Canadian Stories

Rising AI demand puts data centres in Canada's energy spotlight

As AI adoption grows, Canadians evaluate data centres as critical infrastructure, prioritising power to support the nation's digital and economic future.

By Jake MacAndrew • 4 min read • Tue, 4th Nov 2025

Artificial Intelligence

Mila, 5C & Hypertec invest CAD $250m in Montréal AI hub

The three organisations will create a new Sovereign AI Research Hub in Montréal, boosting sustainable AI innovation and compute power.

By Jake MacAndrew • 3 min read • Wed, 1st Oct 2025

Global Stories

Cloud Security

Experts weigh in on security risks of Microsoft Azure outage

Microsoft Azure's outage exposed security risks, disrupting key services used by UK organisations and sparking calls for a diversified, sovereign cloud strategy.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Fri, 31st Oct 2025

Hybrid Cloud

Zadara & MSG launch sovereign AI cloud with NVIDIA GPUs in US

Zadara and Micro Support Group partner to offer sovereign AI cloud solutions with NVIDIA GPUs in the US Northeast, providing VMware alternatives with enhanced data sovereignty.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Thu, 23rd Oct 2025

Ransomware

Global cyber regulation moves from compliance to resilience

NCC Group's new report reveals a global shift from cyber compliance to resilience, urging businesses to adopt long-term, adaptive governance amid rising offensive cyber threats.

By Shannon Williams • 5 min read • Fri, 10th Oct 2025

Firewalls

Gorilla unveils quantum-safe SD-WAN to boost global security

Gorilla Technology launches quantum-safe SD-WAN with hybrid key exchange, enhancing security for AI platforms and sovereign clouds worldwide.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 9th Oct 2025

Data Privacy

UK companies face critical risks from heavy reliance on US tech

A study finds 88% of UK public companies rely on US tech providers, raising concerns over national digital sovereignty and economic risks.

By Jed Nykolle Harme • 4 min read • Fri, 26th Sep 2025

Storage

Data sovereignty emerges as key risk amid global tensions

Data sovereignty is emerging as a critical risk amid global tensions, with organisations worldwide rethinking data storage to mitigate service and reputational threats.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Fri, 19th Sep 2025

Digital Transformation

Digital sovereignty linked to 5x ROI in enterprise AI adoption

Enterprises prioritising digital sovereignty over AI and data achieve up to five times higher ROI, outperforming peers with secure, scalable AI platforms, says study.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Fri, 19th Sep 2025

Hyperscale

JUPITER supercomputer inaugurated in Germany sets new exascale era

Europe's first exascale supercomputer, JUPITER, has launched in Germany, boosting research in AI, climate, and biology with unrivalled computing power.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Fri, 12th Sep 2025

Stories from Other Regions

Data Protection

SearchStax launches EU-focused managed search for compliance

SearchStax unveils managed Solr search on Google Cloud Data Boundary, ensuring data sovereignty and compliance with EU regulations for European firms.

By Melvin Hipolito • 3 min read • Mon, 17th Nov 2025

Open source

Wellington to celebrate Koha's 25 years transforming libraries

Wellington hosts KohaCon25 to mark 25 years of Koha, an open source library system used by 20,000+ libraries worldwide, celebrating innovation and collaboration.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Mon, 17th Nov 2025

Unified Communications

Indosat, Nokia & NVIDIA launch AI-RAN research centre in Indonesia

Indosat, Nokia, and NVIDIA have launched an AI-RAN research centre in Surabaya to develop AI-enhanced 5G networks, boosting Indonesia's digital growth.

By Melvin Hipolito • 4 min read • Mon, 17th Nov 2025

Data Protection

OpenAI partnership sparks debate on UK digital & AI sovereignty

OpenAI's new deal lets UK firms store AI data on British soil, sparking debate on digital sovereignty and balancing innovation with national control.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Tue, 28th Oct 2025

Hyperscale

AWS outage highlights risks from overreliance on cloud giants

A major AWS outage disrupted UK banks, government sites and global platforms, exposing risks of overdependence on a few cloud providers.

By Kaleah Salmon • 5 min read • Wed, 22nd Oct 2025

Hyperscale

New Zealand's chance to lead in green datacentres

New Zealand stands poised to lead in sustainable data centres, harnessing 85% renewable energy to power AI growth worth NZD $3.4b annually by 2035.

By Ollie Hill • 4 min read • Wed, 22nd Oct 2025

Digital Transformation

Hyland unveils AI-driven content tools for European compliance

Hyland launches AI-powered content management tools to help European enterprises enhance compliance, unify data, and boost automation across industries.

By Jed Nykolle Harme • 5 min read • Tue, 14th Oct 2025

Digital Transformation

Netcompany launches VERÁ to boost European defence resilience

Netcompany launches VERÁ, a European-developed platform enhancing defence resilience through real-time data integration and situational awareness.

By Jed Nykolle Harme • 4 min read • Fri, 10th Oct 2025

Data Protection

Civo urges UK to adopt 'Tech Sovereignty Agenda' for digital future

Civo urges the UK government to adopt its 'Tech Sovereignty Agenda' to boost domestic innovation and reduce reliance on foreign tech suppliers.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Sun, 5th Oct 2025

Data Protection

Senetas encryptors gain PKTN status to secure Malaysia's networks

Senetas has achieved PKTN certification at the Confidential level, allowing its CN Series encryptors to secure Malaysia's critical national information infrastructure.

By Melvin Hipolito • 3 min read • Tue, 30th Sep 2025