Prysmian signs €5.5bn fibre deal with Molex to wire AI data centres
Prysmian has signed a €5.5bn, 10-year agreement with Molex, the Koch Industries-owned connector and cable maker, to supply optical cable for use inside AI data centres. Unusually for a supply deal of this size, Molex is putting €550m on the table upfront, a rare piece of cash certainty in a market where most commitments arrive […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
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Germany’s Uniper pivots to data centres with a €5bn plan to power the AI boom
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Ofcom has never blocked an Openreach offer before. It just moved to block this one.
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