IREN doubles down on AI cloud with fresh Nvidia GPU haul

Bitcoin and AI data center operator IREN has purchased another 4,200 Nvidia Blackwell B200 GPUs, lifting its Prince George facility’s fleet to 8,500 units. The move underscores IREN’s pivot from crypto mining to AI cloud services, backed by $102 million in fresh financing. With six data centers and nearly 3GW of capacity, IREN is positioning itself to capture soaring enterprise demand for high-performance AI infrastructure. Read all

Solo.io CEO reflects on hard lessons behind Billion-dollar journey

Idit Levine, founder and CEO of Solo.io, openly acknowledges that she kicked off the company with what she refers to as a “stupidly optimistic” mindset. Since 2017, the cloud connectivity startup has grown into a major player with products like Gloo Gateway and Gloo Mesh, earning a billion-dollar valuation after a $135 million funding round in 2021. But Levine is quick to point out that the road has been anything but smooth. Read all

Digital Realty expands with Hivelocity buy, taps Vultr for AI push

Digital Realty has acquired Hivelocity’s colocation operations in Chicago and Miami, reinforcing its U.S. data center footprint while Hivelocity sharpens focus on bare metal and cloud services. At the same time, Digital struck a deal with Vultr to deploy GPU clusters across global hubs, targeting enterprises running AI at scale. The twin moves highlight a strategy blending infrastructure expansion with AI-ready cloud integration. Read all

WebSpaceKit rolls out purpose-built n8n hosting as automation workloads surge

WebSpaceKit has introduced a dedicated n8n cloud hosting platform aimed at users who rely on automation for daily operations. The new service focuses on solving persistent issues such as workflow delays, resource strain, and complex setup requirements. By offering an optimized environment tailored to heavy integration and AI-driven tasks, the company positions the platform as a way for teams to keep high-volume automations running consistently without managing underlying infrastructure. Read all

Digital Realty, Equinix circle atNorth in high-stakes Nordic data center battle

Digital Realty and Equinix have entered a tense bidding race for Nordic data center operator atNorth, as Partners Group seeks roughly €4.5 billion for the company. The deal would give either buyer a strategic foothold in new Nordic markets, including Iceland and Norway—territory neither currently serves. With atNorth expanding across Sweden, Finland, and Denmark, the outcome could reshape data center competition in one of Europe’s fastest-growing infrastructure hubs. Read all

Nutanix brings Azure Virtual Desktop on-prem, reshapes hybrid VDI control

Nutanix announced at Microsoft Ignite 2025 that it will support Azure Virtual Desktop on its on-premises AHV hypervisor, giving organizations a new way to run Microsoft’s VDI stack in hybrid environments. The move targets sectors with strict data-residency rules while offering IT teams more control over performance and deployment models. By pairing local Nutanix infrastructure with Azure’s brokering layer, enterprises gain a flexible path for managing modern remote-work demands. Read all

Augmentt secures $18M to tackle MSP pressures in Microsoft 365 security race

Augmentt has raised CAD $18 million to scale its Microsoft 365 security platform as managed service providers face rising labor costs, tighter regulations, and increasingly complex tenant environments. The Ottawa-based firm plans to use the funding to accelerate automation-focused tools that help MSPs standardize security baselines and reduce configuration drift across multiple clients. The investment reflects growing demand for unified, repeatable controls in Microsoft-centric SMB environments. Read all

TierPoint expands private cloud portfolio with unified VCF 9.0 environment

TierPoint is widening its private cloud lineup with a VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 based platform aimed at organizations that want more control over their infrastructure without slipping back into the slow pacing of traditional on-premise deployments. The new service reflects a clear shift in what many enterprises now expect from private cloud environments. Instead of acting purely as hosts for aging virtual machine workloads, teams are refitting these environments to support containers, early AI projects and stricter data governance needs. Read all

Grafana responds to severe SCIM flaw after security teams flag account risks

Grafana has acted quickly after security teams uncovered a major flaw in its Enterprise platform. The issue, now tracked as CVE 2025 41115, allowed certain SCIM provisioning requests to collide with existing user records. Because of that, an attacker could slip into an account that did not belong to them, and in rare situations, the access might reach an administrative level. The finding alarmed several enterprise customers who rely on Grafana for daily operational visibility. Read all

Zero&One strengthens AWS alliance to advance Saudi cloud, AI modernization

Zero&One has signed a multi-year Strategic Collaboration Agreement with AWS, marking a renewed push to modernize Saudi Arabia’s enterprise technology landscape. The partnership brings together Zero&One’s regional expertise and AWS’s cloud capabilities to help organizations shift away from legacy systems, adopt AI at scale, and develop localized solutions for commercial and public sectors. The effort aligns closely with ongoing national goals to expand digital capacity and accelerate innovation. Read all

Google withdraws EU complaint as regulators turn attention to cloud power dynamics

Google has pulled its antitrust complaint against Microsoft after EU regulators launched a broader probe into how major cloud providers shape competition in the region. The company now plans to rely on the Commission’s new investigation, which examines whether Azure and AWS hold disproportionate influence in Europe’s cloud market. Regulators aim to determine within a year whether these platforms meet the threshold for Digital Markets Act “gatekeeper” obligations. Read all

DreamHost launches scalable multi-site WordPress plans

DreamHost has introduced a major expansion to its managed WordPress lineup, giving long time users and agencies something many have been asking for over the years. The company has rolled out new multi site DreamPress plans that let customers run as many as 20 WordPress installations under a single hosting package. It marks a noticeable shift from DreamPress’ previous one site per plan model and reflects the growing pressure on hosting providers to simplify how digital teams manage large webs of client projects. Read all

Canadian court pushes OVHcloud into data sovereignty crossfire

A ruling from a Canadian court has placed OVHcloud at the center of an international dispute that many in the tech sector feared would arrive sooner or later. The French cloud provider now faces a legal demand that forces it to confront a problem rooted not in technology but in conflicting national laws that do not agree on who ultimately controls digital information. Read all

 

 

 

 

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