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Colt Technology Services and Ciena have completed what they describe as the fastest quantum-safe data transmission ever demonstrated across a transatlantic route.

Governments are pushing ahead with drone programmes at pace. The connectivity frameworks meant to support them are not keeping up, and a cross-industry coalition is warning that the window to get the architecture right is closing.

KKR has launched Helix Digital Infrastructure, a new company with more than $10bn in committed capital, alongside Nvidia, Vistra and the Kuwait Investment Authority as founding backers.

48 teams, 104 matches, 16 host cities across three countries. The 2026 FIFA World Cup is the most geographically distributed major sporting event ever staged and the connectivity infrastructure holding it together is being watched carefully.

Vocus has upgraded its Adelaide-Perth 2 (AP2) long-haul route using Ciena WaveLogic 6 Extreme coherent optics, transmitting across both C-band and L-band spectrum to double the usable capacity of the existing cable without requiring new fibre in the ground.

Zayo Europe has launched two new Tier-1 IP Points of Presence in Warsaw, strengthening its Central and Eastern European footprint as Poland's growing digital economy drives demand for high-capacity connectivity into the region.

Jeff Bezos and Yann LeCun are backing CuspAI's $400m raise as the Cambridge startup targets the materials bottleneck constraining AI chips, cooling and clean infrastructure.

Orange and the CEA have set up a five-year joint laboratory to develop semantic communications technology, aiming to make future networks leaner, more efficient and natively built for AI.

Speaking at Google Cloud Summit London on Wednesday, Yasmeen Ahmad, managing director of product management for data and AI cloud at Google Cloud, argued that enterprises rolling out AI agents are repeating the same mistake.

Meta has secured new agreements with data centre developer Crusoe for roughly 1.6 gigawatts of AI computing capacity, as the company continues building out the infrastructure behind its AI expansion.