The Stargate Project – a venture initially led by SoftBank Group, ChatGPT creator OpenAI, Oracle and Emirati investment firm MGX – plans to plough up to US$500 billion in the US over the next four years into an advanced network of data centres, housing high-performance computing infrastructure needed for AI development initiatives. The first such … Read more
Kyivstar, Ukraine’s largest mobile operator, signed a deal with Elon Musk’s Starlink to introduce satellite-powered cellular service in the war-torn country in a bid to place telecoms infrastructure beyond the reach of Russian attacks. The deal will allow Kyivstar customers to use space-based connectivity when the terrestrial network is unable to service an area, the … Read more
To have 50 percent of students in universities, India needs to double the varsities’ strength to 2,500, NITI Aayog CEO BVR Subrahmanyam has said. Subrahmanyam also said that with a huge digital infrastructure, India has become the biggest laboratory in the digital world where one can experiment at a scale.(HT file) Delivering a keynote address … Read more
Alibaba Group Holding’s cloud computing unit plans to shut down its data centres in Australia and India, as the company prioritises infrastructure spending in other markets. Citing the move as part of its “infrastructure strategy update”, Alibaba Cloud said the decision was made after a “careful assessment” amid new efforts to “expand investment in Southeast … Read more
Alibaba Group Holding is expanding its business foothold in Mongolia, as the Chinese e-commerce giant’s wholesale marketplace 1688.com joins forces with local technology group Intelmind to launch a new platform. The new online marketplace, ShoppyHub.mn, aims to offer “millions of products” sourced from 1688.com’s merchant network, providing Mongolian consumers and business clients with products from … Read more
India’s world-class digital public infrastructure (DPI), also referred to as the India Stack, has enabled online, paperless and cashless digital access to various public and private services, according to the review of the economy released by the economic division in the finance ministry. It said the use of technology and digital platforms has been the … Read more
