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Is Google Building a $6 Billion Data Centre Campus in India?
Reports show 1GW Visakhapatnam facility will be Google’s largest in Asia, with US$2bn committed to renewable energy and regional connectivity expansion.
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- Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Airtel Enters Cloud War to Keep Data Within Indian Borders
Bharti Airtel’s sovereign cloud offering would be a differentiator in the market as it can reduce cloud spending for enterprises by 30-40%, claimed its vice-chairman and managing director, Gopal Vittal.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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- Asia Pacific
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Yali Capital Raises $104 Million in Debut Deep-Tech Fund in India
Overall, Yali Capital is bullish on six sectors within deep tech: chip design, aerospace and surveillance, robotics, genomics, artificial intelligence, and smart manufacturing.
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- Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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- data, startups, venture capital
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HAVAÍC Reaches $25 Million Second Close for African Tech Fund
The fund, targeting a final close of $50 million, focuses on early-stage, post-revenue technology startups born in Africa with global potential.
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- Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Orange Money and JUMO Partner to Offer Small Loans Across Africa
Orange Money Group and banking-as-a-service financial provider JUMO have partnered to enhance digital financial services across Africa through a new small loan function.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Transforming How Financial Service Providers and Fintechs Leverage Data: A New Free Tool Aims to Separate the Signal from the Noise
In today’s digital finance landscape, data is one of the most valuable assets. Yet as Sarah Corley at AllianceDFA and Mallory Sheff at DataKind explain, data remains siloed, fragmented and underutilized across the sector — and this challenge is particularly acute in emerging markets. They argue that this isn’t just a missed opportunity, but a structural barrier to inclusion and innovation, and share a free, open-access learning platform designed to help fintechs and other financial service providers turn data into action to fuel customer growth and retention.
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- Finance, Technology
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Amogy Raises $80 Million to Power Ships and Data Centers With Ammonia
The startup is based primarily in the U.S. but it has found demand for its core technology in Japan and South Korea, countries looking for new ways to expand power generation.
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- Environment, Technology, Transportation
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- Asia Pacific
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Why Big Tech Is Threatened by a Global Push for Data Sovereignty
Countries are forcing tech giants to store citizen data locally, challenging the standard business model of harvesting data abroad while keeping profits at home.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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- Global
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