Europe and Middle East Trends
Europe and Middle East Trends
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Europe and Middle East Cloud Services Trends
Microsoft sets November opening for Saudi Arabia East cloud region
Microsoft has set a November 2026 opening for its Saudi Arabia East region, giving customers a firm date for locally hosted Azure and AI workloads.
Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends
UK PSTN switch-off leaves 1.5m lines to migrate
About 1.5 million Openreach PSTN lines remain ahead of the January 2027 shutdown, while a survey points to gaps in customer readiness.
Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends
An emergency-alert coverage map is not a local warning plan until device reachability is checked
A local resilience team may see a mobile footprint, an Emergency Alerts service, and a listed set of sites.
Europe and Middle East Datacenter Trends
Equinix's atNorth Stake Closed at 34%, Not the Planned 40%
Equinix reached the atNorth closing with a smaller cheque and a smaller stake than its February filing described. The disclosed commitment moved from up to US$963 million for approximately 40% to US$895 million for approximately 34%. That US$68 million gap is real as a comparison…
Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends
A responder communications directory is not a resilient plan until interoperability and provider liaison are exercised
The coordination room has a current spreadsheet. It names control rooms, duty officers, radio leads and telecommunications providers. When a fixed connection fails and mobile service becomes congested, however, the list does not show which agencies can still exchange operational…
Europe and Middle East Cloud Services Trends
Adobe moves AI captioning workloads to HUMAIN in Saudi Arabia
Adobe will run regional AI data-captioning workloads on HUMAIN's Saudi infrastructure using Qualcomm Dragonfly accelerators, keeping the related compute and data inside the Kingdom.
Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends
OHB wins nearly €1bn IRIS² contract
OHB will develop and build 18 MEO satellite platforms for SES as IRIS² moves into manufacturing ahead of first launches planned for 2029.
Europe and Middle East Datacenter Trends
Bull wins €387.8m LUMI-AI contract
Bull will deploy LUMI-AI at CSC's new Kajaani data centre in the second half of 2027 under a €387.8m EuroHPC procurement contract.
Europe and Middle East National Telecom
Nokia sets up Saudi R&D centre for network automation
Nokia is setting up its first Saudi R&D centre in Riyadh to develop network-automation software, with operations expected to begin within two months.
Europe and Middle East Datacenter Trends
AWS sets December launch for Saudi Region
AWS says its first Saudi Region is on track for December 2026, while AWS and HUMAIN target up to 50MW in a separate AI Zone by 2028.
Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends
UK firms flag unclear ownership during network faults
A survey found 45% of UK connectivity buyers had faced faults where responsibility between suppliers was disputed or unclear.
Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends
Boldyn adds RedCap sensors to West Sussex private 5G
Boldyn is using 5G RedCap to connect a livestock sensor to its West Sussex private network, testing support for simpler, lower-power IoT devices.
Europe and Middle East Datacenter Trends
Together AI, HUMAIN plan 250MW Saudi data centre
The partnership links HUMAIN's Saudi AI infrastructure with Together AI's cloud platform and customers, with a new 250MW facility planned.
Europe and Middle East Datacenter Trends
HUMAIN, DataVolt start 100MW NEOM AI data-centre build
HUMAIN and DataVolt are developing 100MW at Oxagon as DataVolt begins construction on its wider 360MW first phase, targeting service from 2028.
Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends
Slow broadband deters UK home movers, survey finds
Hyperoptic’s survey suggests broadband is being checked before a move, raising the value of clear availability and fast activation.
Europe and Middle East Institutional
Nexans qualifies 525kV HVDC repair system for 3,000m
Nexans has qualified a 525kV HVDC cable and repair joint for 3,000-metre depths on the planned Crete-Cyprus interconnector.
Europe and Middle East Institutional
Subsea Cable Assets launches carousel rental service
The new service gives subsea contractors temporary access to 4,000- and 6,000-tonne cable carousels, with a first European contract already secured.
Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends
A 2G device inventory is not a safe switch-off plan until each replacement path is confirmed
A facilities list can show that a building owns a pendant, lift alarm or fire alarm. It cannot show that the device is 2G-only, that its supplier has accepted an upgrade, or that the function will still work after the mobile network changes.
Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends
A final digital-landline notice is not a safe cessation until the critical call path is confirmed
A dated notice can prove that a provider started a final process. It cannot by itself prove that the person, telecare service or critical call path at the address has been safely carried through that process.
Europe and Middle East Institutional Trends
Italy links 18km free-space QKD to fibre
Researchers linked an 18km free-space quantum channel to single-mode fibre, showing how adaptive optics can bridge atmospheric and terrestrial quantum links.