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Insidepacket launches an operator-controlled on-ramp to GPU cloudsThe AI Access Platform is planned for Europe initially with Zayo Europe. It gives operators a marketplace layer for private connectivity to participating compute providers without requiring enterprises to build separate network projects.→HUMAIN and Reflection plan sovereign deployment of open models in Saudi ArabiaThe companies said Reflection’s first generally available model will be made available on HUMAIN infrastructure in the Kingdom after its release later this year. They will also explore model customisation, sovereign neocloud services and the use of HUMAIN compute for future training and inference.→Sharon AI accepts the first phase of a US$950 million Australian AI-cloud contractSharon AI says the acceptance completes a milestone in a five-year agreement with an initial value of about US$950 million and covers NVIDIA GPU clusters across Australian data centres. It also says it has secured 212 MW of AI-factory capacity, including 120 MW under multi-year take-or-pay contracts; the customer and independent contract details were not identified in the release.→Groq raises $350 million as it pivots from AI chips to neocloudGroq raised $350 million at a $3.5 billion valuation, with Disruptive leading and Nvidia planning to participate. The company said it will expand its neocloud capacity from 54 megawatts to more than 200 megawatts in 2027.→