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Global Datacenter Trends
Microsoft targets AI data centre optical bottlenecks with MicroLED
Microsoft is developing MicroLED cabling and Hollow Core Fibre to cut AI data centre power use, distance limits and latency.

North America Datacenter Trends
US data centres become top office construction segment
US data centre construction hit $50.7bn SAAR in April, overtaking office construction as AI infrastructure demand accelerates.

Global Datacenter Trends
Foxconn and Intel team up for rack-scale AI infrastructure
Foxconn and Intel partner on rack-scale AI infrastructure, combining chips, cooling and system integration for data centres.

Global Cloud Services Trends
Meta weighs equity raise for AI buildout
Meta weighs a large equity raise as AI infrastructure spending pushes Big Tech deeper into capital markets.

North America Datacenter Trends
Bergen supplies 750MW power for Crusoe AI data centres
Bergen Engines will supply 750MW of gas power capacity to Crusoe for US AI data centres, showing power access as a buildout constraint.

Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends
Nvidia cements AI memory and cloud ties with Korean giants
Nvidia signed Korean AI deals with SK Group, Naver, Doosan and LG to expand memory, cloud and data centre partnerships.

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends
Commerce closes AI chip overseas subsidiary loophole
US export-control actions shape access to advanced AI compute, semiconductor supply chains and China-related technology risk.

Europe and Middle East Cloud Services Trends
EU rewrites AI infrastructure sovereignty rules
EU’s tech sovereignty package links chips, cloud, AI and data centres to reduce external dependence and reshape digital infrastructure rules.

Global Cloud Services Trends
Anthropic brings AI vulnerability hunting to critical infrastructure defence
Anthropic expands Project Glasswing to bring AI vulnerability hunting into critical infrastructure defence.

Global Cloud Services Trends
TSMC weighs AI chip price rises amid shortages
TSMC says AI chip demand remains strong as it weighs price rises, faces upstream shortages and delays in US advanced-node capacity.

Global Cloud Services Trends
Anthropic expands Glasswing for AI vulnerability defence
Anthropic is a frontier AI company whose model release decisions affect software security, critical infrastructure resilience and AI safety practice.

Global Cloud Services Trends
AI chipflation squeezes device makers beyond data centres
Morgan Stanley warns AI-driven memory chip prices are spreading cost pressure from data centres to PCs and smartphones.

North America Institutional Trends
EU squeezes US satellite operators from spectrum
The Commission shapes European telecommunications, satellite communications and digital sovereignty strategy.

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends
Google swaps subsea access for Telstra dark fibre
Google and Telstra link fibre and subsea assets to add Australia-Pacific routes and support rising AI traffic demand.

Companies
FCC mandates licences for US undersea cable landings
The FCC sets market-access and security rules that shape how critical communications infrastructure is built, licensed and operated.

North America Cloud Services Trends
US closes offshore AI chip loophole
BIS export-control guidance shapes the availability of advanced AI chips, cloud infrastructure procurement and cross-border semiconductor compliance.

North America Cloud Services Trends
FCC reopens AWS-3 auction after Dish default
FCC auction 113 reopens AWS-3 spectrum bidding as US carriers and satellite firms compete for returned licences.

Global Cloud Services Trends
ChatGPT reaches 1 billion monthly app users
OpenAI is a leading AI platform company whose consumer adoption signals affect the AI application market.

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends
SoftBank launches sovereign GPU cloud in Japan
SoftBank is one of Asia-Pacific's largest telecom operators and is using AI infrastructure investments to expand beyond connectivity services.

North America Datacenter Trends
Bergen Engines wins Liberty Energy 500MW AI power order
Bergen Engines secures 500MW on-site power order from Liberty Energy for US AI data centres.
