Action RPGs (role-playing games) have grown increasingly dependent on cloud technology, not because of high end visual requirements but because of the need for stable, persistent online worlds. Diablo 4 is one of the clearest examples of this shift. The game blends fast combat with a constantly updated environment powered by distributed backend systems. Everything […]
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Iceland’s atNorth has won a Data Center Dynamics award for Environmental impact for its work in reducing the environmental impact of data centre operations. The company’s expansion of its ICE03 data centre in Akureyri, Iceland, won for its design, the judges noting the social and economic impact and of the facility and its role in […]
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IBM plans to buy Confluent in an $11 billion deal, a move that expands its data and cloud portfolio as demand for AI systems grows. The company has been building up its cloud and software units under CEO Arvind Krishna, who has focused on acquisitions to meet interest from clients upgrading their systems for more […]
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London, UK – [03.12.26] – TechEx Events has announced its speaker lineup and technical themes for Cyber Security & Cloud Expo Global 2026, taking place 4–5 February 2026 at Olympia London. The event will convene senior IT, engineering, data, security, and transformation leaders across seven co-located conferences, providing practical insights into enterprise-scale technology deployment and […]
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HPE and Veeam are taking their long-running partnership into a new phase, rolling out updates aimed at helping enterprises protect and restore data in mixed and hybrid cloud environments. The shift comes as many firms are trying to manage older systems, virtual machines, and container platforms while also dealing with higher security demands. John Jester, […]
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For enterprises seeking sovereign control over their data, the combination of Nexsan Unity enterprise storage and Vates Virtualization Management Stack (VMS) might present an alternative to proprietary virtualisation and storage solutions. The new joint platform is designed for deploying virtualised workloads on-premise or in wholly-owned data centres. Why consider onsite hosting? Since the change in […]
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A new multicloud networking service built by Amazon and Google is now available, giving companies a faster way to link the two tech giants’ cloud platforms at a time when even short internet outages can disrupt major online services. The system lets customers set up private, high-speed connections between AWS and Google Cloud in minutes […]
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Hyperscale providers are at the centre of global digital infrastructure. DC Byte’s 2025 Global Data Centre Index [email wall] estimates that public cloud, social media, and AI workloads account for nearly 70% of global data centre demand. Their build and leasing decisions shape where power networks are reinforced or need alteration/expansion, where national, state or […]
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The US government is to gain access to new AI and high-performance computing tools as AWS prepares a major expansion of its secure cloud systems. The company plans to invest up to $50 billion starting in 2026 to build out AI and supercomputing capacity in its Top Secret, Secret, and GovCloud regions. The buildout will […]
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Google Cloud has picked up another major contract to deliver secure, sovereign cloud services to a military agency, only a few months after it signed a similar deal with the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD). The agreement will see the Nato Communication and Information Agency (NCIA) use Google Distributed Cloud (GDC), an air-gapped system built […]
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