Apollo Global Management acquired the stake in 2024 for $11.2bn

The €404m share purchase agreement was signed last year

Company reportedly in talks with Accel and Oxford Science Enterprises regarding investment

Deadline for participation requests is May 5

Funding was secured ahead of its announcement to go public last month

AI cloud company Firebird has acquired 50,000 Nvidia GB300 GPUs for the facility

The modular data center firm and liquid cooling company claim offering will reduce lengthy timelines to between 3-6 months

The Californian quantum computing company also plans to deploy 1,000-qubit system in the UK before end of the decade

Nvidia-powered system will be available to government and enterprises

Marks the first time Arm has produced a physical chip, rather than licensing the IP

Construction of facility slated for completion this month

SpecQtrum will give users access to the company’s data center in Barcelona, Spain

Swiss company develops electronics capable of operating in cryogenic environments

Project supports research into hybrid digital-analog architectures in HPC environments

At time of deployment, system functioned as pilot for future direct cooling concepts

System expected to be operational in the latter half of 2026

AMD-powered system will deliver 6.76 exaflops of AI compute power when deployed

Comes as UK gov’t announces £1bn quantum fund to help retain homegrown talent

The 20-qubit Aalto Q20 system will be operated by Aalto University

Will also establish a quantum innovation center

Forthcoming PIC100 TSV platform will support both near- and co-packaged optics

Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed

Fridge can cool samples below 25 millikelvin

Deal provides French startup with pre-money valuation of $2bn