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Data Centres

AI data centres could triple electricity consumption by 2030, IEA warns

17th Apr 2026

5 minutes

Data centre electricity soared in 2025, as capacity and grid constraints threaten industry innovation, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has found.
AI

Finance leaders in Washington issue stark warning on AI cyber threats to financial stability

17th Apr 2026

5 minutes

As AI-driven cyber risks intensify, the IMF and global regulators call for urgent action to protect financial security.
Fibre

Neos Networks CEO says fibre is Britain’s AI tipping point

16th Apr 2026

6 minutes

As UK data centre investment accelerates, Neos Networks CEO Lee Myall explains why connectivity, not compute, will determine whether Britain’s AI ambitions are realised.
AI

The great displacement: How AI’s workforce cull is fuelling the infrastructure boom

16th Apr 2026

5 minutes

When Snap chief executive Evan Spiegel told staff this week that roughly 1,000 of them, 16% of the company’s global headcount would be leaving, he framed it in the language now familiar across Silicon Valley.

Infrastructure and Networks vHive The MNO 2026 Efficiency Imperative

The MNO 2026 Efficiency Imperative

16th Apr 2026

1 minute

How leading operators can cut build cycle time by up to 75% and save 10 to 20% on opex with AI-powered automation
AI

Nvidia and Cadence promise ‘engineering reinvention’ with agentic AI

16th Apr 2026

3 minutes

Nvidia is expanding its partnership with Cadence to deliver accelerated solutions across agentic AI, physics-based simulation and digital twins.
AI

Fabric Intelligence: How Equinix plans to scale enterprise AI

15th Apr 2026

4 minutes

Equinix announces Equinix Fabric Intelligence, which includes an AI agent, in a bid to accelerate enterprise AI workloads.
Data Centres

How Microsoft is expanding its Wyoming data centre strategy

15th Apr 2026

3 minutes

Microsoft is expanding data centre operations in Cheyenne, committing to accelerate innovation, economic growth and Wyoming’s position as a tech hub.
Data Centres

Microsoft takes over Stargate Norway data centre as OpenAI stalls investments

15th Apr 2026

3 minutes

Microsoft has agreed to rent data centre capacity at a site in Norway that was initially intended for OpenAI as part of its Stargate initiative.
Data Centres

Veolia targets €1bn by 2030 to fuel data centre clean tech

14th Apr 2026

4 minutes

Veolia is positioning itself in the clean technology market for data centres and chip manufacturing – targeting more than €1 billion in annual revenue in these areas by 2030.
UK

Project Mercury launches as UK’s first sovereign AI models to challenge hyperscaler dominance

14th Apr 2026

3 minutes

The UK is taking a significant step towards digital sovereignty with the launch of Project Mercury, a joint initiative between Locai Labs and Civo to develop the country’s first family of fully pre-trained, sovereign frontier AI models.