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The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
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Crown Castle bullish on carrier spectrum deployment, says it can support SpaceX's terrestrial dreams
As the tower company sees an opportunity to support SpaceX's terrestrial rollout
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Actyus, Adequita, and Nethits launch fund for Edge data centers - report
The project focuses on smaller-scale infrastructure that brings computing closer to businesses and government agencies.
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Short seller bets against Csquare, says data center firm's shares are worthless
Concerns over portfolio and capital structure
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Google's fiber unit to snap up dark fiber leasing contract from Ting Fiber in Colorado Springs
As Ting Fiber set for Colorado Springs exit in late March 2027
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Vertical Semiconductor awarded $73m in CHIPS Act funding to support vGaN transistor development
The agreement will see the Department of Commerce take a minority stake in the company
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InsurTech company Reliance Global Group to acquire GPU cloud company and pivot strategy
Will rebrand as GPU Exchange
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Neocloud Nebius secures $3.5bn in financing from Citi
Senior secured facility will support growth into 2027 and beyond
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US Department of Commerce commits up to $389m in R&D funding to power semiconductors for fusion and advanced computing
Google-backed CFS and Microsoft-backed Helion to receive R&D funding
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Foresight announces intention to buy stake in Polish data center developer
The unnamed firm is developing two facilities in Poland with a combined power capacity of 270MW
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SK Hynix puts the kibosh on Solidigm IPO plans
Volatile market blamed for pause in public offering plans after months of investor qualms
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Pilot Fiber to buy Boldyn Network's New York-New Jersey metro fiber business
As company also raises $330m in financing
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Akashi secures $31.2m financing from EDB for Kazakhstan data center
First 10MW phase due live next year
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Zain, Ooredoo launch first phase of Middle Eastern tower JV
The tower JV comprises 4,000 towers
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Nvidia in talks to invest in Firmus after failed IPO - report
Could invest hundreds of millions of dollars in neocloud
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Singaporean tech company Sea Ltd. launches neocloud subsidiary
Sea Cloud will offer cloud AI services to enterprises around the world
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SC Capital Partners invests in 40MW data center in Pohang, South Korea
Data center being developed with NeoAI Cloud
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Nexfibre rejects "fundamentally flawed" CMA verdict on £2bn Netomnia acquisition
Declines to offer remedies to regulator
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Veon to acquire rival Perfectum in $207m Uzbek consolidation push
Five could become four in Uzbekistan's telecoms market
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South Korean cloud provider Elice goes public on Kosdaq
Company raises $150 million, but share price drops sharply overnight
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Blackstone closes latest energy transition fund at $8.7bn, backs several data center focused energy firms
Closed 50 percent higher than the previous fund
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CBRE acquires data center services firm Onnec
Initial purchase price of $610 million
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AI chip startup Tenstorrent raises $1.5bn at $6.2bn valuation
Funding will support ongoing development of company’s Galaxy servers
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Apax Partners to take full ownership of Dutch telco Odido
Will see Apax Partners complete a full takeover of the carrier
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Valor Energy acquires computing site in Youngstown, Ohio
Company looks to pivot 18MW site into an AI data center
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Microsoft pulls out of delayed Nscale data center in Loughton, Essex
Would have been Nscale's anchor tenant at the site
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Optical switching startup Salience Labs raises $125m with AMD and Intel participating in round
Series B raise will support continued development and deployment of optical circuit switching technology
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AI cloud Modal raises $750m in Series D funding round
And other neocloud startup news
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Pause in US data center construction could lead to recession, BlackRock CEO warns
Slowed buildout could turn massive investment into a massive crash