PHILIPPINES

Nokia is collaborating with Converge ICT Solutions Inc. in the Philippines to deploy its Data Centre Fabric solution, aiming to futureproof new data centres with advanced AI and automation. The initiative will significantly enhance network performance, scalability, and efficiency within Converge’ s data centres. The Nokia Data Centre Fabric solution, a comprehensive hardware and software platform, is designed to ensure robust service agility and support sovereign cloud readiness for crucial regulatory compliance.

Converge will integrate Nokia’ s 7220 Interconnect Router( IXR) data centre switches, powered by the SR-Linux network operating system and the Event-Driven Automation( EDA) platform. This is expected to streamline network management and drive operational excellence. Furthermore, the adoption of automation aims to facilitate more sustainable data centre operations by reducing energy consumption. Nokia’ s EDA technology will also improve response times and maintain consistent performance while optimising computing resource use, making Converge’ s data centres highly efficient and future-ready.

BRAZIL

Eviden has completed a significant upgrade to Brazil’ s Santos Dumont supercomputer, integrating advanced NVIDIA accelerated computing technologies. This upgrade, part of Brazil’ s Artificial Intelligence Plan( PBIA) 2024-2028, has quadrupled the supercomputer’ s capacity, specifically enhancing its AI-dedicated capabilities.

Utilising Eviden’ s BullSequana XH3000 architecture and NVIDIA H100 and Grace Hopper GPUs, the project enables the processing of large data volumes for AI work with maximum energy efficiency.

Located at the National Laboratory for Scientific Computing( LNCC) in Petrópolis, this upgrade is a crucial step in positioning Brazil as a global reference in AI innovation, providing national researchers and institutions with cutting-edge infrastructure for complex scientific and AI-driven projects.

FINLAND

AI inference specialist Groq has announced its first European data centre presence in Helsinki, Finland, to address increasing demand from customers across the continent. This new European facility, a collaboration with Equinix in Helsinki, brings AI inference capacity closer to users throughout Europe. This means lower latency, faster response times at scale, and robust data governance. The move strengthens Groq’ s existing relationship with Equinix, leveraging their reputation for reliable, secure, and predictable connectivity.

Equinix Fabric customers will now be able to deploy inference workloads to GroqCloud. New customers across the US and EMEA can also access inference capacity affordably through Equinix Fabric’ s public, private, or sovereign infrastructure options. The expansion acknowledges that AI requires direct, private, and realtime connections to a diverse ecosystem of partners and service providers. The new deployment allows enterprises to access GroqCloud via private connections, avoiding the public internet, which is crucial for data mobility, sovereignty, and privacy controls.

This European expansion builds on existing capacity globally, reflecting the rising demand for Groq’ s custom-silicon, LPU( Language Processing Unit) systems, which are designed for real-time inference, offering speed, capacity, and a clear cost advantage.

SOUTH KOREA

South Korea’ s SK Group has committed 7 trillion won( approximately US $ 5.11 billion) to construct a new data centre in Ulsan, in collaboration with Amazon Web Services( AWS). This massive facility will house South Korea’ s first AWS AI Zone, with operations scheduled to commence in 2027. The project is part of a 15-year strategic partnership between SK Group, the country’ s second-largest conglomerate, and AWS, aimed at significantly expanding cloud infrastructure capabilities within South Korea.

The substantial investment highlights the accelerating demand for hyperscale and AI-dedicated cloud capacity in the Asia- Pacific region and reinforces the strategic importance of South Korea as a hub for advanced digital infrastructure.

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