UNDP launches BOOST: Green Futures Challenge in Ukraine and Moldova

Press Release – April 7, 2025 – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, is launching the BOOST: Green Futures Challenge – a new call for innovative green, digital, and circular solutions from startups and ventures in Ukraine and Moldova. The war in Ukraine and its regional consequences have deeply affected economies, infrastructure, and communities. … Continue reading UNDP launches BOOST: Green Futures Challenge in Ukraine and Moldova

Impact Newswire09/04/202509/04/2025

Untied Kingdom

AI Energy Council to ensure UK’s energy infrastructure ready for AI revolution

Industry heavyweights from the energy and technology sectors will descend on Whitehall today (8 April) for the first meeting of the UK’s new AI Energy Council. Press Release – 8 April 2025 – Co-chaired by the Technology and Energy Secretaries, today’s inaugural meeting will see members agree the council’s objectives with a key aim focused on how the government’s clean energy superpower mission, and its … Continue reading AI Energy Council to ensure UK’s energy infrastructure ready for AI revolution

Impact Newswire09/04/202509/04/2025

United States

BlackRock, Global Infrastructure Partners, Microsoft, and MGX Welcome NVIDIA and xAI to the AI Infrastructure Partnership to Drive Investment in Data Centers and Enabling Infrastructure

GE Vernova and NextEra Energy to collaborate with AI Infrastructure Partnership Expanded partnership strengthens technology leadership and energy expertise to power AI infrastructure growth Press Release – NEW YORK, REDMOND, ABU DHABI, SANTA CLARA, AND SAN FRANCISCO – March 19, 2025 – BlackRock, Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a part of BlackRock, Microsoft, and MGX today announced that NVIDIA and xAI will join the Global AI … Continue reading BlackRock, Global Infrastructure Partners, Microsoft, and MGX Welcome NVIDIA and xAI to the AI Infrastructure Partnership to Drive Investment in Data Centers and Enabling Infrastructure

Impact Newswire24/03/202524/03/2025

Middle East

Abu Dhabi Government accelerates digital strategy with landmark Microsoft, G42 partnership

News – The Department of Government Enablement – Abu Dhabi (DGE), on behalf of the Abu Dhabi Government, has today announced a significant agreement with Microsoft and Core42, a G42 company specialising in sovereign cloud, AI infrastructure and digital services, to implement a sovereign cloud system that unlocks increasing efficiencies and innovations in the provision of government services. The multi-year agreement between the Abu Dhabi Government, Microsoft, … Continue reading Abu Dhabi Government accelerates digital strategy with landmark Microsoft, G42 partnership

Impact Newswire21/03/202521/03/2025

Australia

Zetaris Announces Appointment of Robert Herjavec as Executive Director

Zetaris, the modern lakehouse for AI, continues its global expansion with the appointment of Robert Herjavec as Executive Director Global Strategy Press Release – March 10, 2025 – SAN FRANCISCO – Zetaris, the world’s modern lakehouse for AI, today announced that Shark Tank’s Robert Herjavec has been appointed Executive Director of Global Strategy as the company continues to accelerate its expansion in the U.S. and … Continue reading Zetaris Announces Appointment of Robert Herjavec as Executive Director

Impact Newswire12/03/202512/03/2025

United States

Salesforce and Google Bring Gemini to Agentforce, Enable More Customer Choice in Major Partnership Expansion

Agentforce will be able to use Google’s Gemini models, allowing agents to work with images, audio, and video, handle more complex tasks using Gemini’s multi-modal capabilities and two-million-token context windows, and act using real-time insights and answers grounded in Google Search with Vertex AI Salesforce Service Cloud will become more tightly integrated with Google Customer Engagement Suite, bringing enhanced AI-enabled contact center capabilities including real-time … Continue reading Salesforce and Google Bring Gemini to Agentforce, Enable More Customer Choice in Major Partnership Expansion

Impact Newswire27/02/202527/02/2025

Europe

€45 million in EU funding: E.ON, Eldrive and ZSE expand European charging infrastructure for electric trucks and cars

Joint Press release 02/21/2025 A consortium led by E.ON receives €45 million in EU funding to expand charging infrastructure for electric cars and commercial vehicles in Europe. The DRIVE-E project is one of 39 innovative projects lately selected by the European Union to develop alternative fuel infrastructure. It will create a total of 1,400 new public charging points by the end of 2027. This includes … Continue reading €45 million in EU funding: E.ON, Eldrive and ZSE expand European charging infrastructure for electric trucks and cars

Impact Newswire26/02/202526/02/2025

United States

Lambda Raises $480M to Expand AI Cloud Platform

New capital positions Lambda as the leading platform for large-scale AI cloud infrastructure, AI inferencing, and open source AI chat Press Release – February 19, 2025 – SAN JOSE, Calif. – Lambda, the AI Developer Cloud, today announced it has raised a $480 millionSeries D, bringing the total equity capital raised to date to $863 million. The round was co-led by Andra Capital and SGW … Continue reading Lambda Raises $480M to Expand AI Cloud Platform

Impact Newswire19/02/202519/02/2025

United States

ISG to Assess Google Cloud Partner Ecosystem

Upcoming ISG Provider Lens™ reports will study service provider offerings for enabling AI, other workloads on the Google Cloud platform Press Release – February 06, 2025 – STAMFORD, Conn. – Information Services Group (ISG) (Nasdaq: III), a leading global technology research and advisory firm, has launched a research study evaluating service providers supporting enterprise use of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) for AI and other workloads. “The … Continue reading ISG to Assess Google Cloud Partner Ecosystem

Impact Newswire12/02/202512/02/2025