Cloud certification, data flows, sovereignty and the European data economy. Coverage from Continental Brief.
Indian IT conglomerate HCLTech is buying Croatian robotic process automation provider Robotiq.ai for €9 million, integrating the firm's automation technology into its agentic AI platform to handle legacy system workflows.
The infrastructure specialist has created a new unit to design and deliver pre-built, tested data centre modules for AI operators, hyperscalers and smaller cloud providers.
The infrastructure company has closed a major funding round led by Third Point, with backing from Nvidia and a constellation of heavyweight investors betting on AI compute capacity.
The tech giant plans major infrastructure spending across Gulf states, with additional investment in subsea connectivity and a focus on water stewardship and clean energy.
Prague-based content delivery network CDN77 has taken external investment for the first time, with CVC Capital Partners acquiring a minority stake that values the bootstrapped company at approximately €1.7 billion.
The operator has secured a major bank financing package to expand its portfolio across the UK and Europe, with nearly half earmarked for green capital projects.
DE-CIX and the state of Carinthia have opened a new neutral internet exchange that will let regional networks swap traffic locally instead of routing data hundreds of kilometres through Vienna.
The Norwegian data centre operator has raised €117 million through a new bond offering, primarily to refinance its Stavanger facility while positioning itself for further growth across the Nordic region.
A year after launching in Greece, the Wealthyhood investing app has attracted 35,000 users whose profile challenges traditional assumptions about who invests: they are typically 34 years old, start with €100, and mostly buy exchange-traded funds.
The Nordic carrier is ramping up capacity on its Helsinki–Warsaw corridor as financial services, cloud and hosting firms seek faster regional links.
France's leading telecom operator has finished decommissioning its 2G infrastructure nationwide, starting from southwestern departments before rolling out countrywide. The company now plans to retire 3G by 2028.