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Ramon Sanchez Joins Firefly Aerospace as Chief Operating Officer

Sanchez will oversee a broader scope as Firefly’s COO including the company’s day-to-day operations to support company growth

Cedar Park, Texas, December 11, 2025 – Firefly Aerospace (Nasdaq: FLY), a market leading space and defense technology company, announced it has named Ramon Sanchez as its Chief Operating Officer to drive Firefly’s production scaling and operational execution beginning December 22. In this position, Sanchez will be responsible for the company’s day-to-day operations and ensuring Firefly continues to enhance safety, quality, and reliability in production of launch vehicles, lunar landers, and spacecraft product lines to meet customers’ growing demands. Sanchez’s appointment reinforces Firefly’s commitment to operational excellence.

Read full press release: https://fireflyspace.com/news/ramon-sanchez-joins-firefly-aerospace-as-chief-operating-officer/

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Firefly Aerospace Adds Volta’s Wireless Power Receiver to Blue Ghost Mission on Far Side of the Moon

Hosted onboard Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander, Volta’s LightPort will demonstrate technologies to survive the lunar night and support a lunar orbit power grid  

Cedar Park, Texas, December 10, 2025 – Firefly Aerospace (Nasdaq: FLY), a market leading space and defense technology company, today announced a new commercial payload agreement with Volta Space Technologies to host a wireless power receiver on Firefly’s Blue Ghost Mission 2 lander on the far side of the Moon. The payload will serve as a technology demonstration for Volta’s planned lunar power network, called LightGrid.

Read full press release: https://fireflyspace.com/news/firefly-aerospace-adds-voltas-wireless-power-receiver-to-blue-ghost-mission-on-far-side-of-the-moon/

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Vantage Data Centers Appoints Robin Balen as Chief Product Officer to Lead Newly Created Product Organization

Industry innovator with deep data center and hyperscale engineering expertise to shape global product strategy

DENVER (Dec. 4, 2025) – Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, today announced the appointment of Robin Balen as chief product officer (CPO) to lead the company’s recently created product organization. A seasoned technology and business leader with more than 25 years of experience, Balen will spearhead Vantage’s global product vision and roadmap, partnering across regions and functions to accelerate and scale innovation and deliver world-class solutions for hyperscalers and AI-focused customers. He will be based in London and report to Executive Vice President Jeff Tench.

Read full press release: https://vantage-dc.com/news/vantage-data-centers-appoints-robin-balen-as-chief-product-officer-to-lead-newly-created-product-organization/

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Fortanix Teams with HPE and NVIDIA to Embed Confidential Computing in AI Factories

Joint Solution Brings Fortanix’s Armet AI to HPE Private Cloud AI, Co-developed with NVIDIA, to Enable Secure and Scalable Agentic AI From On-prem to Sovereign AI Factories

SANTA CLARA, Calif., December 3, 2025

Fortanix® Inc., a global leader in data security for an AI world, today announced its hyper-secure platform – Armet AI - can be deployed on HPE’s AI solutions, combining secure infrastructure and accelerated computing for scalable, production-ready AI. Global enterprises can leverage HPE ProLiant Compute DL380a Gen12 servers and NVIDIA RTX PRO™ 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs to build and run secure, scalable AI workloads on-premises, in the cloud and in AI factories with confidential computing-enabled security and trust over data, models, and prompts.

Read full press release: https://www.fortanix.com/company/pr/2025/12/fortanix-teams-with-hpe-and-nvidia-to-embed-confidential-computing-in-ai-factories

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Vantage Data Centers Launches Fully Leased 16MW Facility in Kuala Lumpur

Delivers fourth facility on KUL1 campus to meet rising customer demand

DENVER, USA and SINGAPORE (Dec. 3, 2025) – Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, today announced that its fourth facility (KUL14) on the company’s first Cyberjaya campus in Malaysia is now operational, completing the development of the KUL1 campus. The 16MW KUL14 data center is fully leased to a single customer, underscoring strong demand and customer confidence in Vantage’s capabilities and commitment to service excellence.

Read full press release: https://vantage-dc.com/news/vantage-data-centers-launches-fully-leased-16mw-facility-in-kuala-lumpur/

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Fortanix Joins HPE’s Unleash AI Partner Program to Accelerate AI Outcomes with Hyper-Secure, Turnkey Agentic AI Platform Built On NVIDIA Confidential Computing

Enterprises benefit from end-to-end trust, FIPS 140-2 Level 3 Security, and Data Sovereignty Compliance

BARCELONA, November 30, 2025

Fortanix, a global leader in data security for an AI world, today announced it has joined the HPE Unleash AI partner program. Now, customers using HPE’s portfolio of integrated AI solutions can also leverage NVIDIA Confidential Computing and Fortanix Armet AI, a turnkey platform for running secure and sovereign agentic AI in AI factories and highly regulated environments.

Read full press release: https://www.fortanix.com/company/pr/2025/12/fortanix-joins-hpe-unleash-ai-partner-program-to-accelerate-ai-outcomes

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Vantage Data Centers Completes $1.6B Investment in APAC Platform from GIC and ADIA; Closes Acquisition of Yondr’s 300MW+ Hyperscale Campus in Johor, Malaysia

Milestones position Vantage as a leading digital infrastructure provider in APAC with 1GW of operational and planned capacity across the region

DENVER, USA and SINGAPORE (Nov. 23, 2025) – Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, today announced that it has completed a $1.6 billion equity investment into its Asia-Pacific platform led by an affiliate of GIC, a global institutional investor, and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (“ADIA”). Part of this capital was allocated to close the acquisition of Yondr Group’s 300MW+ hyperscale data center campus located in Sedenak Tech Park, Johor, Malaysia.

Read full press release: https://vantage-dc.com/news/vantage-data-centers-completes-1-6b-investment-in-apac-platform-from-gic-and-adia-closes-acquisition-of-yondrs-300mw-hyperscale-campus-in-johor-malaysia/

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Firefly Aerospace Joins Kratos MACH-TB 2.0 Team for Hypersonic Testing

Firefly is partnering with Kratos Defense and Security Solutions as a member of the MACH-TB 2.0 team—an expanding national coalition driving the next era of American hypersonics. As a partner, we’re helping to advance Kratos’ goal of one hypersonic test launch per week, making testing faster, more frequent, and more affordable.

Read full article: https://fireflyspace.com/news/firefly-aerospace-joins-kratos-mach-tb-2-0-team-for-hypersonic-testing/

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Vantage Data Centers Pledges $3M to Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership to Restore Valley Creek Corridor and Advance Water Positivity in Wisconsin

Company supports water revitalization in alignment with local priorities and sustainable commitments to Port Washington community

DENVER (Nov. 20, 2025) – Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, today announced a $3 million funding commitment to support the watershed-scale Valley Creek Corridor Revitalization Project, a transformative environmental initiative in Port Washington, Wisconsin, managed by the Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership (LNRP) and the City of Port Washington. With this investment, Vantage demonstrates its dedication to pursuing water positivity for the recently announced Lighthouse campus, a goal centered on replenishing more water to freshwater sources than the company uses.

Read full press release: https://vantage-dc.com/news/vantage-data-centers-pledges-3m-to-lakeshore-natural-resource-partnership-to-restore-valley-creek-corridor-and-advance-water-positivity-in-wisconsin/

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Fortanix Recognized in Six 2025 Gartner ® Hype Cycles

Built on a modern, software-defined architecture, Fortanix’s next-gen HSM blends the strength of traditional hardware security with cloud-scale agility and unified key management

SANTA CLARA, Calif., November 17, 2025

Fortanix® Inc., a global leader in data security for an AI world, today announced that it has been recognized in six 2025  Gartner Hype Cycle™ reports, including those for Data Security Technologies, Digital Sovereignty, Privacy, Compute, Telco Cloud Services and Emerging Technologies.

Read full press release: https://www.fortanix.com/company/pr/2025/11/fortanix-recognized-in-six-2025-gartner-hype-cycles

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York Space Systems Completes Initial Commissioning of PExT Payload on BARD Mission

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--York Space Systems (York), a modern defense prime built for speed and scale, today announced the successful initial commissioning of the Polylingual Experimental Terminal (PExT) payload aboard the BARD mission, marking a significant step forward in validating the mission’s concept of operations (ConOps) and advancing next-generation wideband space communications capabilities for NASA.

Read full press release: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251110053718/en/York-Space-Systems-Completes-Initial-Commissioning-of-PExT-Payload-on-BARD-Mission

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Vantage Data Centers Invests $2B in Fredericksburg, Virginia, Region to Deliver Fourth Campus in the Commonwealth

Combined, the company’s Virginia footprint will include 782MW of IT capacity to meet accelerating cloud and AI demand from the world’s largest technology companies

DENVER (Nov. 6, 2025) – Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, today announced a major expansion in Virginia with an investment of $2 billion to fuel the development of a 192MW campus (VA4) in the Fredericksburg region. Development of the campus is expected to create 1,100 construction jobs and at least 50 permanent operations jobs. This campus is Vantage’s fourth in Virginia and brings the company’s statewide capacity to 782MW with a combined investment of approximately $8 billion.

Read full press release: https://vantage-dc.com/news/vantage-data-centers-invests-2b-in-fredericksburg-virginia-region-to-deliver-fourth-campus-in-the-commonwealth/

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Firefly Aerospace Closes Acquisition of SciTec National Security Technology Company

Acquisition accelerates Firefly’s strategic growth plan, adding mission-proven defense software, big data processing, and state-of-the-art classified facilities 

CEDAR PARK, Texas, November 5, 2025Firefly Aerospace (Nasdaq: FLY), a market leading space and defense technology company, today announced the successful completion of its acquisition of SciTec, Inc., a leader in advanced national security technologies. The purchase price consisted of a combination of cash and Firefly common stock paid to SciTec owners for the acquisition, which was first announced on October 5.  

Read full press release: https://fireflyspace.com/news/firefly-aerospace-closes-acquisition-of-scitec-national-security-technology-company/

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Vantage Data Centers Names Christophe Strauven Chief Commercial Officer, North America

Digital infrastructure veteran appointed to further scale commercial strategy for North America’s fastest growing data center company

DENVER (Nov. 5, 2025) – Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, today announced the appointment of Christophe Strauven as chief commercial officer (CCO) for North America. Strauven will oversee the region’s commercial strategy, including capital allocation, partnerships, commercial deal structuring and portfolio management, reinforcing Vantage’s continued growth and leadership in the digital infrastructure sector.

Read full press release: https://vantage-dc.com/news/vantage-data-centers-names-christophe-strauven-chief-commercial-officer-north-america/

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Vantage Data Centers and Wisconsin Building Trades Council Partner to Build Port Washington Data Center Development

Once-in-a-generation $15B investment positions Wisconsin to be a global hub for sustainable AI digital infrastructure – built with union workers

DENVER (Oct. 30, 2025)Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, and the Wisconsin Building Trades Council, a unifying voice for 40,000 union workers, today announced a joint pledge to partner to build the previously announced Lighthouse data center campus in Port Washington, Wisconsin. This $15 billion-plus, privately funded investment will require a peak workforce of more than 4,000 skilled construction workers over a three-year period and will rely on local union labor to the fullest extent possible.

Read full press release: https://vantage-dc.com/news/vantage-data-centers-and-wisconsin-building-trades-council-partner-to-build-port-washington-data-center-development/

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Fortanix Brings Secure and Trusted Agentic AI to Cutting-Edge NVIDIA Confidential Computing GPUs

New Turnkey Platform Enables Enterprises to Run AI On Sensitive Data with Verifiable Trust and Compliance

SANTA CLARA, Calif.,, October 27, 2025

Fortanix® Inc., a global leader in data security for an AI world, today announced a joint solution with NVIDIA, to deliver a turnkey, on-premises platform for running secure and sovereign, agentic AI in AI Factories and highly regulated environments. With a confidential AI pipeline, composite attestation, and HSM-gated key release, enterprises can now innovate securely while knowing their sensitive data, models and workflows are protected.

Read full press release: https://www.fortanix.com/company/pr/2025/10/fortanix-brings-secure-and-trusted-agentic-ai-to-cutting-edge-nvidia-confidential-computing-gpus

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OpenAI, Oracle and Vantage Data Centers Announce Stargate Data Center Site in Wisconsin

Vantage’s $15B+ investment in Port Washington represents the future of sustainable digital infrastructure with zero-emission energy resources, minimum water usage and billions in regional economic growth

DENVER (Oct. 22, 2025) – OpenAI, Oracle and Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, today announced plans to develop a data center campus outside Milwaukee in Port Washington, Wisconsin. The new campus is part of OpenAI and Oracle’s previously announced partnership to invest up to 4.5 gigawatts of additional Stargate capacity and is the Midwest site that was recently announced as part of OpenAI’s Stargate expansion.

Read full press release: https://vantage-dc.com/news/openai-oracle-and-vantage-data-centers-announce-stargate-data-center-site-in-wisconsin/

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York Space Systems Delivers 21 Spacecraft For SDA’s Transport Layer

York Space Systems has delivered 21 satellites ahead of the first launch of the U.S. Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer, the company announced Aug. 25. The Denver-based company is one of several industry partners building satellites for the SDA’s proliferated warfighter space...

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Vantage Data Centers Expands European Footprint with Second Italian Campus

State-of-the-art, sustainable Milan campus to deliver 32MW of IT capacity for digital transformation; company’s developments recognized by the Italian government as national strategic investments

DENVER, USA and LUXEMBOURG (Oct. 15, 2025) – Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, today announced the expansion of its Italian footprint to include a second campus in Milan. With an investment of more than €350 million (approximately $407 million USD), the MXP2 campus is designed to support the growing demand for high-performance, scalable digital infrastructure in the country.

Read full press release: https://vantage-dc.com/news/vantage-data-centers-expands-european-footprint-with-second-italian-campus/

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NTT DATA and Fortanix Announce Global Partnership to Strengthen Security in the AI and Post-Quantum Era

New Cryptography-as-a-Service offering equips enterprises to combat today’s cybersecurity threats and prepare for tomorrow’s quantum risks. • Collaboration delivers unified encryption, compliance and data protection across AI, hybrid and multicloud environments.

LONDON and SANTA CLARA, Calif., October 13, 2025

NTT DATA, a global leader in digital business and technology services, and Fortanix® Inc., a global leader in data security for an AI world, today announced a global partnership to help enterprises safeguard sensitive data, counter emerging AI threats and prepare for looming post-quantum cryptography challenges.

Read full press release: https://www.fortanix.com/company/pr/2025/10/ntt-data-and-fortanix-announce-global-partnership-to-strengthen-security-in-the-ai-and-post-quantum-era

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