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Newmark Group has arranged $975 million in balance sheet financing for Project Helios, a newly built data center in Northern Virginia. The financing was provided by Blue Owl and supports a facility fully leased to a major cloud service provider.
BluIP has expanded its partnership with NICE to combine its Cloud PBX with NICE’s CXone platform, creating a unified communications and contact center solution that extends AI, analytics, and compliance capabilities across entire organizations.
STAK Inc. has signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a majority-owned U.S. subsidiary that will develop and commercialize modular gas-to-electricity generation systems for AI data centers and other high-energy applications across North America.
San Diego Gas & Electric, Qualcomm Technologies, and UC San Diego have introduced Edge Alert Sentinel, an AI system designed to provide real-time environmental intelligence for wildfire and extreme weather response in Southern California.
Visage Imaging will highlight its AI optimized One Platform and the latest version of Visage 7 at the SIIM 2026 annual meeting in Pittsburgh, featuring new reporting and digital pathology capabilities.
Wesco International has signed an agreement to acquire Newark Engineering Group, a Singapore-based provider of data center cooling and lifecycle services, for about $136 million USD. The deal expands Wesco's presence in Southeast Asia and strengthens its data center service portfolio.
KinoSec has introduced an autonomous penetration testing platform that identifies and exploits vulnerabilities across multiple domains, offering continuous coverage of the full external attack surface.
Baidu stated it should not have been included on the U.S. Department of Defense's list of Chinese Military Companies, saying the designation is unjustified and will not affect its business or securities.
Karsan has started operating its Autonomous e-JEST in Atlanta as part of the ATL Spoke pilot, the city's first autonomous public transportation project. The service offers free rides between the MARTA West End Station and the Atlanta Beltline Southwest Trail.
Palo Alto Networks and Deutsche Telekom have introduced Sovereign Cortex with T Security, a new AI-based security platform designed for regulated industries in Europe. The service combines AI-powered threat detection with independently governed data sovereignty controls managed by Deutsche Telekom.
Deliverance AI has emerged from stealth with £6 million in annual recurring revenue, six enterprise customers, and a platform built to help regulated organizations deploy governed AI in private environments. The company partners with HPE and NVIDIA to support secure, sovereign AI operations.
Ogury has launched SONA, an agentic solution that connects audience planning with campaign execution through persona-based strategies accessible via chat interface or AI tools like ChatGPT and Gemini.
Infomedia has acquired Munich-based Veact GmbH to strengthen its automotive aftersales operations in Europe. The deal combines Veact’s expertise in data-driven customer activation with Infomedia’s knowledge of vehicle and service information.
OpenAI has submitted a confidential draft registration statement to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, signaling plans for a potential initial public offering. The company said it has not yet decided on timing but wanted to preempt expected leaks about the filing.
At the 11th IEC/TC100 meetings in Budapest, MAXHUB experts proposed two new international standards focused on AI-mediated visual interaction in conferencing and unified frameworks for education and training systems, both advancing to the next development stage.
According to Dell'Oro Group, the global network security market grew 14 percent year over year in the first quarter of 2026 to surpass $7 billion, driven by demand for software and cloud-based security in the agentic AI era.
Bloomberg Law’s 2026 State of Practice report shows that many law firms do not disclose AI use to clients and that demand for data center legal work is increasing.
Sharjah researchers have developed a desert-grown wheat variety with 19.3% protein content, nearly double the global soft wheat average, and yields surpassing international standards. The project integrates artificial intelligence, sensors, and satellite imaging to optimize irrigation and boost productivity in arid regions.
Innodisk showcased its full Qualcomm Dragonwing edge AI lineup at Computex 2026, introducing modules, starter kits, and deployment-ready systems powered by Dragonwing IQ8 through IQ10 processors.
The Josh Bersin Company has released HR 2030: The Journey to Agentic HR, a four-year roadmap outlining how AI agents and superagents could reshape human resources operations and workforce design.
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