TD Synnex’s quarterly earnings soared, powered by massive demand for custom servers and racks from hyperscale cloud customers. Its Hyve subsidiary saw gross billings surge over 50% year-over-year, lifting the entire distributor to new heights.
Telecom Italia (TIM) and the newly formed Fastweb+Vodafone have inked a 5G Radio Access Network (RAN) sharing agreement. The deal aims to accelerate coverage, especially in towns with under 35,000 people, by avoiding duplicate infrastructure.
Google is launching a suite of new AI features for Gmail, headlined by a personalized “AI Inbox” tab. The company is also making previously paid features, like Help Me Write, available to all users, while rolling out new tools to paid subscribers first.
BCM One is consolidating its enterprise offerings under the Pure IP brand, a name from a 2023 acquisition. The move aims to clarify its identity after nine acquisitions in six years and comes with a new unified management platform called IQ.
Google’s historic $32 billion purchase of cybersecurity firm Wiz is in the hands of EU regulators. The European Commission has until February 10, 2026, to approve the deal, demand concessions, or launch a full-scale investigation.
Virtus has named Adam Eaton as its new chief executive officer, effective immediately. He joins from rival operator Global Switch, where he was executive group director for Europe.
In a major move for energy-hungry data centers, Liberty Energy is partnering with Vantage Data Centers to develop up to 1 gigawatt of natural gas-fired power generation. The deal, announced January 5, reserves 400 MW of capacity for 2027 to support hyperscale and AI growth. This aims to solve the cr
Qualcomm is making a serious push from edge devices into the cloud AI accelerator space. Its strategy hinges on new chiplet tech and convincing cloud giants to look beyond GPUs.
Two major open-source virtualization projects have released significant updates. QEMU 10.2 adds IO_uring support for better performance, while Cloud Hypervisor 49 enhances AArch64 and Microsoft Hyper-V compatibility.
SoftBank wants life insurers and pension funds to back its $500 billion Stargate data center project. The logic is that AI infrastructure is a sure long-term bet. But history warns us about mixing conservative savings with tech manias.
