HPC cloud provider Qarnot gets funding from European Innovation Council
Value of funding not shared
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European Commission plans network of AI clusters across continent
Commission also plans to propose Cloud and AI Development Act to triple EU data center capacity
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Microsoft completes EU Data Boundary for Microsoft Cloud
Two years in the making, guarantees data processed and stored in the EU
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European Commission launches initiative for subsea cable security
Will ensure and strengthen security and resilience of subsea cables
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Pisces subsea cable to connect Ireland to EU nations now due by 2028
Announced in May last year, will be partially funded by the EU
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EU allocates €20bn to developing four “AI gigafactories”
Each site to feature at least 100,000 AI chips
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US to impose tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China
As Trump threatens to start a trade war with the EU
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EU launches €10.6bn space Internet program, set for 2029
The constellation will rival Musk's Starlink
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Dutch economy minister floats idea of EU chips coalition
Has already held talks with Italian counterpart
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EU approves e&'s acquisition of PPF Telecom
e& is set to have a controlling stake in PPF Telecom's operations
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EU urged to encourage telecoms mergers by former Italian PM Draghi
The Euro-bloc has traditionally been very tough on potential mergers
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European Semiconductor Industry Association calls for "coherent" strategy to bolster EU Chips Act
Includes reducing trade restrictions and increasing the sector’s skilled workforce
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EU Chips Act could see semiconductor emissions surpass EU chemical, steel, and aviation industries – report
Worst case scenario under current plans would see industry emissions exceed 100 megatons by 2030
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EU backs sub-2nm chip development with €2.5bn funding
Package made up of public and private investment
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UK joins European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking
Last move from country to rejoin EU research programs
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European companies criticize relaxed EU cloud contract bidding rules
Critics include Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Airbus
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EU relaxes cloud contract bidding rules for hyperscalers
Gets rid of requirement previously preventing Amazon, Google, and Microsoft from vying for contracts
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Emissions reporting scheme for European data centers approved
European Commission gives scheme the green light
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Chip startup Silicon Box to build $3.5bn manufacturing plant in Italy
Company recently received a $1bn valuation
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Europe plans investment to boost subsea cable security - report
EU proposals will be launched on Wednesday
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EuroHPC puts out call to host 'industrial supercomputers'
The group wants to host systems designed for more than just scientific use
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EU cloud companies required to facilitate provider switching by Data Act
EU Data Act goes into force on January 11, 2024
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EuroHPC JU puts out call for HPC sites to host two quantum computers
Looking for somewhere to install and operate quantum sites
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EU to spend €1.2bn funding European cloud and Edge efforts
Hopes to break the US hyperscaler cloud monopoly
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European Commission drafts plans for €584bn grid investment
As renewable energy faces a transmission bottleneck
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UK to rejoin EU's Horizon Europe science research program
And will also rejoin the Copernicus Earth observation satellite program
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Spain's Orange-MásMóvil merger under threat from EU regulators
The deal still has some obstacles
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Huawei slams European Commission plans to phase it out of market
Claims that there's no verification to comments made by EC