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CASE FILE
C40 cities launch pact for sustainable urban data centres
C40 Cities launches a global pact for sustainable urban data centres as AI demand raises power, water and planning pressure.

Global Datacenter Trends
Tesla files Megapod trademark for AI hardware
Tesla is tracked because its energy storage solutions, AI compute demand, and infrastructure initiatives can influence data centre and AI infrastructure supply chains.

Global National Telecom Trends
Omdia sees cellular IoT growth shift towards eRedCap dominance
Omdia forecasts cellular IoT connections to reach 5.9bn by 2035 as eRedCap gains ground and China keeps market scale.

Global National Telecom Trends
Nokia tests Databricks autonomous data fabric
Nokia and Databricks test a cloud-agnostic data fabric for autonomous networks, targeting fragmented telecom OSS/BSS data.

North America National Telecom Trends
FCC funds China gear removal with spectrum sale
FCC raises $3.5bn from AWS-3 spectrum to fund Huawei and ZTE equipment removal from US telecom networks.

Europe and Middle East Datacenter Trends
Kubus acquires Ammcom for fibre capability
Kubus acquires Ammcom to add fibre cabling expertise and strengthen end-to-end IT infrastructure delivery.

CASE FILE
BIF pushes India to add GMPCS to draft spectrum rules
BIF urges India to add GMPCS to draft spectrum rules, citing a gap between telecom law and assignment procedures.

CASE FILE
Virginia passes first data centre power tax
Virginia is the largest US data centre market, and state policy changes there can influence data centre infrastructure economics and energy regulation elsewhere.

Europe and Middle East Institutional Trends
AVEVA and Assystem partner for sovereign infrastructure
AVEVA and Assystem partner to combine software and engineering for sovereign infrastructure in France, the UK and Netherlands.

North America Datacenter Trends
Microsoft secures Chevron power for AI buildout
Microsoft and Chevron sign a 20-year power deal for Project Kilby, linking West Texas generation with AI data centre capacity.

Global National Telecom Trends
Ericsson extends EIAP into core automation
Ericsson expands EIAP to support core automation, unifying RAN and Core control with cApps and real-time network data.

Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends
Amazon Leo signs UK Connect for enterprise access
Amazon Leo signs UK Connect as a UK reseller to bring LEO satellite connectivity into enterprise WAN and managed network deployments.

Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends
VodafoneThree expands CityFibre mobile capacity deal
VodafoneThree expands its CityFibre deal to connect mobile sites with full fibre, supporting 5G SA rollout and UK network upgrades.

Global Cloud Services Trends
YOFC surges as fibre prices tighten in AI data centres
YOFC and global fibre suppliers rise as AI data centres increase demand, tightening supply and driving up optical interconnect pricing.

Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends
Digital Arena Sweden launches 5G 6G testbed
Sweden launches Digital Arena testbed with Ericsson, Telia and Vinnova to test 5G, 6G and AI across industries.

Europe and Middle East Institutional Trends
SpaceX Opposes EU 2 GHz Spectrum Plan
EU proposes splitting 2GHz satellite spectrum into three bands, prompting SpaceX concerns over efficiency and D2D rollout.

Europe and Middle East Datacenter Trends
Johnson Controls targets gigawatt cooling constraints
Johnson Controls says European AI data centres face power, water and noise constraints as campuses scale towards gigawatt levels.

Global Datacenter Trends
Meta secures AI computing capacity from Crusoe
Meta secures 1.6 GW of AI computing capacity from Crusoe at data centers in Texas and Missouri.

CASE FILE
Trump orders US quantum computer by 2028
Trump orders a federal quantum computer by 2028, extending to defense sensors and the transition to post-quantum encryption.

North America Regional ISP Trends
Miner cable strike disrupts Nome telecom services
An excavator struck power and fiber lines near Nome, Alaska, causing widespread telecom outages that lasted several days due to delayed fiber repairs.
