Actis is launching a major new data center platform focused on Latin America. The new unit, Terranova, plans to invest $1.5 billion over three years, starting with campuses in Mexico, Brazil, and Chile.
France’s Voltalia is looking to partner with ByteDance and Brookfield for a massive data center venture in Brazil. The project, which could reach 1GW, is a direct play to offload surplus renewable energy in a region with an oversupply.
Verkada, a provider of cloud-based physical security systems, has raised new funding at a $5.8 billion valuation. The round was led by Alphabet’s venture arm, CapitalG, signaling major interest in applying AI to security hardware.
Microsoft is rolling out a new feature for Teams that can automatically update a user’s location when they connect to corporate Wi-Fi. The update, planned for January 2026, is optional for admins but raises major surveillance questions. It’s the latest flashpoint in the ongoing battle over return-to
Microsoft Graph Explorer is an interactive sandbox for the Microsoft Graph API. It lets developers query live data from Outlook, Teams, and more before writing a single line of app code.
In a major shift, AWS and Google Cloud have partnered on a managed networking solution to connect their clouds in minutes, not months. They plan to launch a similar link with Microsoft Azure in 2026. This comes amid outages and EU antitrust scrutiny of the cloud giants.
A cooling system outage at a CyrusOne data center forced CME Group to halt futures trading last week. The data center operator has now installed additional backup cooling capacity at the facility.
Belgium has launched a new national supercomputer named Sofia at the Green Energy Park in Zellik. The Vrije Universiteit Brussels will manage the €8.6 million Tier-1 system for the next six years, providing compute power for Flemish universities and companies.
Forget the hype. The enterprise tech landscape in 2026 will be defined by practical, integrated technologies that deliver real growth. Here are the eight trends that will separate the leaders from the laggards.
Xbox Game Pass cloud streaming hours have surged 45% compared to last year, according to Microsoft gaming CEO Phil Spencer. The growth comes as Microsoft faces criticism for a 50% price hike on Game Pass Ultimate and developer concerns about the subscription model’s sustainability.
