AI - Capacity

Nvidia takes $2.1bn stake option in IREN as pair target 5GW AI infrastructure buildout

8th May 2026

3 minutes

Nvidia has unveiled a strategic partnership with data centre operator IREN that gives the chipmaker the right to invest up to $2.1 billion in the company, alongside a $3.4 billion services contract, as the two firms target deployment of up to 5GW of AI infrastructure.

AI

Cloudflare cuts 1,100 jobs as it restructures around agentic AI

8th May 2026

3 minutes

Cloudflare has eliminated more than 1,100 roles globally, approximately 20% of its workforce, as the internet infrastructure and cybersecurity company restructures its operations around what it is calling an agentic AI-first operating model.

Fibre

Scaling up testing for fibre and data centre interconnects

7th May 2026

4 minutes

EXFO’s Romain Tursi explains the benefits of automated testing across increasingly complex fibre networks

Anthropic

Anthropic secures full capacity of SpaceX’s Colossus 1 data centre in Memphis compute deal

7th May 2026

3 minutes

Anthropic has signed an agreement to take the compute capacity at SpaceX’s Colossus 1 facility in Memphis, Tennessee, giving the Claude maker access to more than 300MW of new infrastructure as it races to meet surging demand for its AI products.

AI

RETN launches cross-Romania backbone linking Balkans and Moldova

7th May 2026

3 minutes

RETN has launched a new backbone route through Romania into Moldova across one of Eastern Europe’s fastest-growing connectivity markets.

AI

Sinch CEO Laurinda Pang steps down, board begins search for new leader

7th May 2026

4 minutes

Sinch CEO departs after three years stabilising the cloud communications giant. The board launches a global search for a successor as the business hits its highest-ever profitability.

AI

What is AI traffic and how is it different from regular data traffic?

6th May 2026

3 minutes

The phrase “AI traffic” has become shorthand for everything from a chatbot query to a model training run.

AI

‘Don’t listen to CEOs’: AI godfather LeCun takes aim at AI’s doom machine

6th May 2026

4 minutes

LeCun, the Turing Award winner and AMI Labs founder takes direct aim at Dario Amodei’s white-collar job loss forecasts.

AI

China’s Big Fund in talks to lead DeepSeek investment at $45bn valuation

6th May 2026

3 minutes

China’s state-backed semiconductor investment vehicle is in discussions to lead the first major funding round for AI lab DeepSeek, in a deal that would value the Hangzhou-based company at around $45 billion.

AI

euNetworks adds Frankfurt-Strasbourg route to Super Highway fibre network

6th May 2026

2 minutes

euNetworks has extended its Super Highway fibre system with a new 247km route between Frankfurt and Strasbourg, targeting rising AI and cloud connectivity demand across Europe’s FLAP-D corridor.

Extreme Networks