The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
A sustainable future for data centers
News - The Telecoms & Connectivity Channel, Laurence Russell
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
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Viasat, Space42, and Terrestar sign MoU for interoperable networks
Best of both worlds sought between sovereignty and open-standards cooperation
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Cowboy Space shows Big Iron, the 15-ton payload rocket that turns into a data center
Former space solar startup turned rocket company reveals plan for Falcon 9 competitor
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Iraq establishes first new satellite gateway since 2003, supporting security & aviation
New ground station arrives after a raft of successful international telecoms infrastructure projects
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Aselan declares 198-satellite Astralink constellation for sovereign Turkish connectivity
Sovereign trend in dual-use space technology spreads to space underdog Türkiye, following new Starlink slow-downs in Ukraine
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SpaceX’s Starlink encourages every satellite operator to share data with Stargaze platform, for safety
Musk company proposes international cooperation on satellite tracking in a one-way street relationship with SpaceX
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Jio proposes 1,600 satellites, 23 ground stations for sovereign Indian connectivity
Musk furious over competition with Ambani’s sovereign Starlink competitor, decrying monopolizing oligarchs
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Astranis secures $468m credit line to ramp GEO satellite production at California factory
Half-billion credit deal implies sovereign, geopolitical significance of advanced geostationary satellites
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ESA picks neXat, Telesat, & Colt for $1.68m Cableshield to backup subsea cable infrastructure
ESA to finance emergency data rerouting system via satellite in the event of subsea cable failure
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China's S-AIDC orbits Supercomputing-1 satellite to cut Earth observation processing times
Chinese private companies continue to invest in STEM-led space compute capability
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Orange inaugurates first Telesat Lightspeed gateway in Europe at Bercenay-en-Othe, France
Telesat expands its influence on the ground, targeting defense and government markets
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Eutelsat buys another 229 satellites for OneWeb from Airbus for ~€1bn
Satellite operator doubles down on LEO proliferation, champions IRIS² at Paris Summit
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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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Orbital partners with Reflex Aerospace for space data center constellation
Experienced German developer finds its first US customer, promises its technology exclusively
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Blue Origin to become first telco on Mars with $700m NASA contract
Resurgent NASA has bold plans for Mars, could Rocket Lab also benefit?
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Amazon Leo files for three new 6-antenna ground stations in Florida, Minnesota, and Texas
LEO up-and-comer sets out on ambitious ground station expansion to keep pace with constellation hyperscaling
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SpaceX petitions FCC to block ViaSat-3 F2 satellite, citing interference concerns
Obligatory regulatory squabbling causes more problems for the ViaSat-3 program
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Starcloud closes $250m Series A extension at $2.3bn valuation to scale AI on orbital data centers
ODC pioneer secures nearly half a billion dollars of investment to prove out space computing
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Eight MDA-integrated Globalstar HIBLEO-4 satellites orbited successfully
Apple partner Globalstar expands fleet, intends further D2D expansions
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Blue Origin starts buildout of Quartz ground station network with partner RBC Signals
Rollout of mission-critical Quartz offering appears to cover unaddressed market share across government and defense
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Eutelsat releases 2025-26 financial results, with 69.5% increase in LEO revenues YoY
Legacy European satellite operator continues navigating GEO & broadcast decline through LEO market, IRIS² leadership
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Intel submits patent continuation on multi-orbit data center solution
CPU giant keeps four-year-old patent going as competing hyperscalers hurry to get them built
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Telesat expands Lightspeed capacity by 44% after securing $1.93bn Arctic military satcom contract
Canadian space champion sees compounding recommitment in funding on sovereign space connectivity
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FCC approves Xona application for 258-satellite PNT constellation
GPS competitor prepares to scale following March Series C
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Hisdesat contracts Airbus & Thales Alenia Space on SpainSat NG III after NG II disaster
High-profile government-funded geostationary contract predates the 2027 launch of Airbus, Leonardo, and Thales space giant
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ViaSat-3 F3 successfully deploys reflector and boom over Asia-Pacific, completing GEO trio
The storied ViaSat-3 constellation is finally complete, perhaps one of the last big GEO megaprojects of its kind
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Amazon Leo files for up to 5,105 D2D satellites for voice, data, and messaging for mobile devices
Amazon sets out plan for mobility, IoT market share, building upon Apple service
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Ukraine's sovereign €1bn communications constellation to launch in 2027
Danish-Ukrainian joint constellation project perseveres despite CEO passing away
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Coalition of environmental action groups petition FCC to halt orbital data center applications
Earthjustice set to take the issue to court if applications keep getting granted