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Global Cloud Services Trends
OpenAI’s cross-product errors exposed a reliability boundary below its own services
OpenAI reported elevated errors across listed API, ChatGPT and Codex components and said it was implementing mitigation with a downstream infrastructure provider. At the fixed 17:23:49.505 UTC reporting cutoff, the incident remained identified and unresolved, while the vendor…

North America National Telecom Trends
Claro’s $35 million Ponce landing adds a route without proving independence
Claro Puerto Rico has funded a $35 million extension of the AMX-1 submarine system to Ponce, creating the island’s first reported cable landing on the southern coast. The new geographic entry point can diversify access and support wholesale capacity, but it does not by itself…

Europe and Middle East Institutional
British Triathlon launches shared member-data system
British Triathlon has brought member data from four organisations into one system, replacing separate records and working practices.

Europe and Middle East Institutional
Prysmian deploys new subsea cable burial tool
Prysmian’s new plough can bury submarine power cables up to five metres below the seabed where route conditions require deeper protection.

Asia-Pacific National Telecom
HFCL profit rebounds as fibre exports rise
HFCL is expanding fibre and data-centre connectivity manufacturing after exports helped lift its quarterly revenue and profit.

North America National Telecom
AT&T records 646,000 fibre and fixed wireless additions
AT&T’s second-quarter broadband growth came from both fibre and Internet Air, giving the operator two ways to add home internet connections.

Europe and Middle East National Telecom
Flotek acquires Clear Telecom in 16th deal
Flotek’s 16th acquisition adds Clear Telecom’s Essex-based IT, communications and connectivity business to its UK managed-services group.

Global Cloud Services
Google connects Nuvem cable to Portugal
Google’s connection of Nuvem at Sines completes a key landing milestone, but the cable’s full operating status and usable capacity remain undisclosed.

North America National Telecom Trends
Canada funds development of two PEI power cables
Canada has committed C$5.9 million to advance two planned submarine power cables between Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick.

Europe and Middle East National Telecom
Telefónica Germany plans 1,100 job cuts and 60 shop closures
Telefónica Germany is cutting staff and shops as it consolidates sales and customer service and increases AI use in selected processes.

North America Datacenter
Lakeland data-centre moratorium advances to final vote
Lakeland has advanced a 12-month pause on large data-centre projects while officials review electricity, water, noise and planning requirements.

North America Datacenter
OpenAI plans 3.2GW Georgia data-centre campus
OpenAI has secured phased power delivery for Project Camellia, but its financing, design and operating plans are still being developed.

North America Datacenter Trends
Poll finds rising US opposition to nearby data centres
A POLITICO poll found that opposition to nearby data-centre projects has overtaken support, with the largest change among Democratic voters.

North America Datacenter
Coweta County halts new data-centre proposals
Coweta County paused new data-centre proposals after approving Project Sail’s rezoning, as residents challenged its local impact.

Global Datacenter Trends
Molex signs Prysmian fibre deal worth up to €5.5bn
Molex is committing to long-term optical cable purchases as Prysmian prepares to expand fibre production in the US and Europe.

North America Datacenter
Orangeburg County weighs data-centre moratorium
Orangeburg County may pause planning, permit and incentive applications while it develops rules for data centres and other computing facilities.

North America Datacenter Trends
Trump to expand data-centre power pledge
Trump is set to extend the Ratepayer Protection Pledge to utilities and developers, bringing in the groups that negotiate power rates and grid connections for new data centres.

Europe and Middle East Datacenter
IRGC claims cruise missiles destroyed AWS Bahrain infrastructure
The IRGC says it destroyed AWS infrastructure in Bahrain, but Amazon and government officials have not confirmed the attack, and the region was already unavailable after earlier damage.

North America Datacenter Trends
US House panel advances data-centre grid cost bill
US state utility regulators would consider requiring 100 MW data-centre customers to fund the grid upgrades needed to serve their sites.

North America Cloud Services Trends
GitHub's 3% hosted-runner delay reveals the cost of a shared execution queue
For 85 minutes on 22 July, about 3% of GitHub-hosted Actions runs took more than five minutes to start, and a small portion could fail after an extended delay. The incident was narrow, measured and resolved. It nevertheless shows why teams that buy managed execution capacity must…
