Enterprise
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Europe backs the unglamorous machinery of chip sovereignty
QuantumDiamonds’ funding round points to the inspection and testing bottlenecks behind Europe’s semiconductor ambitions.
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Brussels asks who controls Europe’s data
A new EU consultation puts data sovereignty, cloud dependency, and international data flows back into regulatory focus.
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The UK’s cyber pledge tries to move resilience into the boardroom
The UK government’s Cyber Resilience Pledge asks major organisations to make cyber governance a board responsibility.
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Scotland’s datacentre freeze threat exposes the weak link in UK AI strategy
Scotland may consider a moratorium on new datacentre projects as AI infrastructure runs into power and planning limits.
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UK planning reforms give datacentres a faster route into national infrastructure
New UK planning reforms could shorten major infrastructure approvals, including for datacentre projects entering the NSIP regime.
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Quantum Systems’ $1.2bn round puts European defence tech on a different funding curve
Quantum Systems has raised one of Europe’s largest defence tech rounds to scale autonomous systems across air, land, and sea.
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Google’s Proxima bet shows AI’s energy problem reaching fusion
Proxima Fusion’s €411m round links Europe’s clean energy ambitions with the power demands of AI infrastructure.
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Intesa’s core cloud migration gives European banking a harder proof point
Intesa Sanpaolo has completed a core banking cloud migration across Italian Google Cloud regions hosted by TIM.
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Europe’s AI datacentre bargain shifts towards softer energy accounting
Europe’s datacentre climate rules are being softened as AI infrastructure demand strains energy policy.
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Italy’s sovereign cloud reshuffle moves state data closer to industrial control
Italy’s national cloud project is becoming a test of who controls public data infrastructure.
