China has launched what state media described as the world’s first prefabricated computing-power hub, a modular power system designed to shorten data-center construction times and reduce land and infrastructure costs as demand for computing capacity rises.

NTT plans to establish an investment fund of more than JPY70 billion (approx. US$440 million), with major South Korean and Taiwanese partners to accelerate the international expansion of IOWN, its next-generation communications platform based on optical technology, Yomiuri reported.