DE-CIX, an operator of Internet Exchanges (IXs), has released the company’s Annual Report for the financial year 2023, which confirms continued strong growth in global turnover and data exchange. Global revenues of all company parts continued to grow, reaching €63 million (£53.8m), an increase of 8 million (up 14%) compared to 2022. Reflecting the trend of previous years, connected customer capacity on the DE-CIX Internet Exchanges grew by 14% to more than 140 terabits, and connected networks ended the year at over 3,600 worldwide. With close to 60 exabytes of data throughput globally during 2 ..read more

Arqit Quantum, a leader in quantum-safe encryption, and SoftIron, a provider of true private cloud infrastructure, have announced a partnership to enable customers to make a seamless migration to quantum safe cloud tasks, with a priority focus on the defence sector. Arqit’s quantum-safe products will be available as part of the SoftIron Partner Marketplace. SoftIron has integrated Arqit’s Symmetic Key Agreement Platform (SKA-Platform) into HyperCloud, SoftIron’s ready-to-run true private cloud experience, deployed on-premises or on the battlefield. This brings the security of symmetric encrypt ..read more

Northern Data Group’s colocation provider, Ardent Data Centers, has announced it has broken ground on construction at its Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania data centre site, following its acquisition in January 2024. The site is being retrofitted into a cutting-edge, high-density data centre environment, purpose-built to power the next generation of High Performance Computing. With the engineering review complete, the upgrade of the 7.5-acre site has begun; retrofitting the 41,000 square foot building with the latest liquid cooling technology to allow for additional power and maximised energy capacity ..read more

by Paul Gray, Chief Product Officer at LiveAction. Enterprise networks are undergoing huge changes. It’s not uncommon for an enterprise to find that it has quickly outgrown its NPM and that it simply cannot cover the true scope of the enterprise’s new geography of activity. LiveAction’s 2024 Network performance and monitoring trends investigated the current state of NPM solutions, surveying hundreds of enterprises on their experiences. Nearly three-quarters (74%) of respondents managed on-premises networks, 70% said they manage cloud environments, 61% said they’re running hybrid architectures ..read more

MongoDB has announced new capabilities for its MongoDB Atlas platform that make it faster and easier to build, deploy, and run modern applications with the performance and scale organisations require. MongoDB Atlas is one of the most widely distributed developer data platforms in the world, and tens of thousands of customers and millions of developers rely on its operational database and integrated data services to power business-critical applications across cloud providers. The general availability of MongoDB Atlas Stream Processing makes it easier to use real-time data from a wide variety of ..read more

Dremio, the unified lakehouse platform for self-service analytics and AI, and STACKIT, a data-sovereign cloud provider in Europe and part of the IT organisation within Schwarz Group, today announced a strategic partnership that provides European organisations with the first fully managed, cloud-based modern lakehouse offering capable of meeting today’s stringent data residency requirements. Unveiled at Dremio’s annual user conference, Subsurface Live, this collaboration reportedly marks a significant milestone in STACKIT’s mission to expand its expertise and product range in data and AI across ..read more

Enhancing physical security, especially perimeter intrusion detection (PID) at critical infrastructure sites like data centres, warehouses, airports and utilities, is increasingly crucial due to growing threats such as theft, protests, sabotage, terrorism and war. In its latest whitepaper, Quanergy 3D LiDAR Solutions Redefining the Physical Security of Critical Infrastructure, global technology intelligence firm ABI Research forecasts the worldwide physical security market for LiDAR sensors will surpass three million total installations by 2030, with water infrastructure leading the segment. T ..read more

Wipro, a leading technology services and consulting company, has announced that it has been selected by Nokia to overhaul its employee service desk and provide seamless, real-time IT support to a global network of employees. The Wipro team will build a bespoke AI-powered, cloud-based service for Nokia’s workforce comprising of around 86,700 users globally in 130 countries of operations. The aim is to enhance the employee experience by providing highly available, modular, secure, and automated services. Designit, a Wipro company specialising in user experience strategy and implementation, will ..read more

CtrlS Datacenters, Asia’s largest Rated-4 data centre operator, has taken a significant stride towards sustainability by transitioning its Noida Data centre, DC1, to solar power. This move will enable the facility to meet 60% of its annual energy requirements through renewable sources. Furthermore, CtrlS Datacenters will extend renewable energy credits to all customers hosted within this facility, reinforcing its commitment to environmental stewardship. This initiative aligns with the company’s sustainable charter, underscoring its dedication to reducing its carbon footprint and promoting the ..read more

According to analysis by Stocklytics.com, AI data centre electricity consumption threatens to surpass Belgium’s overall usage in the next two years, with predictions that AI data centres will demand well over 90TWh by 2026. This comes in stark contrast to 2022, when their power usage was nearly nil. Stocklytic’s Financial Analyst, Edith Reads, comments, “Electricity has become an indispensable resource for nearly every industry. With AI data centres heightening demand for power supply, it may lead to a more augmented strain on electricity grids around the world. Amazon’s chief already hinted a ..read more