Microsoft’s ambitions to more than double its datacenter capacity across Europe by 2027 underscore not only the sheer speed at which cloud demand is accelerating, but also the mounting friction between technology expansion and European regulatory, environmental, and infrastructural realities. At...
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Microsoft's recent quarterly earnings call signaled a significant moment for the future of artificial intelligence services and infrastructure. As global demand for advanced AI models continues to surge, Microsoft—a company long considered at the center of the AI revolution—has openly...
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No country ever got rich, interesting, or globally relevant by perfecting red tape—yet in South Korea’s exuberant start-up scene, the emotional weather report is still “regulation with a chance of exasperation.” Beneath Seoul’s neon skyline, in chic glass-walled spaces like Maru 360, founders...
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