As 2025 concludes, IT sustainability has transitioned from voluntary best practices to regulatory mandates, demanding companies integrate compliance into their operational and strategic frameworks amid evolving standards and standards enforcement. As 2025 closes, IT sustainability has decisively moved from the domain of aspiration into the realm of obligation. What began…

Rising energy costs and surging data centre power consumption threaten to strain the aging U.S. electricity grid, prompting calls for urgent infrastructure investment and innovative solutions amid environmental trade-offs. Everyone – politicians and the public – are talking about energy costs and the strain that burgeoning data centres, driven by…

A Nokia-commissioned study reveals that the rapid surge in AI demand is testing existing digital networks across the US and Europe, with infrastructure constraints threatening to limit AI growth and raise sovereignty concerns, prompting calls for urgent policy and investment actions. Research commissioned by Nokia of roughly 2,000 business decision‑makers…

While 5G standalone (SA) roaming offers lower latency and more reliable services compared to non-standalone (NSA) networks, widespread adoption remains gradual. Industry trials signal progress towards better international mobile experiences, but practical benefits for travellers will develop incrementally amid technical and commercial challenges. If you land in a foreign city,…

The European Commission launches a €1.2 trillion plan to overhaul electricity grids and scale renewable hydrogen, supported by national schemes and private sector innovations, signalling a rapid drive towards decarbonisation across Europe. The European Commission on Wednesday launched a sweeping European Grids Package that, according to pv‑magazine India, estimates a…

The sovereign cloud market is set to soar from USD 111.41 billion in 2025 to nearly USD 941 billion by 2033, driven by increasing data regulation, regional control demands, and innovative vendor offerings, reshaping enterprise and government cloud strategies worldwide. The sovereign cloud market is entering a period of rapid…

Antitrust authorities across the US, UK, and EU are escalating investigations into major cloud providers, focusing on data egress fees, long-term commitments, and potential market lock-in, as competition fears intensify amid industry consolidation. Antitrust authorities in the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union have intensified scrutiny of…

Major US wireless providers are engaging in aggressive discounting strategies, resulting in enhanced offers for consumers, while also complicating plan comparisons and highlighting emerging market tensions. Wireless-phone carriers have opened an aggressive price war that is producing unusually generous offers for consumers prepared to shop around, industry analysts and reporting…

The global SDN market is set to more than triple in value by 2030 as organisations worldwide adopt centralised, programmable networks to support digital transformation, cloud migration, and emerging technologies like 5G and AI, amid intensifying security needs. The global software defined networking (SDN) market is entering a phase of…

The global quantum computing market is projected to surge to nearly US$ 8.8 billion by 2031, driven by increased investments, technological advances, and expanding commercial applications across sectors such as pharmaceuticals and finance. “The Global Quantum Computing Market was valued at US$ 650.1 million in 2022 and is projected to…

Ireland has reduced energy-related emissions by 16% since 2018, primarily through renewables and power sector reforms, but faces significant challenges in sectors like transport and data centres that threaten its 2030 climate commitments. A new report from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) shows Ireland has cut energy-related emissions…

Europe is experiencing a rapid transformation of its data‑centre landscape driven by soaring AI demands, with large-scale investments, decentralised deployment, and innovative cooling technologies reshaping the continent’s digital infrastructure and sustainability strategies. Artificial intelligence is reshaping Europe’s digital infrastructure with an urgency that goes well beyond software: it is forcing…