– The new high-capacity, high-performance storage is purpose-built for the demands of modern AI-enabled surveillance systems – 

TAIPEI, Nov. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Toshiba Electronic Components Taiwan Corporation (Toshiba) has introduced S300 AI, a new generation of surveillance hard disk drives (HDDs) engineered for the requirements of modern artificial intelligence (AI) driven video applications. Purpose-built for high-resolution video capture, analysis, and storage, S300 AI delivers higher capacities, enhanced performance, and enterprise-grade durability to meet the demands of AI surveillance workloads.

Available in capacities from 8TB^[1] to 24TB, S300 AI supports large-scale, continuous recording and retention for AI video analytics servers and storage, centralised surveillance data storage systems, video archive and recovery infrastructure, and multi-bay Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) setups. This combination of scale, speed, and endurance makes it an effective solution for storing and processing the vast volumes of video and analytical data generated by AI-enabled surveillance systems.

“The surveillance market is rapidly evolving, with AI analytics driving new requirements for storage performance, capacity, and reliability,” said Noriaki Katakura, Division President, Storage Products Division, Toshiba Electronic Components Taiwan Corporation. “With S300 AI, Toshiba continues to expand and tailor its HDD range to meet these demands — delivering higher capacities, enhanced performance, and enterprise-grade durability purpose-built for AI workloads.”

Optimised Performance for AI Workloads

S300 AI is tuned to handle the additional random access introduced by AI workloads, ensuring rapid video data retrieval for precise real-time AI analytics and insights.

High Scalability for Modern Surveillance

S300 AI supports up to 64 high-resolution camera streams^[2] and up to an additional 32 AI streams, enabling easy scaling to meet evolving AI-driven surveillance requirements. Its large capacities and optimised design make it a fitting choice for continuous recording across a wide range of commercial and infrastructure sectors, including transportation, manufacturing, smart city projects, healthcare and nursing care, finance, and logistics.

Enterprise-grade Reliability

With an annual workload rating of 550TB^[3] and a mean time to failure (MTTF) of up to 2.5 million hours^[4], S300 AI is built to operate 24/7 in mission-critical environments. Furthermore, Toshiba backs the hard disk drives with a 5-year limited warranty, underscoring their durability and their suitability for the most demanding surveillance applications.

The 8TB and 10TB capacities of S300 AI will be available starting this month, with 14TB, 16TB, 18TB, 20TB, 22TB, and 24TB capacities following in Q1 2026^[5].

For more information about the next-generation Toshiba S300 AI Surveillance Series, please visit:
https://toshiba.semicon-storage.com/ap-en/storage/product/internal-specialty/surveillance/articles/s300-ai.html

For more information on Toshiba’s full line of HDD storage products, please visit:
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^[1]Definition of capacity: Toshiba defines a megabyte (MB) as 1 000 000 bytes, a gigabyte (GB) as 1 000 000 000 bytes and a terabyte (TB) as 1 000 000 000 000 bytes. A computer operating system, however, reports storage capacity using powers of two for the definition of 1GB = 2³⁰ = 1 073 741 824 bytes and therefore shows less storage capacity. Available storage capacity (including examples of various media files) will vary based on file size, formatting, settings, software and operating system, such as Microsoft Operating System and/or pre-installed software applications, or media content. Actual formatted capacity may vary.

^[2]Number of surveillance cameras support capability is defined by performance simulation with high-definition cameras at 10Mbit/s rate. Actual results may vary based on various factors, including the types of cameras installed, the system’s hardware and software capabilities, the video compression technology used, and system variables such as resolution, frames per second, and other settings.

^[3]Workload is a measure of the data throughout of the year, and it is defined as the amount of data written, read or verified by commands from the host system.

^[4]MTTF/MTBF (Mean Time to Failure/Mean Time Between Failures) is not a guarantee or estimate of product life; it is a statistical value related to mean failure rates for a large number of products which may not accurately reflect actual operation. The actual operating life of the product may be different from the MTTF/MTBF.

^[5]This sample may differ in specifications from the mass-produced version.

* Information in this document, including product prices and specifications, content of services and contact information, is current and believed to be accurate as of the date of the announcement, but is subject to change without prior notice.

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About Toshiba Electronic Components Taiwan Corporation (“TET”)
TET is responsible for the sales and marketing promotion and support of Toshiba hard disk drives and External HDDs in Taiwan, China and Southeast Asian countries. TET is the best partner to Enterprise server, storage and notebook computers, and its mission is to offer the best service and products embodying the highest quality and most leading-edge technology. For more information:
http://toshiba.semicon-storage.com/ap-en/product/storage-products.html

About Toshiba Electronics Asia Singapore (“TEA”)
TEA is under Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation, a subsidiary of Toshiba Corporation; founded in 1990, is responsible for the sales, marketing and services for Toshiba’s storage solutions in Asia Pacific which includes the Canvio Portable External Hard Drives and Internal Hard Drives. Its mission is to offer the best services and products that embody the highest quality and cutting-edge technology. Visit us at: https://toshiba.semicon-storage.com/ap-en/storage.html

CHICAGO, Nov. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — LanzaJet, Inc., a leading next-gen fuels technology company and producer of sustainable fuels, has recently awarded the Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) for Project Speedbird to Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR). 

Developed with support from British Airways, LanzaJet’s Project Speedbird is a commercial scale ethanol-to-SAF facility to be located in Teesside, UK, which will produce over 90,000 tonnes (30 million gallons) of SAF and renewable diesel annually, reducing British Airways’ CO₂ emissions by approximately 230,000 tonnes per year—equivalent to 26,000 British Airways domestic flights.

“Project Speedbird is the next commercial scale facility in our portfolio that LanzaJet is developing, working closely with British Airways. It is an important step in the continued scale-up of our leading sustainable fuels technology,” said Jimmy Samartzis, CEO of LanzaJet. “Partnering with the globally recognized engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) company Fluor Corporation shows our commitment to the highest standards in project execution.”

The project is expected to bring significant opportunities for the North East region and create hundreds of jobs through construction to operation, was recently awarded £10 million ($13 million) by the U.K. Government through its Advanced Fuels Fund.

“Project Speedbird marks a pivotal advancement in the global effort to decarbonize aviation,” said Mike Alexander, Group President, Project Execution, Fluor Corporation “By accelerating the adoption of sustainable fuel technologies, this project will help redefine the future of flight. Fluor is proud to bring our engineering and design expertise to this visionary initiative.”

Project Speedbird is set to transform the aviation sector by producing SAF from low-carbon ethanol using LanzaJet’s patented and fully integrated Alcohol-to-Jet (ATJ) technology solution. The LanzaJet ATJ solution is deployed at commercial scale at LanzaJet’s Freedom Pines Fuels facility in Georgia, USA.

About LanzaJet
LanzaJet is a leading alternative fuels technology provider with patented ethanol-based alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) technology. LanzaJet is impacting economic development, energy security, decarbonization, and national security by accelerating the production and deployment of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and other alternative fuels. LanzaJet is supported by investors and funders including Airbus, ANA, Breakthrough Energy, British Airways, Groupe ADP, Microsoft, Mitsui, MUFG, LanzaTech, Shell, Southwest Airlines, Suncor, the US Department of Energy, and the UK Department for Transport. Last year, LanzaJet was named a TIME100 Most Influential Company, a Rising Star Company of the Year by S&P Global, and one of MIT’s 15 Climate Tech Companies to Watch in 2024. Further information is available at: https://www.lanzajet.com/. 

HONG KONG, Nov. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Bayes Market, the prediction platform launched in June 2025, today announced a major upgrade designed to usher in a new era of economic intelligence. The upgrade enhances Bayes Market’s trading architecture, data integrity, and global event coverage, advancing its mission to turn uncertainty into actionable insight.

At the core of the update is the introduction of its native stablecoin — BYUSD, a unified value system that streamlines how users participate and engage with the platform. The new model simplifies transactions, ensures price transparency, and provides a consistent foundation for both trading and rewards. Existing users will be able to unlock their rewards through the BYUSD conversion process, further aligning platform growth with tangible user value.

Bayes Market has also transitioned to a central limit order book (CLOB) structure, bringing institutional-grade precision to the prediction market space. This upgrade improves price discovery, enhances liquidity, and supports a wider range of trading strategies. It provides professional traders and analysts with an advanced infrastructure for data-driven participation and more efficient capital deployment.

Despite these technical advances, Bayes Market’s core mission remains unchanged: hedge every uncertainty. The platform enables individuals, analysts, and institutions to interpret and price outcomes across economic, political, and social dimensions — transforming volatility into measurable understanding and insight.

This commitment is grounded in the team’s belief that prediction markets carry real economic and social value — not only as trading tools, but as systems that quantify expectations and make sense of uncertainty, revealing how societies think, adapt, and anticipate change.

Bayes Market has expanded beyond U.S.-centric events to include Asia-focused and regional markets, where shifts in policy, innovation, and capital flow increasingly shape global dynamics. By localizing events and capturing diverse market signals, Bayes Market ensures that prediction data reflects the realities driving global change. Connecting financial indicators, policy signals, and market sentiment, Bayes Market is building a live, data-driven model of how the world evolves — a framework for insight that transcends borders and disciplines.

Bayes Market’s upgrade reinforces its vision to move the industry forward — transforming prediction markets into essential infrastructure for economic understanding.

Planned three new hyperscale data centres and innovation hub with power secured

LONDON, Nov. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Colt Data Centre Services (Colt DCS), a leading global provider of AI, hyperscale, and large enterprise data centres, has announced that it has received committee approval (Resolution to Grant) from Hillingdon Council to expand its Hayes Digital Park campus in West London with three new hyperscale data centres and an Innovation Hub. The £2.5 billion investment will strengthen the UK’s digital infrastructure, support the government’s modern industrial strategy, and help drive the nation’s growing AI economy.

The three new hyperscale data centres, London 6, 7, & 8, will be powered using 100% renewable energy through a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). Power contracts for this development have been secured with National Grid and a high voltage supply is due to be delivered by October 2027. The expansion will add an additional 97MW to the available IT power at the Hayes Digital Park, taking the total capacity to 160MW. Construction is expected to start in mid-2026, with the first data centre (London 6) scheduled to go live in early 2029. Once operational, the new facilities will create over 500 permanent jobs, training more than 50 technical apprentices over a ten-year build programme.

In addition to the data centres, Colt DCS will develop an Innovation Hub in partnership with Brunel University, designed to serve as a community space and incubator for digital start-ups. The hub will promote economic synergy by co-locating light-industrial and digital innovation businesses, creating opportunities for collaboration, research, and skills development within an affordable workspace. Students from Brunel University will be encouraged to use the hub to develop entrepreneurial projects and technology-led ventures to support the digital economy.

AECOM has been appointed to develop the design proposals for the Innovation Hub. The facility aims to act as a base for innovation and community engagement, with flexible space for future industrial use, in line with planning policy for Strategic Industrial Land. It will also provide social value by hosting local events themed around culture, food, film, music, and literature.

The new development will also deliver a district heating network, using waste heat from the data centres to support local businesses, communities, and residential buildings. Under the planning permission, back-up generators will only be permitted to operate for a maximum of 15 hours per year, with the data centres powered directly from the national grid.

“This announcement marks another important milestone for the UK’s digital economy,” said Xavier Matagne, Chief Real Estate Officer at Colt DCS. “Data centres are a cornerstone of digital transformation. With this expansion, we can help power innovation, support the AI revolution, and contribute to the energy transition.”

“Our new campus in Hayes, including the Innovation Hub in partnership with Brunel University, will drive community value, from reusing heat for district heating to creating jobs, skills, and long-term investment. As one of the few operators capable of delivering new capacity in this area of London over the next decade, we’re proud to be helping power the UK’s future economy in a sustainable and inclusive way,” Matagne continued.

Cllr Steve Tuckwell, Hillingdon Council’s Cabinet Member for Planning, Housing and Growth, said: “Hillingdon is open for business, and we’re working closely with our business community, new and existing investors and partners to drive innovation and development in the right places.

“The innovation hub is an exciting new development that will help to foster economic growth. It will help to equip residents and smaller local businesses with the right skills, affordable workspaces, and opportunities to thrive.

“Hayes is playing a leading role in shaping London’s digital economy and infrastructure and it’s vital local people have more opportunities to experience the benefits.”

About Colt DCS

We design, build and operate data centres for global hyperscalers and large enterprises. Our global portfolio includes 13 operational data centres, with an additional 19 in development across 11 cities in the UK, Europe, and the APAC region. We enable our customers to effectively plan for the growth of their business while also providing them with peace of mind. We provide secure, resilient, well-connected infrastructure with planned future capacity growth potential. We have over 25 years of experience in the data centre industry, delivering on our vision of being the most trusted and customer-centric data centre operator in the market. We put the environment at the heart of everything we do by recognising this as a fundamental responsibility towards our planet. That’s why we’re taking ownership to reduce our environmental impact globally and make sustainability a key strategic driver. As part of our sustainability planning, Colt DCS has set comprehensive near-and long-term Science Based Targets to cut our emissions in line with the SBTi’s latest Net Zero Standard.

https://www.coltdatacentres.net 

Planned three new hyperscale data centres and innovation hub with power secured

LONDON, Nov. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Colt Data Centre Services (Colt DCS), a leading global provider of AI, hyperscale, and large enterprise data centres, has announced that it has received committee approval (Resolution to Grant) from Hillingdon Council to expand its Hayes Digital Park campus in West London with three new hyperscale data centres and an Innovation Hub. The £2.5 billion investment will strengthen the UK’s digital infrastructure, support the government’s modern industrial strategy, and help drive the nation’s growing AI economy.

The three new hyperscale data centres, London 6, 7, & 8, will be powered using 100% renewable energy through a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). Power contracts for this development have been secured with National Grid and a high voltage supply is due to be delivered by October 2027. The expansion will add an additional 97MW to the available IT power at the Hayes Digital Park, taking the total capacity to 160MW. Construction is expected to start in mid-2026, with the first data centre (London 6) scheduled to go live in early 2029. Once operational, the new facilities will create over 500 permanent jobs, training more than 50 technical apprentices over a ten-year build programme.

In addition to the data centres, Colt DCS will develop an Innovation Hub in partnership with Brunel University, designed to serve as a community space and incubator for digital start-ups. The hub will promote economic synergy by co-locating light-industrial and digital innovation businesses, creating opportunities for collaboration, research, and skills development within an affordable workspace. Students from Brunel University will be encouraged to use the hub to develop entrepreneurial projects and technology-led ventures to support the digital economy.

AECOM has been appointed to develop the design proposals for the Innovation Hub. The facility aims to act as a base for innovation and community engagement, with flexible space for future industrial use, in line with planning policy for Strategic Industrial Land. It will also provide social value by hosting local events themed around culture, food, film, music, and literature.

The new development will also deliver a district heating network, using waste heat from the data centres to support local businesses, communities, and residential buildings. Under the planning permission, back-up generators will only be permitted to operate for a maximum of 15 hours per year, with the data centres powered directly from the national grid.

“This announcement marks another important milestone for the UK’s digital economy,” said Xavier Matagne, Chief Real Estate Officer at Colt DCS. “Data centres are a cornerstone of digital transformation. With this expansion, we can help power innovation, support the AI revolution, and contribute to the energy transition.”

“Our new campus in Hayes, including the Innovation Hub in partnership with Brunel University, will drive community value, from reusing heat for district heating to creating jobs, skills, and long-term investment. As one of the few operators capable of delivering new capacity in this area of London over the next decade, we’re proud to be helping power the UK’s future economy in a sustainable and inclusive way,” Matagne continued.

Cllr Steve Tuckwell, Hillingdon Council’s Cabinet Member for Planning, Housing and Growth, said: “Hillingdon is open for business, and we’re working closely with our business community, new and existing investors and partners to drive innovation and development in the right places.

“The innovation hub is an exciting new development that will help to foster economic growth. It will help to equip residents and smaller local businesses with the right skills, affordable workspaces, and opportunities to thrive.

“Hayes is playing a leading role in shaping London’s digital economy and infrastructure and it’s vital local people have more opportunities to experience the benefits.”

About Colt DCS

We design, build and operate data centres for global hyperscalers and large enterprises. Our global portfolio includes 13 operational data centres, with an additional 19 in development across 11 cities in the UK, Europe, and the APAC region. We enable our customers to effectively plan for the growth of their business while also providing them with peace of mind. We provide secure, resilient, well-connected infrastructure with planned future capacity growth potential. We have over 25 years of experience in the data centre industry, delivering on our vision of being the most trusted and customer-centric data centre operator in the market. We put the environment at the heart of everything we do by recognising this as a fundamental responsibility towards our planet. That’s why we’re taking ownership to reduce our environmental impact globally and make sustainability a key strategic driver. As part of our sustainability planning, Colt DCS has set comprehensive near-and long-term Science Based Targets to cut our emissions in line with the SBTi’s latest Net Zero Standard.

https://www.coltdatacentres.net 

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Hong Kong takes Top Spot as Mainland China Surpasses India as Most-Represented System

LONDON, Nov. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — QS Quacquarelli Symonds today released the QS World University Rankings: Asia 2026, revealing a region expanding in scale, diversifying in quality, and accelerating in research and international engagement.

The University of Hong Kong rises to first place, overtaking Peking University (2nd). Nanyang Technological University climbs to joint third alongside the National University of Singapore. This year’s edition evaluates 1,500+ institutions across 25 higher-education systems, including 550+ new entrants—the ranking’s most extensive assessment to date.

Mainland China now leads representation with 395 ranked universities, surpassing India (294), followed by Japan (147) and South Korea (103). Hong Kong SAR records its strongest-ever showing, hosting five of Asia’s top ten universities.

Highlights

• India shines for research productivity and staff with PhD
• Malaysia is one of the most improved higher education systems in this edition.
• South Korea shows system-wide strength, matching China for the most top-20 positions; 12 of its 15 top-100 universities improve.
• Japan remains a benchmark for teaching quality and research impact, anchored by the University of Tokyo (26th).
• Taiwan sees seven of its top ten universities rise, led by National Taiwan University (23rd).
• Thailand drops out of the top 50 but records more universities rising than declining.
• Vietnam National University emerges as the nation’s top institution.
• The top ten Indonesian universities rise in both academic and employer reputation, strengthening the country’s regional influence.
• Pakistan, with 82 ranked universities, is Asia’s sixth most-represented higher-education system.
• The Philippines marks a milestone with 35 ranked universities, 11 more than the previous edition.
• Kazakhstan dominates Central Asia, boasting all three of the subregion’s top 100 universities while Uzbekistan’s top universities record exceptional rises.

Ben Sowter, Senior Vice President, QS, said:
 “Asia’s higher education story is one of diversity and dynamism. While systems such as China, South Korea, and Singapore are consolidating excellence, others—including Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam — are advancing rapidly despite structural and resource challenges. The region’s evolution reflects both its opportunity and its complexity.”