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APRICOT
One Forwarder, 64,000 Subscribers: The Failure Domain Inside APRICOT 2026's x86 BNG
One 144-core processor, one packet forwarder and 64,000 subscriber states: the most revealing number in 5x9 Networks' APRICOT 2026 presentation is not 1.6 Tbps. It is the number of access sessions brought into one execution domain while repeated cache state was removed.

Global Cloud Services Trends
A billion-dollar security alliance still needs an evidence ledger
NTT DATA and Palo Alto Networks have set a large commercial ambition for a deeper global alliance. The useful test is not the headline value but whether customers can see where platform responsibility ends, managed-service responsibility begins, and an outcome becomes measurable.

Europe and Middle East Datacenter Trends
Colleferro approves Cobra Green AI data centre
Colleferro has approved Cobra Green Hyperscale's planned AI data centre, but national clearance is still required before construction can begin.

Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends
Itochu targets 10 Japan data centres by 2030
Itochu is reportedly planning around 10 50MW data centres in Japan by 2030, with leasing and eventual asset sales central to the model.

North America Datacenter Trends
Abbott says few firms answered Texas data-centre survey
Texas is requiring more project information as ERCOT tries to assess a data-centre connection queue that has grown to more than 474GW.

Europe and Middle East Datacenter Trends
Vapat proposes 160MW Valladolid data-centre campus
Vapat has proposed a 160MW data-centre campus in Valladolid beside its wind assets and La Mudarra substation, with the project under environmental review.

North America Datacenter Trends
Big Tech adds community commitments to data-centre plans
OpenAI, Meta and Microsoft are putting community funding, construction jobs and greater disclosure into data-centre development as local opposition grows.

Global National Telecom Trends
Meta files for Aurora US-Denmark subsea cable
Meta’s 7,268km Aurora cable would link New Jersey and Denmark with 24 fibre pairs, while launch capacity remains undecided.

North America Datacenter Trends
Starcloud raises $250m for orbital data centres
Starcloud will use the new funding to expand spacecraft manufacturing and Nvidia engineering work as it develops larger orbital computing systems.

Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends
ACT keeps data-centre approvals open
Canberra will keep assessing new data-centre projects under existing rules while the federal government develops national standards for large facilities.

North America Datacenter Trends
Prometheus, Istmo plan 2.5GW gas-powered Texas campus
The Reeves County project would start with 1.5GW of behind-the-meter generation using pipeline natural gas and on-site ethane, with first power targeted for 2027.

North America Datacenter Trends
Alberta plans setback rules for AI data centres
Alberta is preparing setback rules for large data-centre projects after residents pressed officials over developments planned near homes.

North America Datacenter Trends
Nvidia invests in powered-land developer Cloverleaf
The minority investment brings Nvidia into the site and power work that takes place before AI hardware can be installed in a data centre.

North America Cloud Services Trends
DigitalOcean’s database incident blocked the next cluster, not every database
For more than nine hours on 23 August, DigitalOcean reported errors creating new Managed Database clusters through its Control Panel and API. The incident moved from a broad multi-region description to fixes in NYC1 and NYC3, exposing a practical fault line between a cloud…

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends
Akamai withdrew its first explanation for India edge degradation
Akamai initially linked an Edge Delivery incident in India to a third-party service provider, then withdrew that attribution 19 minutes later. It implemented a fix and moved the incident to monitoring after 4 hours and 25 minutes, but had not published a replacement cause or a…

Europe and Middle East Regional ISP Trends
Amphora Connect switches on West Mersea fibre network
Amphora Connect's 18km fibre route from Colchester to West Mersea is live, putting around 4,000 homes and businesses within reach.

Global Institutional Trends
Belden's $1.85bn RUCKUS Bet Turns Full-Stack Networking Into a Debt Test
Belden now owns the Wi-Fi, switching and management layer it said was missing from its network portfolio. The acquisition was paid for with secured floating-rate debt, so the test is no longer the breadth of the catalogue: it is whether the combined stack can produce cash and…

North America Datacenter Trends
TVA raises data-centre rates, adds capacity charge
TVA is making large data-centre projects commit to power capacity earlier, while offering interruptible service where permanent supply is not yet ready.

Latin America and Caribbean National Telecom Trends
Colombia cancels Amazon fibre tender after costs rise
Colombia has cancelled a planned Amazonas and Putumayo fibre network after its estimated cost rose 67.1% and officials identified delivery risks.

Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends
Singapore allocates 200MW to four data-centre operators
Digital Realty, Equinix, Keppel Data Centres and STT GDC have each received 50MW for projects planned on Jurong Island.
