DCD Magazine #62 - The coming wave
Will compute at sea sink or swim?
News - UK & Ireland
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
DCD Magazine #62 out now
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AI cloud and data center firm Nscale raises $3.36bn ahead of its IPO
Follows publication of IPO prospectus
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Vertiv to acquire data center fluid management firm King Environmental Services
Transaction to close before the end of the year
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Southern Water deploys Lightsonic water-leak technology using Openreach's fiber infrastructure
As the water company seeks to monitor leaks
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Ericsson, Vodafone demo AI-enabled instant call translation
The pair also showcased AI-based noise cancellation
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Airspan snaps up fixed wireless assets from stricken broadband firm Cambium
Company says more than 135 Cambium employees will join its team
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OpenAI and Anthropic seek 20-30MW data center deployments
As companies ramp up inference footprint
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Irish gov't sets out national roaming agreement for Ireland's emergency services
eir, Three Ireland, and Vodafone have signed the agreement
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Virgin Media O2 extends small cells rollout to Tonbridge, Kent
Five small cells have gone live in Tonbridge
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VodafoneThree rolls out latest Ericsson 5G Core network in UK
The refresh covers Ericsson's dual-mode core
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Scotland's parliament backs de facto, temporary, moratorium on new hyperscale data centers
No plans will be approved until new planning guidance is published
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Politicians in Scotland set to vote on national data center moratorium
Would put a pause on projects of 50MW and up
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Iron Mountain sues UK's Home Office over £140m passport contract bid
Firm says it was unable to submit tender after government department quadrupled potential penalties at short notice
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Satellite Internet coming to UK rail network as part of £7.8bn space strategy
British rail policymakers plan to enable seamless broadband on trains by 2030 after promising to do it by 2025
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UK telcos lament planning rules, says 5G coverage is being stifled
More flexibility on regulations could drive 5G forward
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Virgin Media O2 owners consider £600m cost cuts - report
Could include layoffs at the telco in effort to service debt pile
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Film studio turned data center project gets approval in High Wycombe, UK
Passes planning permission, subject to conditions
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VodafoneThree, Nokia make progress on advanced 5G site rollout in UK
After signing a long-term partnership last year, VodafoneThree has activated the first 100 advanced 5G radio sites supported by Nokia
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UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham rejects calls for national data center moratorium
Says AI Growth Zones will benefit communities
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Palantir awarded Neso grid contract in UK without competitive bidding process - report
Neso argued that its critical grid processes now rely too heavily on Palantir's technology
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Virgin Media O2, Freshwave pair to deploy small cells in Canterbury, Kent
Four small cells have been deployed in the Kent city
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O2 Business launches satellite D2D service in UK
Aims to plug coverage gap for rural UK businesses
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Ireland weighs cut-price gas for data centers in exchange for curtailment - report
Facilities would have to temporarily power down during periods of high demand
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Man sentenced to prison for operating rogue telecoms infrastructure in Lancashire, UK
The man created rogue mobile antenna to send out fraudulent texts
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Exa & euNetworks file to lay new subsea cables linking Dublin to the UK
Companies separately file for Eliza North and Eliza South
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Quantum Motion secures additional investment in extended $160m Series C funding round
Five new investors have participated in the round
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VodafoneThree unveils SuperMobile 5G+ national network slice service
As carrier teases a dedicated national critical slice for next year, plus VodafoneTV service