Tag: critical national infrastructure
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The Register: UK orders Chinese biz to sell majority stake in Scottish chipmaker
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/06/china_ftdi_stake/ Source: The Register Title: UK orders Chinese biz to sell majority stake in Scottish chipmaker Feedly Summary: Government invokes National Security and Investment Act The British government has ordered a China-owned entity to sell its stake in a Scottish chip company under the authority of the National Security and Investment Act 2021.……
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The Register: UK gov report to propose special zones for datacenters, ‘AI visas’
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/31/uk_gov_datacenter_zone/ Source: The Register Title: UK gov report to propose special zones for datacenters, ‘AI visas’ Feedly Summary: Vendors not keen on ‘lengthy bureaucracy,’ and cost when they try to hire skilled foreigners UK government is to recommend streamlining the visa process for those with AI skills and the creation of special zones…
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The Register: Datacenter developer says power issues holding up new builds
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/29/datacenter_developer_says_power_issues/ Source: The Register Title: Datacenter developer says power issues holding up new builds Feedly Summary: ‘The single biggest constraint is access,’ says exec looking to invest ‘hundreds of millions’ One of the UK’s major commercial property developers says it would be pumping investment into new datacenters if it could just secure the…
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The Register: Britain opens floodgates to US datacenter investment
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/15/uk_datacenter_investment/ Source: The Register Title: Britain opens floodgates to US datacenter investment Feedly Summary: Who needs climate goals and planning permission anyway? Just weeks after the British government designated datacenters as critical national infrastructure (CNI), a quartet of US tech firms have committed to the UK as the place to invest in their…
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The Register: Public Wi-Fi operator investigating cyberattack at UK’s busiest train stations
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/26/public_wifi_operator_investigating_cyberattack/ Source: The Register Title: Public Wi-Fi operator investigating cyberattack at UK’s busiest train stations Feedly Summary: See it, say it… not sorted just yet as network access remains offline A cybersecurity incident is being probed at Network Rail, the UK non-departmental public body responsible for repairing and developing train infrastructure, after unsavory…
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The Register: Objections to datacenter builds may be overruled now they are ‘Critical National Infrastructure’
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/17/objections_to_datacenter_builds_cni/ Source: The Register Title: Objections to datacenter builds may be overruled now they are ‘Critical National Infrastructure’ Feedly Summary: Well you wouldn’t get far protesting a water system or a power grid, right? The UK government’s decision to designate datacenters as critical national infrastructure (CNI) may do more than just offer protection…