DCD Magazine #62 - The coming wave
Will compute at sea sink or swim?
News - Europe, European Investment Bank
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
DCD Magazine #62 out now
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Lithography firm Morphotonics targets data center optical component market after raising €40m
Company’s technology currently used to manufacture displays for AR glasses
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European Investment Bank and the European Commission sign MoU to support AI 'gigafactories' in the EU
EIB will provide loans of an undisclosed amount to supplement data center grants
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European Commission signs MoU with EIB and EIF to support ‘AI gigafactory’ projects across Europe
EIB will offer advisory support under terms of agreement
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SES partners with Cailabs on optical space-to-ground test phase to determine commercial viability
€57m of public/private capital fuels new testing of disruptive secure downstream connectivity
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European Investment Fund invests €30m in quantum-focused venture fund
Paris-based Quantonation II describes itself as the “world’s only physics-focused fund”
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HPC cloud provider Qarnot gets funding from European Innovation Council
Value of funding not shared
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Sateliot secures €70 million funding round from national and European backers
Telecoms and satellite systems well within European remit for expanded infrastructure and defense financing
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Inwit pockets €350 million in funding from EIB for telecommunications infrastructure
Set to drive 5G and FWA connections for mobile operators
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Ericsson secures €420m EIB loan for R&D investment
Which will support overall sustainability goals at the company
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Iliad secures €300m EIB loan for 5G network expansion in France
It's Iliad's seventh EIB loan since 2009
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Cellnex takes out €315m EIB loan to boost towers infrastructure across Europe
Will go towards supporting 5G rollout
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Orange secures €500m EIB loan to expand 4G and 5G rollout
The loan comes weeks after the operator revealed growth strategy
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Iliad secures €300m loan from EIB to push fiber plans
It's the sixth loan granted to Iliad from EIB
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SES secures €300 million loan from EIB
Company to use loan to buy three broadcast & broadband satellites
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European Investment Bank loans OVHcloud €200 million
French public cloud provider plans to open 15 data centers next year
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IQM Quantum Computers takes €35m loan from European Investment Bank for quantum fab
Expanding existing site in Finland
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European Investment Bank loans TIM €350 million for fiber and data center expansion
Italian telco plans new data centers in Milan and Turin as well as Greece, plus upgrades and decommissions elsewhere