its fifth North American market. DE-CIX North America’s multi-service interconnection platform now offers connectivity from the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, and Southwestern (East and West) regions. DE-CIX Phoenix launches with immediate access from @EdgeConneX, @IronMountain, and @PhoenixNAP, to be connected to the largest carrier and data center neutral […]
Celona, a start-up based in Cupertino, California, closed a $60 million Series C financing round for its solutions aimed at bridging the gap between LTE/5G cellular wireless and enterprise IT infrastructures. Celona says that since launching its integrated 5G LAN platform in November 2020, it has seen strong demand from a range of enterprises, managed […]
Comcast Business introduced its first WiFi-6 certified gateway capable of delivering true multi-gigabit speeds. The Comcast Business Gateway can connect up to 150 devices. It features multiple voice ports, a built-in Ethernet switch with two multi-gig ports, eight-hour battery backup for Comcast Business Voice service, and an industrial design that gives a business flexibility by […]
EDGNEX, a global digital infrastructure provider owned by DAMAC Group, announced plans to build a new data center in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). EDGNEX is the most recent investment of Hussain Sajwani, Emirati businessman and founder of DAMAC Group. The data centre will be located at Industrial City 2 which is just 19km […]
Hetzner Online, a leading web hosting and data center operator in Germany, is using Infinera’s ICE6 solution on the GX Series Compact Modular Platform to offer new 400 GbE services across its network to meet the surging bandwidth demands of its customers. Infinera said the deployment doubled capacity for Hetzner Online, which ranks as one […]
A $120 million data center was inaugurated in Auburn, Alabama. AUBix is a 40,000-square-foot, multi-tenant data center and Internet exchange for existing network service providers in the area, allowing them to leverage high-speed regional and global fiber networks. “AUBix will give East Alabama a critical edge in cyber. From improving cybersecurity to giving students access […]
Qualcomm launched a $100 million Snapdragon Metaverse Fund to support developers focused on Extended Reality (XR) technologies. The Snapdragon Metaverse Fund will invest in companies building immersive experiences with AR, mixed reality, and VR. It is anticipated that the fund will deploy capital through a combination of venture investments in leading XR companies by Qualcomm […]
Aqua Comms confirmed the launch of CeltixConnect-2 (CC-2) and North Sea Connect (NSC) as part of its ownership of the Havhingsten cable system, which links Ireland, the UK and the Nordics. CC-2 is Aqua Comms’ second unrepeated system between the key data hubs of Ireland and the UK, with diverse landings into the Isle of […]
Funds managed by KKR, a leading global investment firm, and Global Infrastructure Partners, completed their previously-announced acquisition of CyrusOne for $15 billion in cash. “Closing this transaction begins an exciting new chapter for CyrusOne as we continue our global expansion with the benefit of significant resources and expertise that KKR and GIP are able to […]
DigitalBridge agreed to acquire the mobile telecommunications tower business of Telenet Group for €745 million in cash (US$820 million). The deal will provide DigitalBridge with ownership of 100% of Telenet’s passive infrastructure and tower assets, including TowerCo’s nationwide footprint of 3,322 sites in Belgium, including 2,158 owned sites and 1,164 third-party sites. The business boasts […]
One of the hottest topics at OFC22 was 800G (2x400G), enabled by 112Gbps electrical lanes, explains Steve Rumsby, Demo Architect, Spirent. A multivendor interoperability demo was hosted by the Ethernet Alliance.
AT&T published the following details regarding the previously-announced deal to combine AT&T’s WarnerMedia business with Discovery, which is expected to be completed in April AT&T declared a stock dividend to effect the spin-off of 100% of its interest in WarnerMedia to AT&T’s shareholders. The record date for the stock dividend is the close of business […]
Inspur Information announced that its AI servers fully support the new NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU in four- and eight-way configurations. The NVIDIA H100 is positioned for AI training as well as AI inference of larger-scale and more complex models. Inspur said its AIStation will further amplify these benefits by offering a computing resource management […]
