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Conceptual editorial image of a large Samsung-branded floating data-centre platform operating at sea.

Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends

Samsung Heavy signs floating data-centre engineering deal

Samsung Heavy and Mousterian have moved their US floating data-centre partnership into engineering, although no site, customer or construction order has been announced.

Aug 5, 2026
Conceptual editorial image of a business executive standing before a world map showing international subsea cable routes and a coastal landing station

Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends

Paul Abfalter to become FLAG CEO in October

FLAG’s strategy and revenue chief will succeed Carl Grivner, who will remain with the subsea network operator as chairman.

Aug 5, 2026
Editorial illustration of a network engineer in a data centre reviewing AI traffic links between data centres, cloud regions and enterprise sites

Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends

Telstra and Teneo warn AI is disrupting network forecasts

Telstra and Teneo executives say operators need new planning assumptions as AI changes where traffic originates, how it moves and when capacity is required.

Aug 5, 2026
Conceptual aerial illustration of Ishikari’s data-centre cluster with power infrastructure, renewable energy and a panel explaining the new consortium

Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends

Ishikari City and 11 companies launch data-centre consortium

The new group will coordinate power, communications, disaster planning, and workforce development across Ishikari’s growing data-centre cluster.

Aug 4, 2026
Editorial illustration of engineers reviewing plans beside electrical and cooling systems at a data-centre construction site.  Caption: Editorial illustration representi

Asia-Pacific Datacenter

Sunway Construction wins RM1.02bn Johor data-centre fit-out

Sunway Construction will deliver a RM1.02 billion MEP fit-out for an unnamed US technology company’s data centre in Johor.

Aug 4, 2026
Editorial illustration showing NTT DOCOMO and Ericsson branding beside a RAN Compute server rack and a map of Japan.

Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends

NTT DOCOMO starts Ericsson RAN Compute rollout

NTT DOCOMO is adding Ericsson baseband hardware to expand centralised RAN capacity while preparing for 5G Advanced services.

Aug 4, 2026
Editorial illustration of submarine cable training with a cable-laying vessel, subsea cable, study materials and digital network imagery.

Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends

Sparkle, University of Genoa launch submarine cable course

Sparkle, the University of Genoa and the SubOptic Foundation have launched a postgraduate programme dedicated to submarine cable infrastructure.

Aug 4, 2026
An engineer monitors an AI security test as a broken network boundary connects an isolated test environment to external servers.

Global Cloud Services Trends

Anthropic finds Claude breached three organisations

A third-party test misconfiguration gave Claude internet access, allowing three models to reach live systems while completing simulated hacking exercises.

Jul 31, 2026
Editorial illustration of a cable-laying ship deploying a submarine cable beside a hybrid cable-maintenance vessel under construction.

Global National Telecom Trends

China commissions cable ship as Global Marine orders hybrid vessel

China has commissioned Tianyi Linghangzhe, while Global Marine has ordered a hybrid cable-maintenance vessel for delivery in 2029.

Jul 31, 2026
Orange and Morrison logos above an illustrated data-centre campus in France at sunset

Europe and Middle East Datacenter

Orange and Morrison plan €3bn French data-centre venture

Orange would combine its French data-centre assets with Morrison’s capital to pursue 400MW of capacity. However, the venture has not yet been formed.

Jul 29, 2026
Meta and BlackRock branding beside a data-centre campus under construction in El Paso, Texas

North America Datacenter

Meta and BlackRock form $14bn Texas data-centre venture

Meta is bringing external capital into its 1GW El Paso campus while retaining responsibility for construction management and occupying the completed site.

Jul 29, 2026
Openreach full-fibre network infrastructure representing Ofcom’s review of a proposed wholesale discount offer

Europe and Middle East National Telecom

Ofcom proposes blocking Openreach discount offer

Ofcom says the discounts may divert new wholesale orders from rival fibre networks, but the regulator has not made a final decision.

Jul 29, 2026
Editorial illustration of fibre routes linking data centres, with figures showing growth in long-haul fibre demand

North America National Telecom

Zayo says long-haul fibre demand doubled in 2025

Large network buyers drove Zayo’s reported growth in long-haul fibre demand, with hyperscalers and carriers accounting for 95% of purchases.

Jul 29, 2026
AI-generated editorial illustration showing semiconductor wafers, advanced chips, packaging components and engineers inside a chip manufacturing facility.

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services

Samsung and Broadcom sign chip MOU worth over US$200bn

Samsung and Broadcom have outlined a five-year semiconductor collaboration, but its manufacturing scale will depend on later product and order commitments.

Jul 29, 2026
AI-generated editorial illustration of a large data-centre development in Ohio representing reported financing talks between Nvidia, OpenAI and SB Energy.

North America Datacenter

Nvidia in talks over $250bn OpenAI Ohio guarantee

Nvidia’s proposed guarantee could support financing for OpenAI’s Ohio lease, but the terms remain under negotiation and the first phase is not yet funded.

Jul 29, 2026
Editorial map illustration showing a conceptual network path linking London, Rotterdam and Brussels.

Europe and Middle East National Telecom

RETN launches new London–Brussels network route

RETN has added another UK–Europe network path, but customers still need evidence of its end-to-end physical separation.

Jul 29, 2026
Electricity transmission infrastructure in Texas, representing new grid-connection rules for large data-centre projects

North America Datacenter

Texas moves grid costs towards data-centre developers

Texas is developing rules that would make large data-centre projects bear more of their grid-connection costs before operations begin.

Jul 29, 2026
Editorial illustration showing SK Telecom and SK Hyper signage beside a modern data-centre campus and power infrastructure.

Asia-Pacific National Telecom

SK Telecom creates SK Hyper for data-centre development

SK Hyper will prepare sites, substations and customers for future projects, but each development still needs defined capacity, financing and commercial commitments.

Jul 29, 2026
Conceptual AI data-centre development in Odisha representing HCLTech’s proposed project in Bhubaneswar

Asia-Pacific Datacenter

HCLTech plans AI data centre in Odisha

HCLTech has outlined a ₹14,257 crore Odisha data-centre plan, but has not disclosed its capacity, power supply or construction timetable.

Jul 29, 2026
Editorial illustration of a data-centre campus in Johor beside power and water infrastructure

Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends

Johor tightens power and water checks for data centres

Johor is bringing power and water planning into the approval stage as its proposed data-centre pipeline approaches 7GW.

Jul 29, 2026