Fractile raises $220m to accelerate development of AI inference chips
Series B round was co-led by Accel, Factorial Funds, and Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund
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H2CHP raises £1.5m to fund low-carbon generators for data centers
Brings the total raised since inception to £3.5m
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UK's Kao Data acquires brownfield site in West London for data center development
Company buys site in Park Royal, previous owner aimed to build 35,000 sqm facility
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AiOnX secures hyperscale tenant for Irish data center campus outside Dublin
Tenant likely Amazon, first phase due to launch later this year
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UK Home Office cancels Police National Database cloud migration
80 percent of the code was found to be unusable in the cloud
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Medallion sues InfraPartners for $15m over unfinished Lagos data center
Digital Realty subsidiary seeks damages after alleged issues at modular build
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Yondr launches latest data center in Slough, UK
Third facility at London campus goes live
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BT hits the net with Euro 2028 telecoms contract
As telco revives BT Mobile consumer brand
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Quantum Motion raised $160m to support commercialization of its silicon-based quantum computing technology
Round was co-led by DCVC and Kembara, with participation from new investors British Business Bank and Firgun
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UK Semiconductor Centre appoints chip veteran Andy McLean as its first CEO
McLean has previously worked at Analog Devices, Texas Instruments, and National Semiconductor
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Castleforge and Galaxy Data Centers secure planning permission to redevelop Redhill data center campus outside London
Companies set to demolish two buildings for one 15MW facility
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Virgin Media O2 expands 5G Standalone network across Wales
Reaches 90 percent nationwide 5G SA coverage
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Argyll and SambaNova launch sovereign AI cloud in the UK
Plans for partnership first announced in October 2025
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Barocal raises $10m to fund solid-state cooling system for data centers
Could offer efficient alternative to air cooling
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Neos Networks to link ‘microscaler' workloads for StonesThro micro-Edge sites
Cornerstone, StonesThro's tower-side mini data centers get a backbone partner familiar with existing infrastructure play
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SP Energy Networks and Keen AI launch digital tool to cut UK grid connection wait times
Claim tool will could provide results in seconds not weeks
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Vodafone to take full ownership of UK mobile operator, with £4.3bn Three buyout
The company will buy CK Hutchison's stake
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Deep Green taps Zendo Energy for Manchester data center renewable energy deal
Zendo procures renewable energy supply from Engie to power facility
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Anthropic in discussions to buy inference chips from UK startup Fractile – report
Fractile’s hardware not expected to be available until 2027
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Solar-powered data center campus proposed in Lincolnshire, UK
Rivington Energy plans solar farm and data center development outside Scunthorpe
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UK's Department for Work and Pensions plots data center exit
Awards Redesmere Ltd decommissioning and migration contract
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AVK launches modular power system for data center market
PowerPod system is available for order in UK and EU
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Police charge two men over 5G telecom tower arson attacks in Northern Ireland
The two men will appear in court next month
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UK government to launch AI Hardware Plan later this year
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall said she will not accept “defeatism” that the hardware race has already been won by the US and Taiwan
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Vodafone pairs with National Physical Laboratory to trial fiber-based alternative to GNSS timing
Although the trials are UK-based for now, Vodafone plans to roll out to Europe
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EE expands 5G Standalone coverage to 50 million in UK
As carrier ramps up ARC rollout to more cities
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Welsh data center proposal rejected by local council
Anglesey County Council rejected planning for the former Octel Factory in Amlwch
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Boldyn Networks selected to provide 4G Emergency Services Network infrastructure across the London Underground
The neutral host provider is already working with TfL to support 5G rollout across the Underground