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Mega-Projects & Infrastructure
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7h ago

Three insights you may have missed from theCUBE’s coverage of RAISE Summit

SiliconAngle

Agentic inference is reshaping the center of gravity in AI infrastructure. What began as a race to scale training has shifted into a phase defined by expanding context windows, memory‑augmented reasoning and the need to keep graphics processing units continuously fed with data.

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9h ago

Spectro Cloud wants to ease AI infrastructure management after raising $100M in funding

SiliconAngle

Kubernetes software startup Spectro Cloud Inc. has bagged $100 million in a late-stage funding round as it looks to solve a significant and growing problem in artificial intelligence.

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16h ago

Thinking Machines amps up its bet against one-size-fits-all AI with its first open model, Inkling

TechCrunch

It's the company's first public proof point after a year and a half spent building AI infrastructure largely out of public view.

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18h ago

Childress, Texas Lands 1 GW AI Data Center Campus Backed by Crusoe and Lancium

Construction Africa Weekly· Kenya, Nigeria

Childress County, Texas, will become home to a 1 GW artificial intelligence data center campus developed through a partnership between Crusoe and Lancium, with construction expected to begin in the third quarter of 2026. The grid-connected campus will span 270 acres owned by Lancium, which will d...

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Why Nigeria’s ntel is pivoting from telecom operator to infrastructure company

TechCabal· Nigeria, Kenya

ntel said on Monday, during its relaunch, that it is transitioning into a digital infrastructure company, focusing on towers, fibre networks, power systems and real estate

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1d ago

Mount Sinai’s Zoom strategy shows why collaboration is now core infrastructure

SiliconAngle

There remains a common misconception that Zoom is a meeting app. Though Zoom Communications Inc.

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1d ago

$5 Billion UAE Gulf Oman Ports Project: New Ports and Oil Hubs Planned to Bypass Strait of Hormuz

Construction Africa Weekly· Kenya, Nigeria

UAE Gulf Oman ports project is emerging as one of the country’s most strategic infrastructure investments after plans advanced to expand eastern ports and energy hubs outside the Strait of Hormuz. The initiative will strengthen trade resilience, improve crude oil exports, and reduce dependence on...

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Entrust launches Agentic AI Trust Accelerator to move AI agents into production

SiliconAngle

Identity-centered security solution company Entrust Corp. today launched the Agentic AI Trust Accelerator, a co-development program that brings together enterprises and technology partners to build the identity infrastructure companies need to move autonomous AI agents from pilot projects into pr...

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Cloudera and Vast Data partner to accelerate data delivery and prevent GPUs from starving

SiliconAngle

Big-data management company Cloudera Inc. said today it’s partnering with storage infrastructure firm Vast Data Inc.

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Sovereign AI infrastructure startup Valarian raises $50M to help nations secure their defense systems

SiliconAngle

The defense-focused artificial intelligence systems infrastructure startup Valarian Technologies Ltd. said today it has closed on a hefty $50 million early-stage funding round as it looks to position itself as a critical player in the emerging “sovereign AI” market.

Green Building
2d ago

Nigerian Bitcoin Researcher Heritage Falodun Proposes Tage_Root, a Trust-Minimized Bitcoin Layer 2 Framework for Exploring Bridge Challenges and BTC-Denominated Yield

Techpoint Africa· Nigeria, Kenya

Tage_Root: Trust-Minimized Bitcoin Layer 2, Solving Bridge Problem & Pricing...

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2d ago

Saudi Landbridge Riyadh Section Project worth $26.6 Billion Moves into Bid Clarification Stage

Construction Africa Weekly· Kenya, Nigeria

Saudi Landbridge Riyadh Section has entered a new procurement milestone after Saudi Arabia Railways (SAR) began issuing clarifications to bidders for the Riyadh Rail Link contract. The move follows bid submissions for the strategic railway package and signals continued progress toward one of the ...

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