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Firefly Awarded $177 Million NASA Contract for Mission to the Moon’s South Pole
Company’s fourth lunar mission and fifth NASA CLPS award utilizes Firefly’s Elytra orbital vehicle and Blue Ghost lunar lander to operate two rovers and three scientific instruments
Cedar Park, Texas, July 29, 2025 – Firefly Aerospace, a market leading space and defense technology company, was awarded a $176.7 million NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contract to deliver five NASA-sponsored payloads to the Moon’s south pole in 2029. The mission will utilize Firefly’s Elytra orbital vehicle and Blue Ghost lunar lander to enable payload operations that include evaluating the Moon’s south pole resources, such as hydrogen, water, and other minerals, and studying the radiation and thermal environment that could affect future astronauts and lunar infrastructure.
Read full press release: https://fireflyspace.com/news/firefly-awarded-177-million-nasa-contract-for-mission-to-the-moons-south-pole/
Firefly Aerospace Announces Launch of Initial Public Offering
Cedar Park, Texas, July 28, 2025 – Firefly Aerospace, a market leading space and defense technology company, today announced that it has launched the roadshow for its proposed initial public offering of 16,200,000 shares of its common stock. In addition, Firefly intends to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase an additional 2,430,000 shares of its common stock at the initial public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions. The initial public offering price is expected to be between $35.00 and $39.00 per share.
Read full press release: https://fireflyspace.com/news/firefly-aerospace-announces-launch-of-initial-public-offering/
Vantage Data Centers president and CEO, Sureel Choksi, has been shortlisted for The Tech Capital’s CEO 50 list
July 21, 2025 - Vantage Data Centers: We’re honored to share that our own Sureel Choksi, president and CEO, has been shortlisted for The Tech Capital’s CEO 50 list, which recognizes the top chief executives in the global digital infrastructure sector.
This acknowledgment is a testament to Sureel’s exceptional leadership, strategic vision and continued contributions to the industry.
Congratulations to Sureel on this well-deserved recognition.
Vantage Data Centers Invests $3 Billion to Deliver AI Campus in Growing Nevada Market
Strategic investment will meet critical customer demand for AI capacity and marks Vantage’s eighth market in the company’s rapidly growing North American hyperscale portfolio
DENVER (July 15, 2025) – Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, today announced its entry into the Nevada market with a 224MW campus (NV1) in Storey County just outside of Reno. Nearly $3 billion will be invested in the project, with more than 1,200 individuals employed across the construction and ongoing operations of the campus. Entry into Vantage’s eighth North American market signals the company’s pursuit of strategic opportunities outside of Tier I locations as it joins major technology juggernauts Google, Apple and Microsoft in the growing region.
Read full press release: https://vantage-dc.com/news/vantage-data-centers-invests-3-billion-to-deliver-ai-campus-in-growing-nevada-market/
Firefly Aerospace Files Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public Offering
Cedar Park, Texas, July 11, 2025 – Firefly Aerospace, a market leading space and defense technology company, today announced its filing of a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed initial public offering of shares of its common stock. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the proposed offering have not yet been determined.
Firefly intends to list its common stock on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker symbol “FLY.”
Read full press release: https://fireflyspace.com/news/firefly-aerospace-files-registration-statement-for-proposed-initial-public-offering/
SSC and Firefly Progress Towards Orbital Launch from Esrange Following TSA Signing Between Sweden and the U.S.
Cedar Park, Texas, June 25, 2025 – Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) and Firefly Aerospace are moving closer to a historic first satellite launch from Esrange Space Center in Kiruna, Sweden, following a Technology Safeguards Agreement (TSA) that was signed between Sweden and the United States on June 20.
Read full press release: https://fireflyspace.com/news/ssc-and-firefly-progress-towards-orbital-launch-from-esrange-following-tsa-signing-between-sweden-and-the-u-s/
Fortanix Announces PQC Central to Accelerate Post-Quantum Readiness
New feature helps organizations discover quantum risk, assess readiness, and prioritize threats to build a PQC-ready roadmap
SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 24, 2025
Fortanix® Inc., a global leader in data-first cybersecurity and a Confidential Computing pioneer, today announced PQC Central, a new feature in the Fortanix Key Insight that reframes how enterprises approach the post-quantum cryptography (PQC) challenge. As quantum computing advances, enterprises face unprecedented security challenges that threaten current cryptographic standards and demand proactive adaptation—organizations must act now to protect their data and infrastructure.
Read full press release: https://www.fortanix.com/company/pr/2025/06/fortanix-announces-pqc-central-to-accelerate-post-quantum-readiness
Vantage Data Centers Completes Industry’s First Euro-Based Data Center Asset-Backed Securitization (ABS) with €640M Transaction
ncremental green financing will drive continued, sustainable developments across the refinanced portfolio
DENVER, USA and LUXEMBOURG (June 9, 2025) – Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, today announced it has raised €640 million in securitized term notes, marking the first-ever euro-based securitization of data center assets in Continental Europe. The transaction includes an additional €80 million in unfunded Variable Funding Notes. The Class A-2 Notes are rated A-, and the Class B Notes are rated BBB- by Standard & Poor’s and Scope Ratings. This transaction follows Vantage’s success last year with the first-ever EMEA data center ABS completed in British pound sterling.
Read full press release: https://vantage-dc.com/news/vantage-data-centers-completes-industrys-first-euro-based-data-center-asset-backed-securitization-abs-with-e640m-transaction/
Vantage Data Centers Secures $5B in Incremental Green Loan Financings to Support Demand for North America Platform
$2.25B construction loan for Ohio campus and $2.75B corporate facility upsize underpin rapid growth fueled by cloud and AI requirements
DENVER (June 3, 2025) – Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, today announced it has secured $5 billion in incremental green loan financings to meet continued demand. The capital includes a $2.25 billion financing to fully fund construction of the company’s New Albany, Ohio, campus and a $2.75 billion upsizing of an existing $3 billion 2024 borrowing base loan. These transactions combined give Vantage a total of $8 billion for the ongoing expansion of its North America platform.
Read full press release: https://vantage-dc.com/news/vantage-data-centers-secures-5b-in-incremental-green-loan-financings-to-support-demand-for-north-america-platform/
Vantage Data Centers Names Ophir Rahmani Chief Operating Officer, North America
Industry veteran to lead operations strategy amid rapid growth
DENVER (May 29, 2025) – Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, today announced the appointment of Ophir Rahmani as chief operating officer for North America. In his new role, Rahmani will spearhead operations, leading the teams responsible for delivering technical solutions, reliability and customer experience across the company’s rapidly expanding fleet of cloud and AI data centers in the United States and Canada.
Read full press release: https://vantage-dc.com/news/vantage-data-centers-names-ophir-rahmani-chief-operating-officer-north-america/
Federated Wireless Achieves 100 Percent CBRS Uptime: Zero Outages, Zero Interference in 2024 and into 2025
Milestone Validates CBRS as a Telco-Grade Wireless Option, Driving Confidence in Shared Spectrum at Scale
ARLINGTON, VA., May 15, 2025 – Federated Wireless, the global leader in spectrum management and shared spectrum services, has achieved a major milestone in CBRS network reliability, delivering 100% spectrum availability and interference-free operation in 2024 through March of 2025. This industry-first achievement marks a turning point for shared spectrum, demonstrating the feasibility of CBRS as a robust, scalable, and interference-free connectivity solution for enterprises, service providers, and operators nationwide.
Read full press release: https://www.federatedwireless.com/news/federated-wireless-achieves-100-percent-cbrs-uptime-zero-outages-zero-interference-in-2024-and-into-2025/
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Deploys Outdoor Wi-Fi 6E at Notre Dame Stadium and Pilots Private 5G for Connectivity Everywhere with HPE Aruba Networking
HOUSTON – April 30, 2025 – Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) has deployed a Wi-Fi 6E solution from HPE Aruba Networking at Notre Dame Stadium, the 80,000-seat iconic home of the University of Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish football team, making it the first higher education stadium to deploy the Federal Communications Commission’s newly-approved 6 GHz spectrum outdoors. The multi-phase wireless-first initiative, which is bringing Wi-Fi 6E to indoor and outdoor spaces institution-wide, also includes a private 5G (P5G) pilot in conjunction with the Notre Dame Wireless Institute to explore opportunities for improving cellular experiences across campus for users and devices.
Read full press release: https://www.federatedwireless.com/news/hewlett-packard-enterprise-deploys-outdoor-wi-fi-6e-at-notre-dame-stadium-and-pilots-private-5g-for-connectivity-everywhere-with-hpe-aruba-networking/
Fortanix Previewing Armet AI at the RSA Conference 2025, Delivering Comprehensive Data and Model Security Across the AI Lifecycle
RSA Attendees to Get an Exclusive First Look at the New Standard for Managing Data Exposure in GenAI Applications for Enterprises
SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 23, 2025
Fortanix® Inc., a global leader in data-first cybersecurity and a Confidential Computing pioneer, today announced its plans to publicly preview Fortanix Armet AI at the RSA Conference 2025 in San Francisco. The solution addresses a critical enterprise concern: the risk of exposing highly sensitive data when using off-the-shelf AI tools.
Read full press release: https://www.fortanix.com/company/pr/2025/04/fortanix-at-rsa-2025-to-deliver-data-and-model-security-across-ai-lifecycle
Unleashing the Next Frontier of Enterprise AI: Introducing ModelMesh™ Dock & InterLock and Our A2A Partnership With GooglePublished - 9 April 2025
9 April 2025
Today marks an exciting milestone in Articul8’s journey to accelerate Generative AI adoption in the enterprise. We’re proud to unveil ModelMesh™ Dock & InterLock -- powerful new features that supercharge connectivity and interoperability across our platform -- and announce our collaboration as a launch partner for Google’s groundbreaking Agent-to-Agent (A2A) interoperability protocol.
At Articul8, we’ve always envisioned ModelMesh™ as an autonomous ‘Agent-of-Agents,’ purpose-built to intelligently manage a diverse system of models deployed as decision and action nodes. It intelligently coordinates specialized and general-purpose models, dynamically orchestrating their interactions in real-time to optimize resource usage and deliver precise, contextually relevant outcomes tailored for enterprises.
Read full article: https://articul8.ai/news/unleashing-the-next-frontier-of-enterprise-ai-introducing-model-mesh-dock-and-inter-lock-and-our-a2-a-partnership-with-google
Fortanix Armet AI Enables Enterprises to Create Secure and Compliant Custom GenAI Applications to Mitigate Data Exposure Risk
Built on Intel Confidential Computing and Intel Tiber Trust Authority, Armet AI Provides End-to-End Data and AI Pipeline Security
SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 7, 2025
Fortanix® Inc., a leader in data-first cybersecurity and a Confidential Computing pioneer, today announced the public preview of Fortanix Armet AI. Today, it’s imperative for organizations to take advantage of generative AI (GenAI) technology, but most organizations don't view off-the-shelf solutions as a viable option due to the risk of security failures that expose sensitive data and intellectual property, malicious tampering that undermines AI trustworthiness, and limited datasets that produce inaccurate outputs. Do-it-yourself solutions can also be complex, costly, and resource-intensive—on average it can take more than 8.5 months for an enterprise to build a GenAI solution, with upfront costs reaching as high as $20 million, according to Gartner®.
Read full press release: https://www.fortanix.com/company/pr/2025/04/fortanix-armet-ai-enables-enterprises-to-create-secure-and-compliant-custom-gen-ai-applications-to-mitigate-data-exposure-risk
Vantage Data Centers Launches Inaugural Safety Summit for Industry Leaders, Safety Professionals and Key Stakeholders
DENVER (March 27, 2025) – Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, today announced its first-ever safety summit designed to bring together industry leaders, safety professionals and key stakeholders to discuss best practices, innovations and strategies for an elite safety culture.
Read full press release: https://vantage-dc.com/news/vantage-data-centers-launches-inaugural-safety-summit-for-industry-leaders-safety-professionals-and-key-stakeholders/
EPRI Launches Open Power AI Consortium to Transform the Future of Energy, with NVIDIA and Articul8 Accelerating AI Adoption
20 March 2025
The power and utilities sector keeps the lights on for the world’s populations and industries. As the global energy landscape evolves, so must the tools it relies on.
To advance the next generation of electricity generation and distribution, many of the industry’s members are joining forces through the creation of the Open Power AI Consortium. The consortium includes energy companies, technology companies and researchers developing AI applications to tackle domain-specific challenges, such as adapting to an increased deployment of distributed energy resources and significant load growth on electric grids.
Read full article: https://articul8.ai/news/epri-launches-open-power-ai-consortium-to-transform-the-future-of-energy-with-nvidia-and-articul8-accelerating-ai-adoption
Vantage Data Centers Invests $500 Million CAD to Drive Economic Growth, Sustainability and Innovation in Quebec
Incremental investment brings cumulative total to $2.5 billion CAD to fuel cutting-edge technology, job opportunities and environmental advancements in the Quebec region
DENVER, USA and QUEBEC CITY, CANADA (Feb. 27, 2025) – Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, announced today a $500 million CAD (more than $350 million USD) investment to further expand its footprint in Canada. The investment will fuel the development of QC24, the fourth and final facility on the company’s growing Quebec City campus. QC24 will deliver an additional 32MW of IT capacity, bringing the four-data-center campus to a total of 86MW, strengthening the Capitale-Nationale region’s digital infrastructure and supporting its rapidly growing economy.
Read full press release: https://vantage-dc.com/news/vantage-data-centers-invests-500-million-cad-to-drive-economic-growth-sustainability-and-innovation-in-quebec/
Fortanix Enhances Data-First Security Platform to Secure Against Escalating AI and Quantum Computing Threats
New discover, assess, and remediate capabilities include the latest NIST quantum-resistant algorithms as promoted by the National Security Agency (NSA) to enhance data encryption and key management
SANTA CLARA, Calif.,, February 25, 2025
Fortanix, Inc., the leader in data-first cybersecurity and a Confidential Computing pioneer, today announced new capabilities to its data encryption and key management platform. Even as organizations struggle to manage the rising costs and complexity of data security, advances in AI and quantum computing will render current protections obsolete. Quantum computers will be able to break most widely used public key cryptographic algorithms, putting long-term sensitive data at risk, and recent innovations in the field signal it could happen sooner than expected—customer information, PII, employee records, proprietary company and product details—is vulnerable. For example, encrypted data is being stolen today with the intent to decrypt it in the future, once quantum computing becomes available.
Read full press release: https://www.fortanix.com/company/pr/2025/02/fortanix-enhances-data-first-security-platform-to-secure-against-escalating-ai-and-quantum-computing-threats
Fortanix Releases 2025 GenAI Data Security Report: Majority of Enterprises Under Pressure to Deploy AI Solutions, Escalating Data Security Risks
Survey of 1,000 Executives Reveals 97% of Companies Block or Restrict GenAI Usage, Yet 64% Respondents Access AI Tools via Personal Email
SANTA CLARA, Calif., February 17, 2025
Fortanix, Inc., the leader in data-first cybersecurity and a Confidential Computing pioneer, today announced its 2025 State of Data Security in GenAI Report, which reveals key insights around GenAI usage, organizational deployment plans, and data security risks. Of those surveyed, 97% said their company plans to either buy or build a GenAI solution to automate business processes or create new revenue streams. At the same time, 87% of security executives reported a breach in the past 12 months. Organizations must ultimately secure data across multiple owners, applications, environments, and geographies. While encryption is the last line of defense, and a compliance and regulatory necessity, traditional security tools are outdated, designed for a world that no longer exists.
Read full press release: https://www.fortanix.com/company/pr/2025/02/fortanix-releases-2025-genai-data-security-report