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ServiceNow to invest CAD $110 million in Canadian AI

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ServiceNow to pour CAD $110 million into Canadian AI, building local infrastructure, a Centre of Excellence and 100 skilled jobs.
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Data-driven approach saves USD $135 million in data centres

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XYZ Reality's platform saved USD $135 million and recovered 408 days across seven data centre projects for a global operator in six countries.
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Amazon boosts S3 Vectors with bigger scale & faster queries

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Amazon Web Services launches Amazon S3 Vectors with 40x more scale, faster queries, and up to 90% cost savings for vast AI vector data storage.
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AWS launches Trn3 UltraServers to boost AI speed & cut costs

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AWS has launched EC2 Trn3 UltraServers with new Trainium3 chips, boosting AI training speed by 4.4 times while cutting energy use and costs sharply.
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AMD & HPE team up on open rack-scale AI data centre platform

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AMD and HPE will launch the Helios AI platform in 2026, combining CPUs, GPUs and advanced networking to power large-scale data centres worldwide.
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Macquarie Data Centres advances AUD $350m Sydney AI facility

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Macquarie Data Centres has completed the structural phase of its AUD $350m IC3 Super West AI data centre in Sydney, opening in Q3 2026 with 47MW capacity.
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AWS to stream re:Invent 2025 keynotes live inside Fortnite

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Amazon Web Services will stream all re:Invent 2025 keynotes live inside Fortnite on a custom island, blending gaming with cloud technology events.
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Chris Hadfield on fusion, AI, human ingenuity for the future

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The Canadian retired astronaut and former ISS commander shared his experiences and how to apply them to sustainable tech at Info-Tech LIVE in Montreal.
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Info-Tech: AI transformation needs real expectations, not speed

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Businesses must temper expectations, as high hallucination rates, weak multi-step reasoning, and architectural complexity continue to derail AI projects.
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Up to 84% of GPU power wasted in growing multimodal AI sector

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Up to 84% of GPU power is wasted in multimodal AI, causing major inefficiencies and costs as firms struggle with legacy infrastructure.
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Enterprise security to be reshaped by AI, cloud & automation

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Enterprise security faces major changes in 2026 as AI, hybrid cloud, and automation reshape risk management and resilience strategies worldwide.
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Canada's AI regulation that died: The story of AIDA

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Canada's Artificial Intelligence and Data Act, part of Bill C-27, died in 2025, leaving the country without dedicated AI regulation despite billions invested.
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AMD unveils Instinct MI430X GPU to power next-gen supercomputers

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AMD has launched the Instinct MI430X GPU with 432GB HBM4 memory to power AI and HPC in next-gen supercomputers across the US and Europe.
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How underground data centres & agrovoltaics can power food security

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New underground data centres paired with agrovoltaic farms and solar cooling offer a sustainable model supporting agriculture, food security and climate goals.
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Automation to drive global cybercrime industrial age by 2026

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Cybercrime will enter its ‘industrial age’ with AI and automation enabling faster, larger-scale attacks and a more organised underground economy, says Fortinet.
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Cloudflare outage traced to database change highlights fragility

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A routine database permission change at Cloudflare caused global internet disruptions, exposing risks in managing modern data-driven systems.
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Iceotope launches KUL BOX to boost AI edge computing in factories

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Iceotope unveils KUL BOX, a compact liquid-cooled rack system enhancing AI edge computing in factories, hospitals and telecom sites lacking datacentre facilities.
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Using Flash Storage to Unlock Insights from Unstructured Data

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Flash storage's speed and scalability enable industries to transform vast unstructured data into real-time, actionable insights critical for AI and automation.
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NTT & OptQC to build million-qubit optical quantum computer

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NTT and OptQC will collaborate to develop a 1-million-qubit optical quantum computer operating at room temperature by 2030, targeting complex industrial challenges.
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Cohesity & AWS boost data protection with advanced AI tools

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Cohesity partners with AWS to enhance global data protection and recovery using advanced AI tools and native cloud integration across 36 regions.