Firmus commits $300 million for Australia-US cable capacity
Australian AI cloud firm Firmus will invest $300 million to secure up to 150Tbps of dedicated capacity for 25 years on SubCo's planned APX East submarine cable system. The 16-fiber-pair cable, first announced in January, is inten...
Meta brings Kuna AI-optimized data center online
Meta's Kuna, Idaho, data center is now serving traffic, according to the company's data-center development vice president. The facility is Meta's second AI-optimized site to come online and represents an overall investment of $1.2...
Russia bans crypto mining in Moscow region through 2032
Russia's government has banned cryptocurrency mining and mining-pool participation in Moscow, the surrounding region and parts of Kursk through the end of 2032 under Government Decree No. 936. The measure is intended to reduce pre...
Pri0r1ty Intelligence acquires Pirkx benefits platform
Pri0r1ty Intelligence has acquired UK employee-benefits platform Pirkx for an initial £50 cash payment plus a five-year royalty capped at £350,000. Pri0r1ty said it will integrate Pirkx's more than 10,800 active paying members, me...
Nvidia's equity-investment value reportedly reaches $99 billion
CNBC reports that Nvidia has become one of the world's largest corporate backers of technology companies as the value of its equity investments rose tenfold over the past year to $99 billion. The supplied summary attributes the in...
Salute agrees to acquire T5's data-center operations unit
Salute has entered a definitive agreement to acquire T5 Operations, while T5 Data Centers has spun out and renamed its construction business EverOn Data Center Services. Terms of the operations deal were not disclosed. Salute said...