Operations and maintenance
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EXFO introduces 800G optical network testing platform
EXFO unveiled its HyperBlazer 100GE–800GE testing equipment at a London industry event. Claimed test speeds come from the vendor; the launch provides no independent data centre deployment evidence.
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Keysight introduces PCIe 7.0 protocol test platform
Keysight has introduced protocol analysis and test equipment for PCIe 7.0 at 128 GT/s, targeting the design and validation of next-generation data centre hardware.
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Colt completes London hollow-core fibre field trial
Colt and two specialist partners have installed and tested hollow-core fibre between existing London network locations, moving the technology into a live network proof of concept.
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DTGen buys Realpower to expand Irish generator services
DTGen has acquired County Westmeath generator maintenance business Realpower, expanding its UK and Irish critical power service footprint, with an undisclosed transaction value.
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Microchip expands PCIe and NVMe data centre hardware
Microchip has introduced a smaller PCIe Gen 6 switch and updates to storage controller and RAID functionality for high-density data centre server platforms.
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Cisco advances optical networking for distributed AI capacity
Cisco has announced new optical and silicon networking developments, including production P200-powered deployments and plans for an open 400G-per-lane optics standard.
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Celestica introduces 102.4Tbps liquid-cooled optical switch
Celestica has introduced a fully liquid-cooled 102.4Tbps data centre switch with co-packaged optical engines, targeting bandwidth density and power demands in AI fabrics.
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NTT DATA opens Munich AI testing facility
NTT DATA has opened a client AI testing environment within its operational Munich 2 data centre, combining NVIDIA and Dell infrastructure with security and managed services. No new facility capacity or independent performance results were announced.
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Scaleway restores access to Paris VPS servers
Scaleway resolved a Paris Dedibox VPS access incident on 8 October; the published status history does not specify a root cause or confirm a physical facility fault.
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Scality launches shared-cache AI inference infrastructure
Scality has launched an on-premises inference stack using shared object storage for reusable model context. Its laboratory results suggest faster cache restoration, while production performance and the overall infrastructure costs remain unproven.