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Data centre networking

• April 08, 2026 08 Apr'26

  Optical networks to bridge the AI compute-consumption gap

  With AI spurring gigawatt-scale datacentre builds across APAC, Ciena is deploying ultra-fast, energy-efficient optical networking and AI-driven automation to ensure AI services can reach consumers

• April 06, 2026 06 Apr'26

  Digital Realty CTO on AI tokenomics and datacentre infrastructure

  Chris Sharp talks up the pace of AI silicon innovation, the growth of inferencing workloads, and why boasting about datacentre megawatts misses the point

• April 02, 2026 02 Apr'26

  Wireless AI paradox emerges as Wi-Fi evolves into strategic growth engine

  Research finds businesses must adapt to diverse connectivity needs, and support a growing spectrum of users and devices including employees, contractors, robots, sensors and AI applications

• March 26, 2026 26 Mar'26

  Nokia joins Linx as technical partner for London network refresh

  Internet exchange based in UK capital completes project refreshing its 17-site interconnected network in London, with global comms tech provider selected as the technical partner to support development

• March 25, 2026 25 Mar'26

  Akamai launches AI Grid intelligent orchestration

  Cyber security and cloud computing company unveils global-scale implementation of AI Grid, intelligently routing artificial intelligence workloads across edge, regional and core footprint to balance latency, cost and performance

• March 24, 2026 24 Mar'26

  Tata Communications unveils self-healing network

  Platform from digital ecosystem enabler aims to provide greater than 99.99% service availability to help enterprises reduce data centre operational costs by up to 30%

• March 23, 2026 23 Mar'26

  Zayo provides critical connectivity infrastructure for AI, cloud datacentres  

  Enterprise network provider deploys connectivity infrastructure to one of the UK’s largest AI cloud datacentre campuses to support up to 720 MW of AI-ready infrastructure

• March 09, 2026 09 Mar'26

  Airspace disruption and geopolitical tensions raise questions over Middle East tech events

  Major gatherings, including Leap and Gisec Global, remain scheduled, but travel disruptions and geopolitical tensions are adding uncertainty

• March 03, 2026 03 Mar'26

  National Grid, Nebius and Emerald hail datacentre power throttling

  In a UK-first trial, Emerald AI acts as intelligence in datacentre energy management to throttle demand at peak loads, including being able to respond rapidly to energy system stress

• February 26, 2026 26 Feb'26

  UK to see weekend protests against ‘dirty datacentres’

  Environmental charity Global Action Plan UK is coordinating a campaign effort to bring attention to wider concerns about datacentre electricity demand, water use and environmental impacts

• February 26, 2026 26 Feb'26

  Khazna’s NexOps shift signals new operating model for AI-scale infrastructure

  Managing director Bart Holsters explains why hybrid insourcing, competence assurance and sovereign readiness are becoming essential as artificial intelligence pushes datacentres to their limits

• February 24, 2026 24 Feb'26

  Taara unveils photonics platform for wireless comms

  Google Moonshot company unveils way to transmit ultra-high-speed internet through the air using light, shrinking core technology onto a single chip to deliver fibre-like speeds without cables or spectrum

• February 24, 2026 24 Feb'26

  Singtel, Nvidia to help scale enterprise AI deployments

  Singtel and Nvidia have teamed up on a multimillion-dollar facility to help organisations scale enterprise AI deployments, tackle extreme datacentre power densities, and prepare for the era of embodied AI

• February 16, 2026 16 Feb'26

  Myriota introduces satellite-based scalable global asset tracking

  Global provider of satellite IoT connectivity unveils long-life asset tracker designed to deliver reliable global visibility beyond the reach of traditional cellular networks and overcome traditional barriers

• February 11, 2026 11 Feb'26

  Cisco shapes up for delivery of critical infrastructure in the AI era

  Annual European expo reveals what IT and networking behemoth claims will be a leap forward in AI adoption, with new products encompassing switches, optics, agentic operations and SASE

• January 27, 2026 27 Jan'26

  AO implements Mist AI-native wireless network

  Retailer’s wireless network looks to enable smarter, faster customer service and business operations to maintain competitive agility in a dynamic market

• January 19, 2026 19 Jan'26

  Liverpool FC signs WasabiAiR for fast video tagging and search

  Reds can tag video frame-by-frame with AI-based ML-as-a-service to get rapid search and ‘hyper-personalisation’ of footage for fan engagement and partner content

• January 14, 2026 14 Jan'26

  Subsea cable worth $1bn to link Japan with Malaysia and Singapore

  The Intra-Asia Marine Cable will deliver 320Tbps capacity across the region, complementing subsea cable investments by hyperscalers such as Google and Meta in recent years

• January 09, 2026 09 Jan'26

  CES 2026: Hitachi inks collaborations with Nvidia, Google Cloud, Nozomi Networks

  In its mission to build a ‘harmonised society’, Hitachi claims momentum, with major announcements across areas including mobility, AI and energy

• January 06, 2026 06 Jan'26

  Nvidia unveils Vera Rubin architecture to power AI agents

  The AI chip giant has taken the wraps off its latest compute platform designed for test-time scaling and reasoning models, alongside a slew of open source models for robotics and autonomous driving

• January 05, 2026 05 Jan'26

  How Bahrain is building a region-leading digital economy

  From hyperscale cloud and fintech regulation to AI skills and smart manufacturing, Bahrain is positioning technology at the heart of its economic diversification strategy, says Bahrain EDB’s Musab Abdullah

• January 05, 2026 05 Jan'26

  Singtel trials 50Gbps fibre to support future AI and cloud workloads

  Singtel kicks off technical pilot for ultra-high-speed broadband, targeting the bandwidth requirements of immersive media, remote enterprise workflows and AI-driven systems

• December 24, 2025 24 Dec'25

  Top 10 networking stories of 2025

  As enterprises become more extended, dealing with network complexity has become almost as important as network performance. The key to this is AI – but only if properly deployed. Discover more in Computer Weekly’s top 10 networking stories of 2025

• December 03, 2025 03 Dec'25

  HPE expands AMD collaboration to advance open rack-scale AI

  IT and networking provider to adopt open, full-stack AI platform engineered for large-scale AI workloads looking to deliver high-bandwidth, low-latency connectivity across massive AI clusters

• November 24, 2025 24 Nov'25

  MWC25 Doha debut marks a new chapter for MENA mobile innovation

  GSMA’s Jawad Jalal Abbassi outlines how Qatar’s first Mobile World Congress will accelerate digital transformation, 5G adoption and AI integration across the region

• November 24, 2025 24 Nov'25

  IBM and Cisco light up quantum networking collaboration

  Firms collaborate to design a connected network of large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computers, laying the groundwork for a quantum computing internet

• November 21, 2025 21 Nov'25

  Meta announces completion of core 2Africa cable

  IT behemoth reveals final phase of subsea cable connecting Africa and the world

• November 19, 2025 19 Nov'25

  Cisco: Network architectures must be rebuilt for agentic AI

  Rising traffic volumes, AI-powered security threats and the move to agentic workflows will require organisations to modernise their network infrastructure

• November 14, 2025 14 Nov'25

  Zayo builds backbone for Western US AI growth

  Route connects two of the US’s fastest-growing AI, cloud hubs through first direct inland path, offering a resilient, diverse alternative to the existing corridor while expanding critical access to underserved communities

• November 14, 2025 14 Nov'25

  Qatar Airways checks in SD-WAN to take operations to higher altitude

  MENA airline’s worldwide roll-out of airline technology provider’s software-defined wide-area network claimed to set a benchmark for aviation connectivity and performance

• November 14, 2025 14 Nov'25

  Nokia strengthens AI datacentre network performance

  Supplier enhances portfolio, claiming ‘breakthrough’ network performance for new datacentre switches, doubling throughput and interface performance with added flexibility for range of deployment scenarios

• November 12, 2025 12 Nov'25

  IT services companies and datacentres face regulation as cyber security bill reaches Parliament

  The Cyber Security and Resilience Bill will require large IT services companies, including datacentres, to report security incidents within 24 hours

• November 05, 2025 05 Nov'25

  Verizon Business, AWS seal fibre deal to accelerate AI applications at scale

  Comms provider and hyperscaler unite on network infrastructure and suite of products designed to enable global enterprises to deploy AI workloads at scale

• November 04, 2025 04 Nov'25

  G42 and Cisco expand strategic partnership to drive AI innovation and infrastructure growth

  The UAE-based tech group and global networking giant will co-develop secure AI infrastructure and cyber security solutions to support high-performance computing and datacentre growth

• October 29, 2025 29 Oct'25

  Nokia, Zayo team on future-ready IP network infrastructure

  Upgraded IP network architecture seeks to provide operator’s customers with faster, broader set of services, including cloud access, datacentre connectivity and secure high-speed links

• October 27, 2025 27 Oct'25

  BDO Unibank taps Zscaler to secure cloud migration

  Zscaler’s deal with the Philippine bank comes as it is expanding its platform’s capabilities and footprint across Asia

• October 20, 2025 20 Oct'25

  Du racks up 1Tbps Middle East milestone

  Leading UAE operator Du achieves record-breaking peak traffic through its datamena platform and marks milestone for internet exchange in the Middle East to reach performance level

• October 15, 2025 15 Oct'25

  AI-ready companies turning network pilots into profit

  Research finds ‘pacesetter’ companies significantly more likely to move network AI pilots into production, and 50% more likely to report measurable value from AI

• October 15, 2025 15 Oct'25

  Real-time analytics tops priorities for 82% of IoT enterprise

  Research finds IoT is evolving from simple data collection to process automation, with enterprises starting to layer additional services like AI and machine learning to process data from IoT deployment

• October 13, 2025 13 Oct'25

  Nvidia scores Meta and Oracle for networking fabric

  Nvidia lands hyperscalers Meta and Oracle for its Spectrum-X networking fabric and is leading an industry coalition to adopt an 800-volt DC power standard for datacentres

• October 09, 2025 09 Oct'25

  Meta to boost APAC connectivity with subsea cable

  The 8,000km Candle subsea cable is expected to bolster internet capacity for more than a billion people as tech giants continue to invest in digital infrastructure across the region

• October 01, 2025 01 Oct'25

  Zen Internet launches Meraki to deliver SD-WAN portfolio

  Zen Internet introduces software-defined wide-area network offer to address needs of businesses as IT budgets come under increasing under pressure while cyber threats rise

• September 30, 2025 30 Sep'25

  Zayo, Equinix develop AI network framework

  Tailored connectivity solutions and managed services provider teams with datacentre firm to develop a common model for the underlying infrastructure required to scale for the next phase of AI

• September 25, 2025 25 Sep'25

  Brightsolid expands national network with diverse 100Gbps optical connectivity

  Strategic partnership issues assurance to deliver what it claims will be ‘ultra-fast’ resilient connectivity from Scotland to London, supporting UK digital infrastructure growth

• September 19, 2025 19 Sep'25

  Huawei unveils interconnects to address large-scale AI infrastructure bottlenecks

  IT and networking giant announces technology designed to set standard in compute power for AI-driven workloads

• September 16, 2025 16 Sep'25

  Turkish state tightens grip on comms

  Turkish subscriptions to fixed broadband were the lowest in Europe in 2024 and half as common as those in more developed countries

• September 11, 2025 11 Sep'25

  Nokia ups the ante in AI-optimised datacentre networking

  Strategic partnership designed to bring AI-optimised datacentre solutions to enterprises to reduce deployment time and operational costs and improve efficiency

• September 08, 2025 08 Sep'25

  Rising network outages are proving costly to businesses

  Research finds ongoing rise of network outages has cost over a third of organisations between $1m and $5m over the past year, putting datacentres at risk of significant disruption

• August 29, 2025 29 Aug'25

  HPE ups ante in self-driving net ops with enhanced Mist agentic AI

  Merged company simplifies IT operations portfolio with aim of elevating user experiences with more autonomous actions delivered via agentic workflows and expanded digital experience twinning

• August 27, 2025 27 Aug'25

  Home Office Fujitsu contract is ‘de facto’ conflict of interest in Post Office police probe

  Fujitsu supplies police with the network that supports national investigations, while its former staff are part of a national investigation