Tag: digital-infrastructure
Data Centers Increasingly Located Outside Urban Boundaries to Expedite Construction and Avoid Protests
Building data centers beyond city limits reduces regulatory hurdles and local opposition, speeding up development timelines.
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Public Wi-Fi Usage Surges in Central Moscow Amid Mobile Internet Restrictions
Public Wi-Fi connections in central Moscow quadrupled as mobile internet restrictions led to a 3.5-fold rise in data traffic in early March 2026.
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Meta to Invest $27 Billion in Arcady Volozh’s Nebius Cloud Services Over Five Years
Meta plans to spend $27 billion on Nebius cloud services from Arcady Volozh’s company in the next five years.
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Moscow Introduces ‘White Lists’ of Websites for Internet Outage Zones
Moscow implements ‘white lists’ of accessible websites during internet disruptions in areas with mobile connection issues.
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Russia Sees Growth in LTE Base Stations While 3G Coverage Declines
By late 2025, Russia expanded its LTE base stations by 16%, with notable growth in several regions as 3G infrastructure continued to shrink.
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Russia Plans Major Shift from Copper to Fiber Optic Networks with New Regulatory Framework
Russia’s Ministry of Digital Development proposes a new framework for replacing copper lines with fiber optics, including potential disconnection for refusals.
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Russia Considers Granting 5G Spectrum Without Auction to Address Cost Barriers
High costs of 5G spectrum in Russia prompt talks of allocating frequencies without auction amid coverage obligations.
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China Plans to Deploy Orbital AI Data Centers Within Five Years
China aims to establish powerful AI data centers in low Earth orbit over the next five years, advancing its space-based computing infrastructure.
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US Researchers Advance Feasible Orbital Data Center Concept Inspired by 1960s Designs
US scientists revisit a half-century-old concept to develop a viable space-based data center stabilized by gravitational and centrifugal forces.
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TikTok Faces Outages in US Following Shift to Local Infrastructure
TikTok users in the US experienced service disruptions after the platform moved to local data centers, with outages linked to power failures at one facility.
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