Fibre News

AI pioneer Yann LeCun quits Meta following reported rift with Zuckerberg
12th Nov 2025
3 minutes
Yann LeCun is leaving Meta to launch a start-up focused on “world models.” CTO Yuchen Jin called the move “inevitable after Zuckerberg spent $15B to acquire Alexandr Wang and made Yann report to him.”

Indosat, Nokia and Nvidia launch AI-RAN research centre in Indonesia
12th Nov 2025
3 minutes
Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (Indosat) Nokia, and Nvidia have officially launched the AI-RAN Research Centre in Surabaya, a strategic collaboration designed to advance AI-native wireless networks and edge AI applications across Indonesia.

Microsoft powers into Portugal with €8.6bn AI data-centre hub
12th Nov 2025
3 minutes
Microsoft’s decision to invest €8.6 billion (US$10 billion) in a large-scale AI data hub in Portugal underscores a significant shift in Europe’s digital infrastructure landscape.

Google’s Tabua Cable lands in Australia
12th Nov 2025
3 minutes
The new Tabua subsea cable is part of Google’s South Pacific Connect initiative and links the United States, Australia, and Fiji.

Todd Zabell on AI, capEx pressure & the coming construction bottleneck
12th Nov 2025
1 minute
At Datacloud USA, Todd Zabell, CEO of Strategic Project Solutions and author of ‘Built to Fail, Why Construction Projects Take So Long and Cost Too Much and How to Fix it’ joins Capacity to unpack the growing risks in the data center boom.

Vodacom inks Africa-wide partnership with Starlink
12th Nov 2025
2 minutes
Vodacom Group has entered into a strategic agreement with Starlink (operated by SpaceX) to deliver high-speed, low-latency broadband internet across Africa, with a particular focus on enterprise and business connectivity.

Huawei emphasises ‘shared success’ as critical for innovation and IP
12th Nov 2025
5 minutes
At its sixth annual Innovation and Intellectual Property Forum in Beijing yesterday, Huawei backs collaboration as the key to successful science and technology growth.

Google to invest €5.5bn in German data centres & cloud expansion
11th Nov 2025
3 minutes
Google has unveiled plans to invest €5.5 billion in Germany from next year to 2029.

AI is shaping the future of enterprise networks, claims AT&T
11th Nov 2025
2 minutes
AI is no longer just an emerging tool but “rapidly becoming the central engine of enterprise transformation,” AT&T’s VP of wireline connectivity, Julie Kutchinski has warned.

The AI revolution demands collaboration, warns Verizon’s Jeff Hulse
11th Nov 2025
3 minutes
Verizon Partner Solutions president Jeff Hulse has urged the industry to align, claiming that with the AI revolution happening right now, the whole system won’t function unless partners are connected within the ecosystem.

Vertiv to power Digital Realty’s first data centre in Italy
11th Nov 2025
2 minutes
Vertiv has announced it will provide next-generation power and cooling systems for Digital Realty’s first data centre in Italy, ROM1.