Nexthop AI launches with $110m funding round
Promises custom networking solutions for hyperscalers
News - Networking (EN)
The latest news from the data center, telco, and cloud sector
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Cloudflare adds wave machines to random encryption system in Portugal
Company adds liquid wall of entropy in Lisbon
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Nvidia unveils silicon photonics networking switches to reduce data center power consumption
Freeing up the power envelope for more GPUs
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Exa Infrastructure and Ultranet partner for Milan-Genoa fiber route in Italy
Will connect several existing cable landing stations to data center hub in Milan
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Taara exits Alphabet’s X labs, secures external funding
Freespace optics company reveals new optical chip
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Cisco signs 100MW PPA with X-Elio in Texas
Company to offtake from two solar farms due live in 2027
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SES and Intelsat invest in cell tower in space firm Lynk Global
Terms of both investments not shared.
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Spire Global demos its first two-way optical inter-satellite link
Milestone in OISL tech for company's ambitions around optical satellites
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GlobalConnect completes Phase I of Nordic Wave subsea cable
Will enhance existing fiber networks between Sweden, Norway, and Germany
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UK altnets told to stop digging and start stuffing fiber through unused pipes
Utilizing abandoned gas and water routes could save costs
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Lightpath acquires WANRack's business in Phoenix, Arizona
Brings Lightpath's network footprint to 363 miles in the state
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Nokia to support Maxis data center upgrades in Malaysia
The vendor continues to explore data center opportunities
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Nokia completes $2.3bn Infinera acquisition
EU Commission gives deal the green light
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Nvidia quietly acquires AIOps firm Augtera Networks
GPU giant rolls networking monitoring firm into Spectrum-X portfolio
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Vodafone pilots using drones equipped with Taara nodes for emergency connectivity
Telco trialing free-space optics for when underground fiber is damaged
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Hollow core fiber provider Relativity Networks raises $4.6m
Hollow-core fiber is touted as a must-have for data center providers
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Salience Labs raises $30m for AI data center optical switch
Company has also appointed new CFO and board member
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Meta looks to redesign ILA fiber repeater buildings for modern networks
Social network company takes aim at fiber shelters
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Lightpath closes United Fiber and Data acquisition, launches Edge data center unit
Company to deploy modular facilities at ILA sites along fiber network
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Verizon announces AI-centric network offering, partners with Vultr
Telco has excess capacity for compute at many sites, hundreds of acres of land available for build-out
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AT&T signs $850m sale-leaseback deal for 74 copper network Central Offices
Company looks to offload copper network assets
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SiTime launches single-chip timing solution for AI compute nodes
Will improve synchronization across AI compute clusters
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Alibaba, Apple, and Synopsys become latest members of UALink Consortium
Consortium now has more than 65 members
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TenneT selects Nokia to provide optical networking for Dutch North Sea offshore platforms
Nokia will begin implementing the networking solution in early 2025
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Nokia and STC complete terabit photonic interconnect trial
Claim pilot scheme is first of its kind in Middle East
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Lightmatter turns to GlobalFoundries to bring photonics interconnect to market in 2025
The photonics computing company is working with GlobalFoundries, ASE, and Amkor on the production of its hardware offering
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AT&T to discontinue NB-IoT, will migrate users to LTE-M network
Expects to complete decommissioning of NB-IoT network early next year
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Trump Media launches custom CDN for Truth+ streaming service
No technical details exist about Perception repackage