Governance
Top tech news today: 28 March, 2025
Tech firms advance AI, cybersecurity, and global infrastructure with new data centers, cloud services, and digital sovereignty initiatives.
Headline
Tech firms advance AI, cybersecurity, and global infrastructure with new data centers, cloud services, and digital sovereignty initiatives.
Context
Microsoft scales back AI data centre projects amid concerns over oversupply and investment bubbles. Source Arelion launches AI-ready diverse mesh routes in Texas to boost connectivity for data centres and cloud services. Source
Evidence
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Analysis
Nscale and InfraPartners partner to construct a 60MW AI data centre in Norway, powered by renewable hydroelectric energy. Source Vertiv expands its apprenticeship program in Ireland after success in Donegal and Derry, training over 80 apprentices annually. Source Bharti Airtel partners with Meta and center3 to land the 2Africa Pearls subsea cable in India, boosting cross-border connectivity. Source CISPE outlines three new principles to ensure European cloud services remain resilient against geopolitical risks. Source
Key Points
- 1. Microsoft Cuts AI Data Centre Leases
- 2. Arelion Expands Texas Network
- 3. Nscale-InfraPartners Build 60MW AI Data Centre
- 4. Vertiv Expands Irish Apprenticeship
- 5. Airtel Lands 2Africa Subsea Cable
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