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Equinix to expand AI infrastructure connectivity, backs FuriosaAI global push
Equinix is working with South Korean AI chipmaker FuriosaAI to expand the AI ecosystem. FuriosaAI has deployed servers based on its second-generation AI accelerator, Renegade, at an Equinix data centre in Lisbon, Portugal, to support overseas market entry. The companies are reviewing broader cooperation in South Korea as FuriosaAI pursues mass production of 100,000 accelerator cards. Equinix is also expanding its distributed AI hub strategy and has unveiled Fabric Intelligence to automate network operations.
Industry
FuriosaAI teams up with Equinix to target European AI infrastructure market
FuriosaAI, an AI chip company, is moving to target the European sovereign AI infrastructure market. The company said on Tuesday it will work with digital infrastructure firm Equinix to deploy RNGD (Renegade) servers at Equinix’s LS2 data centre in Lisbon, Portugal. The servers will be run as an evaluation environment where European companies can verify performance and power efficiency using real AI models and workloads.
AI & Enterprise
IREN to acquire open-source cloud infrastructure firm Mirantis
Neo-cloud company IREN will acquire open-source cloud infrastructure specialist Mirantis, The Register reported on Thursday. Mirantis is known for OpenStack distributions, hyperconverged appliances and Kubernetes tools, and launched an AI infrastructure deployment automation platform, k0rdent AI, in 2025. Mirantis will continue as an independent business after the deal and support IREN cloud deployments. IREN began as Iris Energy in 2018, moved into generative AI infrastructure in 2023 and now runs six data centres.