Topic: regional development
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Netherlands Selects Groningen for €201M AI Supercomputer
The Netherlands has selected Groningen’s Eurofiber data center for its national AI supercomputer, prioritizing existing infrastructure to avoid new construction costs and leveraging sustainable waste heat recycling. Funded by a €201 million collaborative effort involving the Dutch government, EU ...
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CircuitHub secures $28M to manufacture PCBs like cloud computing
CircuitHub secured a $28 million funding round led by Plural, the largest investment in its 15-year history, to advance its next-generation PCB manufacturing model. The company operates a fully automated electronics factory that has shipped over two million boards to 20,000 engineers, enabling sc...
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Mantle8 Wins €2.06M EU Grant to Scale Natural Hydrogen
Mantle8, a Grenoble-based startup, has secured a €2.06 million EU grant to industrialize its proprietary technology platform for locating and assessing underground natural hydrogen reservoirs. The company's integrated system uses algorithmic prospecting, seismic imaging, sample analysis, and digi...
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80% of World Population Now Has Digital Access, DEN 2025 Reports
80% of the global population now has access to digital technologies, with internet access expanding to over four in five people in the studied countries, highlighting significant progress in worldwide connectivity. The report identifies persistent gaps, such as only 3.1% of female graduates enter...
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Meta AI Now Speaks Urdu in Pakistan
Meta has launched its AI platform with full Urdu support in Pakistan, aiming to make advanced AI tools accessible and relevant for local communities by integrating the nation's most widely spoken language. The initiative includes partnerships with Pakistan's government and educational bodies, fea...
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AI FDI Hits 22% in 2025, Set to Top $1.2 Trillion by 2029
Artificial intelligence and sustainability are now central drivers of global investment, reshaping capital allocation and economic growth, with AI-related foreign direct investment projected to reach 22% of global FDI in 2025 and investments in AI infrastructure expected to exceed $1.2 trillion b...
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du & NextGenAI Launch Middle East's Top AI Supercluster at GITEX 2025
du and NextGenAI have launched the Middle East's most powerful AI supercluster, featuring NVIDIA B300 GPUs and advanced liquid cooling, more than doubling their previous capacity and offering immediate access to clients. The partnership provides businesses with unprecedented computational power f...
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FWA at GITEX 2025: Building Economic Ecosystems
The 2025 GITEX Global roundtable highlighted Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) as a strategic asset for building intelligent, sustainable digital economies, moving beyond its role as a broadband alternative and focusing on interconnected ecosystems. Industry leaders emphasized that integrating FWA with...
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Vertiv, Ezditek Partner to Build AI Data Centers in Saudi Arabia
Vertiv and Ezditek have formed a partnership to accelerate the development of AI-ready data centers in Saudi Arabia, aligning with Saudi Vision 2030's digital transformation goals. The collaboration combines Vertiv's global infrastructure expertise with Ezditek's regional knowledge to deliver sca...
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HONOR Leads Human-Centric AI Innovation at GITEX 2025
HONOR showcased its leadership in human-centric AI innovation at GITEX Global 2025, presenting an ecosystem that enhances daily life through intelligent technology and a new AI Smart Living Innovation Hub at Dubai Mall. The event featured interactive zones where visitors experienced AI features l...
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Advent Partners Takes Majority Stake in Efex
Advent Partners has acquired a majority stake in efex, an Australian managed IT services provider, to support its expansion, enhance service offerings, and continue its strategic acquisition model under founder and CEO Nick Sheehan. efex serves 7,500 customers across Australia with a comprehensiv...
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stc & Huawei Launch Self-Optimized Networks to Boost Saudi Digital Shift
Saudi Arabia's stc has partnered with Huawei KSA to deploy Self-Optimized Networks (SON), aligning with Saudi Vision 2030 to modernize the nation's telecommunications infrastructure. The initiative uses artificial intelligence to enable real-time network self-configuration and self-healing, enhan...
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Entelaq Unveils 2025 Egypt Entrepreneurship Report in El Gouna
The third edition of the Egyptian Entrepreneurship Sector Diagnostic Report (SDR 2025) will be launched by Entlaq at a summit in El Gouna on September 25th and 26th, under the patronage of key government ministries. The summit aims to unite ministers, officials, entrepreneurs, and investors for s...
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South Korea Invests $15M to Modernize Egypt's Education System
South Korea is investing $15 million to help Egypt upgrade its education system, focusing on ICT integration, teacher training, and infrastructure improvements across 54 public middle schools. The five-year initiative, launching in 2027, builds on three decades of diplomatic relations and support...
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