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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1,000-year-old Scottish castle could be destroyed to make way for hyperscale data center
Developer says it will incorporate brickwork at 600MW campus
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Virgin Media O2 slams BT's planned acquisition of TalkTalk, amid CMA's probe into Nexfibre-Netomnia takeover
The telco says the BT deal "has all the characteristics of a stitch-up masked as a rescue deal in the public interest"
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Virgin Media O2 launches 5G Standalone service in Bristol, UK
As carrier further expands 5G+ footprint
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HPE to be connectivity provider role at next year's Ryder Cup in Ireland
Will deploy Self-Driving Network to provide an up to par experience
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BT to scoop up TalkTalk as part of rescue deal
Struggling network has been seeking a buyer for a while
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Former UK power station site could become data center campus
Former Fawley Power Station outside Southampton could host data centers
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Concern over 'monster' data center planned for Cheshire, UK
Residents up in arms that fields near motorway could house data center
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Plans filed for 1GW data center campus at former nuclear plant in Scotland
CX Tech says site will feature direct-wire connections to renewable projects
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Civo plans 8MW Edge data center for AI in Hertfordshire, UK
Ultimately planned to scale to 38MW, first of 40 planned sites
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AWS granted planning permission for data center in Iver, UK
Site at Ridgeway Distribution Centre set to be replaced with data center campus
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Amazon signs PPA with Statkraft for windfarm in Shetland, Scotland
Builds other wind PPAs in the UK
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Haydale's graphene additive could improve the efficiency of data center cooling fluid
Solution set to be deployed in data centers over the next year
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Google receives planning permission to expand data center in Dublin, Ireland
An Coimisiún Pleanála greenlights plans
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Virtus secures £2.45bn in financing for data center build-out
Funds to fuel projects in the UK and mainland Europe
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Eir to begin 3G switch-off in Ireland later this week
Eir will kick off 3G shutdown in Donegal
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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