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Are we past peak data centre as Microsoft reportedly pulls out of leases?

Automation/AI
Pullback apparently follows the tech giant's decision not to take on additional training workloads for OpenAI, owner of ChatGPT in which Microsoft has invested almost $14bn
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BT sounding out Orange and AT&T as potential partners for global ops

Cloud/NFV
The move, reported by Bloomberg News, is no big suprise given BT Group's strategy to focus on home market and explore options for its global infra
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Cassava to upgrade data centres with NVIDIA super computers

Automation/AI
The firm says data centres will allow Africa to develop its own AI technologies, boost productivity, protect data within its own boundaries and support businesses
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Webscale capex surpassed telco capex in 2024 – MTN

Automation/AI
Not even DeepSeek’s market reality check has dampened the hyperscale data centre industry as fear of missing out replaces market reality in some cases
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Telenor and Jotta merge their cloud storage businesses

Cloud/NFV
Data sovereignty in Europe is inevitably going to get redefined in the current geopolitical climate
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A1 Austria’s Exoscale migrates 21TB of data in a week 

Automation/AI
Now, just two A1 Austria engineers manage the large 30 node-cluster of 21TB storage as the telco moves systems to the cloud
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Google shrugs off antitrust worries with $32bn Wiz acquisition

BSS/OSS/CX
The proposed deal is Google’s largest ever and eclipses the $23bn offer it made for the cybersecurity company under a year ago
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Orange Polska upgrades IMS to boost call capacity

5G & Beyond
The operator has been building 4G services based on IMS for a decade but it needed to handle more connections to better support VoLTE
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Colt connects transatlantic subsea cable to New Jersey and New York

Access
Transatlantic subsea cable Apollo South now directly connects NJFX Premium Connectivity Hub on the Jersey Shore
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MWC: Orange’s CTO calls AI RAN “futuristic” as he outlines AI infra plans

RAN
In this interview with Mobile Europe, Orange's Laurent Leboucher, explains why he is watching AI RAN's progress with interest, and in particular, the business case for it
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Areim raises further €450m for Nordic data centres

Access
In the Nordics, around 200 data centres have been established over the past decade, with Sweden as a frontrunner
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Microsoft invests extra €254m in South African cloud infrastructure

Automation/AI
The investment comes at a time when the market is awash with speculation on just how many billions Microsoft may have wound back on global data centre commitments
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MWC: Telefónica advances cloud for 5G RAN – the ‘final frontier’

RAN
Operator collaborated with Nokia and AWS to validate 5G Cloud RAN's performance, scalability and operational efficiency – work is ongoing
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Aduna and Bridge Alliance partner on network APIs

5G & Beyond
MWC will confirm network API collaboration is accelerating as Orange launches new API business unit, LiveNet
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BT Global Fabric goes live with first service

Digital Platforms & APIs
Operator has customers' traffic running on NaaS platform which it claims is one of the largest in the world
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