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1 day ago | techerati.com | Finbarr Toesland

AI Big Data Cloud Data Centre DevOps Security News Hub Written by Finbarr Toesland 11 seconds ago A total of around 6,000 employees at tech giant Microsoft are expected to be laid off, according to a CNBC report. These job losses are not related to performance and follow a previous round of firings made earlier this year and a major cut of 10,000 jobs in 2023. The tech giant is seeking to remove layers of middle management and streamline business operations.

2 days ago | techerati.com | Nicole Cappella

Britain’s largest private pension fund, the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), is investing up to £250 million ($333.8 million) in a major data centre development on the Northumberland coast. The project, with an estimated value of £10 billion ($13.3 billion), will be led by private equity giant Blackstone.

1 week ago | techerati.com | Rebecca Uffindell

Portus Data Centers has announced the expansion of its Munich campus with a second facility, designed to support ultra-high-density workloads including AI and HPC, while offering industry-leading sustainability credentials. The new facility—Portus Data Centers Munich 2 (MUC2)—will add 2,200sqm of white space and an additional 5.5MW of IT load, bringing the campus’ total capacity to 7MW. Construction is already underway, with initial capacity expected to go live by late 2026.

1 week ago | techerati.com | Rebecca Uffindell

Cisco has unveiled two major developments designed to advance the infrastructure underpinning quantum computing: a prototype entanglement chip and the opening of a new dedicated research lab in Santa Monica. The new Quantum Network Entanglement Chip enables scalable, distributed quantum computing by generating entangled photons that can transmit quantum information across long distances—an approach key to building quantum networks.

1 week ago | techerati.com | Finbarr Toesland

News Hub Written by Finbarr Toesland 12 hours ago As part of the UK Government’s ‘Plan for Change’, close to 7,500 girls will be able to get support to study advanced maths and enter jobs in the AI space. Only around a third of A-level maths students nationwide are girls, with just 22% of AI professionals being women, leaving a major gender gap. The funding is expected to impact thousands of students at hundreds of disadvantaged schools across the country.