Thales and Goonhilly to build lasers which communicate through Earth's atmosphere
Satellites need faster ground links
Regions
Space
North America
US Senate introduces FABS Act to give tax credits to semiconductor manufacturers
Joining USICA in a wider chip investment drive
Africa
Atos to build data center in Kenya
First phase of AI facility to launch later this year
China
Xi Jinping appoints Liu He as chip czar, plans to boost China's domestic semiconductor efforts
Current economic head gets an ambitious new mandate - and a trillion dollars
Europe
Panattoni and Pure DC to build 50MW data center on MGM's Elstree Studios site in Borehamwood, London
Developer wins permission to tear down warehouses on former Sainsbury depot - which had previously been MGM's Elstree site
Latin America
Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research to get new supercomputer after warning current system would have to be shut down
Inpe said lack of funds meant Tupã supercomputer would have to be turned off, new replacement system will be more energy-efficient
Middle East
AWS finally confirms Israel data center region is in development
Company says new region due to come online in 2023
Asia Pacific
Akamai DDoS protection service accidentally shuts down Australian banks
Prolexic denies service