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High-bandwidth memory nearly sold out until 2026

Network World

Basically, this means that demand for HBM exceeds supply for at least a year, and any orders placed now won’t be filled until 2026. Bottom line: Expect a new supply-chain headache thanks to HBM being unavailable until at least 2026. HBM memory is used in GPUs to provide extremely fast memory access, much faster than standard DRAM.

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Gartner: Network automation to increase threefold by 2026

Network World

By 2026, 30% of enterprises will automate more than half of their network activities, according to Gartner. By comparison, less than 10% of enterprises were automating more than half of their network activities in mid-2023.

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Ethernet roadmap: AI drives high-speed, efficient Ethernet networks

Network World

While the IEEE P802.3dj project is working toward defining 200G per lane for Ethernet by late 2026, the industry is (loudly) asking for 400G per lane yesterday, if not sooner, Jones wrote in a recent Ethernet Alliance blog.

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Dubai Police will have its first floating smart police station in 2026

CIO Business Intelligence

Among the most groundbreaking of these projects is the announcement of the Middle Easts first floating Smart Police Station (SPS), set to go live by the end of 2026.

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Equinix to cut 3% of staff amidst the greatest demand for data center infrastructure ever

Network World

The news comes amidst reports that the company also plans to close its infrastructure as a service (IaaS) division Metal in 2026, and in the wake of the appointment of new CEO Adaire Fox-Martin and a shakeup in its C-suite that saw the departures of CIO Milind Wagle and CISO Michael Montoya.

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Equinix to end its bare-metal service

Network World

Hosting and colocation giant Equinix is sunsetting its bare-metal infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offering by June 2026. New features will no longer be added to Equinix Metal , as the service was called.

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Nvidia details its GPU, CPU, and system roadmap for the next three years

Network World

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang shared previously unreleased specifications for its Rubin graphics processing unit (GPU), due in 2026, the Rubin Ultra coming in 2027, and announced the addition of a new GPU called Feynman to the mix for 2028.

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