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EUROPE
HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones,
has announced a partnership with consultancy
firm CGI and Google Cloud to move and store phone
activation and performance data at the Google Cloud
Region in Hamina, Finland. The move will deliver an even
better customer and device experience for Nokia phone
users, by improving the speed and accuracy of device
enhancements delivered to Nokia phones. By using Google
Cloud‘s advanced data analytics and Machine Learning
technologies, combined with CGI´s cloud and data
science expertise, HMD Global can fully leverage
data analytics to benefit Nokia phone fans
around the world.
GLOBAL
Etix Everywhere, a global data centre developer
and operator, has announced the completion of a
Series C capital increase of €56 million. The funding
round is supported by three strategic investors: STOA, a
new investment vehicle mainly owned by the French CDC
(Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations), Keppel Data Centres,
a Singaporean data centre developer and operator, and
SBI Crypto Investment, an existing shareholder of Etix
Everywhere. The capital increase will accelerate the
deployment of edge, hyperscale and HPC data
centres in Europe, Africa, Latin America and
South-East Asia.
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