SoftBank Corp. announces Telco AI Cloud vision to build social infrastructure for the AI era
26 March 2026
SoftBank Corp. has announced a new vision, Telco AI Cloud, aimed at building next-generation social infrastructure for the AI era by leveraging its nationwide telecommunications foundation.
Telco AI Cloud is an AI infrastructure vision that integrates a large-scale AI data center platform powered by a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) cloud, an AI-RAN-based MEC (Multi-access Edge Computing) platform, and a software stack for AI data centres called ‘Infrinia AI Cloud OS’. By optimising AI processing from training to inference and utilising its nationwide telecommunications infrastructure, SoftBank will build a distributed AI infrastructure that delivers low latency, high reliability, and sovereign capability (data sovereignty). Through its Telco AI Cloud vision, SoftBank aims to evolve beyond the traditional role of a telecommunications operator and become an AI infrastructure provider.
Find out more SoftBank Corp. evolves Telecom infrastructure for the AI era: From carrying data to orchestrating intelligence
23 March 2026
At Mobile World Congress (MWC) Barcelona 2026, SoftBank Corp. unveiled its transition from a traditional carrier that moves data – raw, uninterpreted data packets – to an AI-native infrastructure provider enabling distributed AI workloads across edge and cloud environments.
SoftBank Corp. makes the point that, traditionally, telecommunications networks have been built to carry data, not comprehend it; static infrastructure designed to move information from origin to destination without understanding what it contained.
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Vertiv launches enhanced MegaMod HDX modular power and cooling systems for high-density AI DCs
11 March 2026
Vertiv has unveiled updated configurations of its MegaMod HDX system, a modular power and liquid cooling solution designed specifically for high-density computing environments, including AI and high-performance computing (HPC) deployments.
Available globally, these new models target data centers across North America and EMEA, addressing the increasing demands of modern AI workloads.
Find out more The edge decides the SLA: why African data centres need African-ready connectivity
06 March 2026
Ralph Berndt, Executive Head of Sales and Marketing at inq. South Africa
Some may ask how EdgeSentry fits into the data centre discussion. The answer is simple: you can build the most advanced, perfectly cooled, and redundantly powered facility imaginable, but if the final stretch of connectivity to the branch is fragile or unaffordable, uptime becomes a theory, not a reality. In Africa, that last kilometre is where reliability and cost collide, and where the success of every SLA is ultimately decided.
Across the region, we still contend with fibre breaks, uneven last-mile coverage, and intermittent power that push downtime risk onto the enterprise WAN. That is not an indictment of local operators but a design reality. Imported SD-WAN solutions typically assume stable fibre, perpetual power, and dollar-based licensing, which makes them costly to own and slow to support here. The result is a performance and budget gap that branch IT teams live with every day. That is the gap EdgeSentry was built to close.
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